# Yulia Tsernant

> Software Engineer

Location: Seattle, Washington, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/yuliatsernant

I am a software engineer with dedication to quality and performance in terms of user experience and operational properties of the product.
My dynamic approach has allowed me to create new features that have demonstrated immediate impact. I have experience in designing, shipping production-quality code and testing to increase the overall efficiency of the product.

Unlike many other engineers, I had a unique experience of being a classical music performer.
This experience allows me to look at the problem from a different perspective and find creative solution. 

My current skills set:
JavaScript,
TypeScript,
Ruby,
Python,
React,
React Native,
Jest,
Playwright,
Android development,
HTML5,
CSS3,
Web Animations,
AWS SES,
AWS S3,
MongoDB,
PostgreSQL,
Node.js,
Git,
Problem Solving

Languages I speak: Russian, English, French.

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ IBM
Jan 2021 – Jan 2025
Ensured that the user interface is intuitive, user-friendly, and effective by closely collaborating with the UI/UX design team using tools like Figma, InVision and Mural.

Exhibited a proactive approach towards taking up new tasks and promptly delivering stable features using TypeScript and React.

Saved our engineers the equivalent of 0.3 full-time employee's worth of time by adding an automated Bash script that streamlined the manual steps our engineers ran on a daily basis to set up their environment.

Provided  the UI team with the flexibility to test a range of user experiences, including error/success scenarios and simulate various environmental configurations without the need for a fully functioning backend by creating and developing a test mode using React, React Hooks and TypeScript.

Led key projects of my team.

### Community Engineer @ Anaplan
Jan 2020 – Jan 2021
Redesigned the Community website for 50k users using Figma, JavaScript and AWS S3.

Improved loading time of pages that are used most frequently, reducing load time by 95% by pre-rendering key information.

Raised the team standard for component flexibility that led to improving complex user flows and a simple, consistent codebase.

Created a tool to measure and track the results of the Anaplan certification program using Google Jobs and Google Sheets API.

Created a section for Certified Model Builders to see available Anaplan analytic jobs across the world and easily connect with hiring companies using Google Jobs, AWS S3 and JavaScript.

Designed and implemented various web page components for the community website for 50k users and Anaplan partners.

### Instructional Associate @ General Assembly
Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | San Francisco, California, United States
Guided students through a rigorous, transformational journey towards finding their careers in data science and software engineering.

Mentored junior software engineers on problem-solving, distributed systems, and project execution using JavaScript, Python, React, Django, HTML, CSS, MongoDB and PostgreSQL.

Led algorithm challenges section for the class of 30+ students using JavaScript and Python.
Reviewed code and helped people come up with better approaches using VS Code and Git/GitHub.


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/yuliatsernant
- Website: https://yuliatsernant.com
- Website: https://codepen.io/LiaTsernant
- Website: https://www.ibm.com/products/storage-fusion

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Last updated: 2026-03-29