Summary
Denitza Anderson is a Principal Software Engineer with over a decade of experience delivering scalable backend systems and technical leadership across fintech and e-commerce platforms. Based in New York, she currently leads engineering at Toast, focusing on high-impact backend architecture and system reliability. Formerly at Square, she served as a Staff Software Engineer and engineering lead for the Sandbox in Production initiative, modernizing a merchant balance-tracking platform to a microservices architecture and coordinating cross-organization efforts to achieve production parity. Her work spans payment infrastructure, accounting services, cross-border payments (SEPA/IBAN), and banking partner integrations, reflecting a strong blend of systems design, domain modeling, and cross-team collaboration. Earlier roles at Rent The Runway demonstrated impact in member experiences, cost optimization, and performance improvements across APIs and microservices. Denitza brings 11 years of hands-on software development and leadership experience, with a track record of delivering reliable, scalable systems in fast-paced environments.
12 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
English, Bulgarian, Spanish, german (currently studying), Russian