Cambridge, MA 02140 | annatokar@gmail.com | linkedin.com/in/anya-tokar | github.com/anyatokar
Results-driven and team-oriented software engineer. Experienced in building full-stack web applications and in front-end video streaming.
TypeScript • JavaScript • React • Preact • Ruby/Rails • HTML • CSS • NodeJS • BrightScript • Bootstrap • Material UI • Google Cloud (Firebase Auth, Firestore, Maps JavaScript API) • Amazon Web Services • Postgres • Jest • Mocha • Minitest
- Instrumental to launching the ad-supported tier, live streaming, and improved playback controls on Disney+, which impacted ~130 million subscribers worldwide.
- Led the development of accessibility Text-to-Speech on Disney+ for new and existing features in close collaboration with design and product leads.
- Refactored client-side media player code by breaking a multi-thousand line file into logically separate domain pieces through mob and pair programming, resulting in a more readable and maintainable codebase.
- Served as point person for monitoring version rollout for Hulu TV playback using Conviva metrics to ensure consistent quality of service for the platform's ~40 million daily streams.
- Refactored complex billing code responsible for $10,000,000 of annual recurring revenue to handle increasing customer demands and introduce new billing changes without disruption to service.
- Improved test coverage of the codebase by designing and developing a suite of test cases in Ruby with the goal of addressing bugs earlier in the testing phase and reducing future regressions.
WildLandscapes International | wildlandscapes.org
- Co-managed environmental conservation programs spanning 4 states and 3 countries.
- Wrote grants which secured $6,000,000 for protecting threatened waterbirds in Florida and $3,000,000 for rhino conservation in Kenya through land acquisition and habitat preservation.
MFTE Seattle | mfte-seattle.com
- Design, develop, and maintain an open-source web app that currently serves 10s of thousands of daily users, dedicated to helping people find rent-reduced housing in Seattle through the Multifamily Tax Exemption Program.
- The popularity of this app compelled the Seattle Office of Housing to create a parallel mapping resource, underscoring the app’s role as a catalyst for using technology to improve communication around rent-reduced housing programs.
- Guided junior developers by negotiating MVP expectations, pair programming, providing code reviews, and sharing best practices.
- Actively contributed to app design and feature development, helping the team achieve our goal of having a ready-to-launch product in April 2024.
Certificate, Software Engineering
Bachelor of Science, Economics • Bachelor of Arts, International Relations
English (native), Russian (native), Ukrainian (intermediate)