Summary
Mika Meyers is a backend software engineer with 11 years of full-stack web experience, versed in Java, Go, cloud platforms (AWS, GCP), and both SQL and NoSQL datastores. A Summa Cum Laude USC graduate in Cognitive Science with a web technologies minor, she blends rigorous academic thinking with hands-on production work across startups and enterprise teams. Her background includes building microservices and asset-management backends, developer-facing configuration tools, and shipping features across frontend and backend stacks. Comfortable in fast-moving product environments, she has experience from early-stage roles to supporting DOT clients at scale. An understated strength is her interdisciplinary foundation in linguistics and cognitive science, which informs pragmatic UX-aware engineering and clear technical communication.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's of Arts, Summa Cum Laude, Major in Cognitive Science, Minor in Web Technologies and Applications, 3.9 GPA, Bachelor's of Arts, Summa Cum Laude, Major in Cognitive Science, Minor in Web Technologies and Applications, 3.9 GPA at University of Southern California
Italian Studies, Italian Studies at Italiaidea Scuola Di Italiano
Linguistics, Linguistics at National Tsing Hua University
The University of Melbourne
Italian, Hebrew, English