# Maya Ebsworth

> Senior Software Engineer

Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/mayaebsworth

Product-minded, highly-adaptable senior software engineer with 8+ years of experience who enjoys working in operationally complex domains.

## Work Experience
### Senior Software Engineer @ Peregrine
Jan 2025 – Present | San Francisco, California, United States

### Senior Software Engineer @ Alto Pharmacy
Jan 2021 – Jan 2024 | San Francisco, California, United States
Built systems to efficiently scale Alto’s operationally complex, high-touch, personalized pharmacy services. Primary focus on architecting the backend systems for billing, insurance, and payments.

Highlights:
- Spearheaded projects that increased our billing automation rate from 40% to 85%.
- Built system for smart management of fertility cycles, which reduced medication waste, reduced operating costs, and increased patient self-service capabilities. 
- Architected highly-extendable system for troubleshooting insurance claim denials, which employed 40+ strategies for securing approved insurance claims.

### Software Engineer @ Alto Pharmacy
Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 | San Francisco Bay Area

### Software Engineer @ YouTube
Jan 2016 – Jan 2019 | San Francisco Bay Area
Developed software to make YouTube the place to experience and share virtual reality video.
- Helped launch the YouTube VR standalone Android app on Google Daydream, Lenovo Mirage Solo, Samsung Gear, and Oculus Go.
- Worked primarily on the frontend, building out an interactive VR video user interface by leveraging Android UI libraries, combined with an internally built C++ graphics engine, and integrating the client with YouTube's centralized backend services.

### Software Engineer & Executive Board Member @ Hack4Impact
Jan 2014 – Jan 2018 | Philadelphia, PA
As a developer in college, I worked on agile teams to build free software for nonprofit organizations. As an executive board member, I guided the direction of the club; I also served as chair of internal events to integrate members and facilitate team culture. Post-graduation, I helped build the national board and expand chapters to other universities.

### Software Engineering Intern @ Airbnb
Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | San Francisco Bay Area
Worked as part of the Search team to improve the search experience.
Implemented a redesign of the wishlist UX flow using React, added new features and reduced the number of clicks in workflow.
Implemented new voting feature for listing reviews, allowing users to rate reviews and view ratings.

### Teaching Assistant @ University of Pennsylvania
Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 | Philadelphia, PA
Hired to join the team of CIS 110 TAs and Professor Benedict Brown.
Worked 10 hours a week teaching a recitation, holding office hours, participating in staff meetings, and grading homework and exams.

### Software Development Intern @ Comcast
Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 | Philadelphia

### Intern @ MIT Media Lab
Jan 2013 – Jan 2013 | Cambridge, MA
Worked in the Social Computing group, led by Dr. Sep Kamvar, on creating interactive maps of social trends;
Helped build map of the most dangerous streets & intersections of Manhattan by writing code to parse traffic;
Created animated interactive map of Cambridge using Google Maps and Places APIs, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, jQuery, & Python.

### Intern @ MIT Department of Materials Science and Engineering (DMSE)
Jan 2011 – Jan 2011 | Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Worked in group at the MIT Laboratory for Nanophotonics and Electronics led by Dr. Silvija Gradecak growing zinc-oxide nanowires and transferring onto flexible plastic substrates for use as light-emitting diodes (LEDs)


## Education
### Bachelor of Applied Science - BASc in Computer Science
University of Pennsylvania

### The Winsor School


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/mayaebsworth

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Last updated: 2026-04-01