Sasha Boginsky is a Principal Software Engineer based in New York with seven years of full-stack experience and recent leadership in applied AI, having led development of Lavender’s autonomous AI sales agent and LLM orchestration pipelines. Comfortable across frontend and backend stacks, Sasha has a history of shipping UX-focused improvements in open-source projects like publiclab’s Leaflet.DistortableImage and plots2, contributing multi-image selection, toolbar actions, and cross-browser UI fixes. They combine a practitioner’s eye for clean, pattern-driven code with hands-on experience building scalable RAG and model-evaluation workflows, and are passionate about mentorship and community-driven learning. With a B.B.A. in Information Systems and a track record across startups and research-focused orgs, Sasha blends product sensibility with technical rigor—and prefers elegant design patterns that foster team synergy.
7 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.) Information Systems & Operations Management and Strategy & Management Consulting, Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.) Information Systems & Operations Management and Strategy & Management Consulting at Emory University - Goizueta Business School
Information Systems & Operations Management (ISOM) and Strategy & Management Consulting, Information Systems & Operations Management (ISOM) and Strategy & Management Consulting at Cass Business School
High School, High School at Columbia Grammar and Preparatory School
A Leaflet extension to distort or "rubber sheet" images
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Contributions:9 releases, 11 reviews, 196 commits in 1 year 8 months
Contributions summary:Sasha primarily contributed to the front-end development of the `leaflet.distortableimage` repository, focusing on UI and feature improvements. Their work includes adding functionality for selecting multiple images and creating a collection class factory. Furthermore, they implemented various enhancements to the toolbar, including the ability to lock images, and add rotation and scale actions. These changes enhanced the user experience and functionality of the image distortion tool.
a collaborative knowledge-exchange platform in Rails; we welcome first-time contributors! :balloon:
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Contributions:5 commits, 24 PRs, 43 pushes in 1 year 4 months
Contributions summary:Sasha primarily contributed to front-end development, focusing on UI/UX improvements and bug fixes. Their work included fixing header alignment issues, addressing uncentered pagination, and styling input elements for cross-browser compatibility. Furthermore, the user made changes related to the like functionality, including debouncing and fixing issues related to the like button. Their contributions also extend to updating JavaScript and CSS files, enhancing the user experience across the platform.
ruby-on-railsballoonexchangefirst-timersknowledge
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Sasha Boginsky - Applied AI Lead at Lavender 💜🔮 www.ora.im