Polina Gurtovaia
Software Engineer at Meta
London, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolPolina Gurtovaia is a seasoned frontend-focused software engineer with 12 years of experience building user-facing systems across startups and major tech companies, now at Meta in London. She progressed from engineering roles in telecommunications and research to senior and leadership positions at Evil Martians, Recraft, Dojo, and now Meta, blending deep engineering craft with team leadership. Polina specializes in crafting polished, performant frontends and has a background in modeling and RF engineering, which gives her a strong analytical approach to problem solving and system design. Comfortable shipping at both startup pace and large-scale product environments, she emphasizes pragmatic, maintainable solutions. Her career path reflects an unusual combination of academic rigor from MIPT and HSE and hands-on product delivery across diverse industries. Colleagues would describe her as a frontend magician who pairs curiosity with disciplined execution.
12 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Московский Физико-Технический Институт (Государственный Университет) (МФТИ)Специалист, Электроника и телекоммуникации, Специалист, Электроника и телекоммуникации at Высшая Школа Экономики
English, Russian
Github Skills (37)
markdown10
git10
translation10
manager10
git-hooks10
dictionary10
go10
golang10
react10
database-dump9
javascript9
eleventy9
typescript9
nodejs9
css8
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
HellSquirrel/wasm-train-the-dragon-examples
Jul 2020 - Aug 2022
Contributions:19 commits, 4 PRs, 15 pushes in 2 years 1 month
HellSquirrel/entre
Oct 2022 - Nov 2024
Contributions:22 PRs, 59 pushes, 17 branches in 2 years
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