Maria Bshara

Did literally everything: coding in Swift, rule engine for the Home Office laws, UI/UX, testing, App Store submission, icon design, privacy policy, marketing text… You name it.

Basically a one-person startup, but just for fun (and because I travel too much to trust spreadsheets).

https://apps.apple.com/app/uk-days-ilr-citizenship/id6752123044

It’s an AI learning platform focused on something I think education has been quietly ignoring for a long time: attention.

I built the MVP end-to-end, including the core learning engine and AI-driven adaptive system, and we’re now moving towards investments for marketing purposes and school pilots.

I care a lot about making learning feel more human again.

Led a remote team of max 14 developers across 3 expertise areas — 10 Python, 2 .NET, 2 PHP — keeping collaboration smooth across 3 continents.

Drove the full lifecycle of 10+ internal projects from concept to release, introducing modern tech like GraphQL, Strawberry, and FastAPI.

Boosted developer growth and engagement with personalized career guides, mentoring, and continuous encouragement, org

- Led the development of a product from concept to MVP, taking ownership of the entire process.
- Developed a robust backend using Python and implemented a dynamic frontend with React and Swift for cross-platform compatibility.
- Conducted in-depth research on AI models to ensure optimal integration with the product’s requirements.
- Collaborated with industry experts to gather insights and align

- Managed projects ranging from small to large scale.
- Involved in a project with over 25 million users, showcasing ability to handle substantial user bases.
- Developed both b2b and b2c bots for various use cases.
- Engaged in end-to-end development, from writing technical specifications to production and ongoing support.
- Assumed responsibility for complete project management.
- Handled custom

- Responsible for end-to-end project testing from initial stages to production, ensuring quality control throughout.
- Expertise in mobile, web, and tablet testing.
- Ensured stringent quality control measures were applied at every stage of development.
- Designed testing strategies for projects across their entire lifecycle.
- Executed various testing types, including unit, integration, regressio

- Responsible for comprehensive project testing from initial stages to production.
- Ensured quality control was maintained at all development phases.
- Managed and executed testing efforts throughout the project lifecycle.
- Covered various testing types, including unit, integration, regression, and user acceptance testing.
- Created detailed test plans outlining testing strategies and scope.
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- Tasked with creating a credit scoring neural network for an American microloan company.
- Specialized in classifying potential borrowers based on creditworthiness.
- Developed and trained a neural network tailored for credit scoring.
- Utilized machine learning techniques to make accurate borrower assessments.
- Addressed challenges related to data quality and model optimization.
- Analyzed cred

- Explored mobile application development using C++.
- Developed a shopping list application as a project.

- Formed the manual testing process from its initial stages.
- Organized automated testing processes from the ground up.
- Oversaw design, integration, language and library selection for automated testing.
- Created test cases, documented processes, and wrote code for automated testing.

- Engaged in an internship focused on reading brain signals.
- Primarily involved in time series analysis related to brain signal data

Coming to my master’s with years of industry experience meant I didn’t learn a ton about algorithms and coding - but the business, ethics, and project management classes were a goldmine. They gave me a much broader and more complete understanding of how tech fits into the real world.

When I enrolled, I didn’t speak a word of Greek - my grades and I both started from zero. A few years (and many coffees) later, I graduated in 3.5 years instead of 4!