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I’m a frontend software engineer who builds elegant, accessible, user-focused digital products. With 10+ years of experience across hospitality, music/streaming, communications, and human-computer interaction, I combine strong React and TypeScript skills with product judgement and a careful eye for UI quality. I’ve led frontend delivery from discovery to production—modernising legacy platforms, improving performance and reliability, and strengthening engineering practices through testing, refactoring, and observability. I also partner closely with Product, Design, Backend, and QA teams, and I leverage AI-assisted engineering tools to accelerate workflows while keeping a human-in-the-loop focus on quality and accessibility.…I’m a frontend software engineer who builds elegant, accessible, user-focused digital products. With 10+ years of experience across hospitality, music/streaming, communications, and human-computer interaction, I combine strong React and TypeScript skills with product judgement and a careful eye for UI quality. I’ve led frontend delivery from discovery to production—modernising legacy platforms, improving performance and reliability, and strengthening engineering practices through testing, refactoring, and observability. I also partner closely with Product, Design, Backend, and QA teams, and I leverage AI-assisted engineering tools to accelerate workflows while keeping a human-in-the-loop focus on quality and accessibility.

Alexandra Barka

Software Engineer, Front-End Developer, Web Developer, +2

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I’m a frontend software engineer who builds elegant, accessible, user-focused digital products. With 10+ years of experience across hospitality, music/streaming, communications, and human-computer interaction, I combine strong React and TypeScript skills with product judgement and a careful eye for UI quality. I’ve led frontend delivery from discovery to production—modernising legacy platforms, improving performance and reliability, and strengthening engineering practices through testing, refactoring, and observability. I also partner closely with Product, Design, Backend, and QA teams, and I leverage AI-assisted engineering tools to accelerate workflows while keeping a human-in-the-loop focus on quality and accessibility.…I’m a frontend software engineer who builds elegant, accessible, user-focused digital products. With 10+ years of experience across hospitality, music/streaming, communications, and human-computer interaction, I combine strong React and TypeScript skills with product judgement and a careful eye for UI quality. I’ve led frontend delivery from discovery to production—modernising legacy platforms, improving performance and reliability, and strengthening engineering practices through testing, refactoring, and observability. I also partner closely with Product, Design, Backend, and QA teams, and I leverage AI-assisted engineering tools to accelerate workflows while keeping a human-in-the-loop focus on quality and accessibility.

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I’m a frontend software engineer who builds elegant, accessible, user-focused digital products. With 10+ years of experience across hospitality, music/streaming, communications, and human-computer interaction, I combine strong React and TypeScript skills with product judgement and a careful eye for UI quality.

I’ve led frontend delivery from discovery to production—modernising legacy platforms, improving performance and reliability, and strengthening engineering practices through testing, refactoring, and observability. I also partner closely with Product, Design, Backend, and QA teams, and I leverage AI-assisted engineering tools to accelerate workflows while keeping a human-in-the-loop focus on quality and accessibility.

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Work Experience

Software Engineer at Mews

August 1, 2024 - Present

Built and improved products used daily by hotels across Finance, Billing, Accounting, and Events Management Systems (EMS). Led frontend development for City Ledger Accounts Receivable, including invoice management, payments, and payment reminders. Led a redesign of the quotation experience in EMS to simplify core customer workflows and improve quote creation/editing. Modernized the EMS frontend by migrating legacy components to the design system, strengthening TypeScript typing, and delivering incremental architectural refactors. Introduced unit testing across the EMS codebase and improved overall code quality through refactoring, validation improvements, and technical debt reduction. Participated in customer issue rotation to investigate and resolve production issues quickly while improving reliability and user experience. Collaborated closely with Product, Design, Backend, and QA, and used AI-assisted engineering tools to accelerate development and automation.

Web Engineer II at Spotify

September 1, 2022 - August 1, 2024

Built and evolved internal marketing tools that enable operators to create, manage, and optimize global campaigns supporting subscriber acquisition, engagement, and retention. Delivered end-to-end product features in collaboration with Product Managers, Designers, Backend Engineers, Data teams, and stakeholders. Led technical initiatives from planning through delivery, influencing frontend architecture and engineering practices. Improved code quality and developer experience through refactoring, reusable components, and automated testing. Mentored junior engineers, onboarded interns, and conducted code reviews and knowledge sharing. Contributed to subscriber growth by building reliable internal tools used daily by marketing teams worldwide.

Front-End Engineer at WarnerMedia – HBO Max

July 1, 2021 - August 1, 2022

Built and delivered customer-facing features for HBO Max TV applications using JavaScript, TypeScript, JSX, and the Lightning TV framework. Contributed to the international launch of HBO Max across Latin America and Europe, supporting new subscriber rollouts. Migrated TV applications to a shared Design System to improve UI consistency, maintainability, scalability, and developer experience. Developed responsive, accessible user interfaces and supported organization-wide accessibility initiatives aligned with WCAG. Collaborated with Product, Design, QA, and Backend to deliver features from concept through production. Improved code quality through refactoring, reusable components, and modern engineering best practices, supporting a reliable streaming experience at scale across multiple TV platforms and markets.

Front-End Engineer at MessageBird

August 1, 2020 - July 1, 2021

Worked in the onboarding and activation team balancing fast delivery with product reliability in an agile environment. Developed new onboarding and sign-up flows that reduced customer connection time from days to minutes. Integrated the company design system and web accessibility practices to deliver a consistent and inclusive customer experience. Participated in a support-engineer rotation diagnosing and resolving customer problems with the wider team.

Front-End Developer at Strangelove Marketing Agency

February 1, 2020 - August 1, 2020

Built e-commerce applications and introduced API mocking and automated testing to accelerate frontend development. Developed internal automation tools including invoice generation and a cookie scanning platform that replaced a third-party service.

Front-End Developer at Yabbu

July 1, 2019 - January 1, 2020

Developed a cross-platform meeting management application while improving frontend performance and engineering processes.

UI Engineer at UBITECH Ltd.

July 1, 2018 - July 1, 2019

Designed and built interfaces for public-sector, healthcare, aviation, and IoT applications. Presented work at the European Commission and DockerCon.

Research & Development Engineer at ICS-FORTH

July 1, 2015 - July 1, 2018

Conducted Human-Computer Interaction research, developing interactive systems showcased in museums and international conferences.