Anna Stakhova

Anna is a Senior Software Engineer at the Psychometrics Centre with a specialisation in front-end design and development. She first joined the Centre in 2017 and has worked on delivering a wide range of commercial and research applications that incorporate engaging visual elements and user experience features. Anna gained further experience as a senior front-end developer at Third Light, a digital asset management platform, and at Amazon Web Services, developing user interfaces for millions of users and providing technical support for high-stakes applications of cloud services. She rejoined the Centre in May 2025 and helps to ensure that our assessment solutions are visually appealing, platform-agnostic and highly performant.

Anna holds a Bachelor degree in Computer Science and has over ten years' experience with the creation of digital and print designs. She is an experienced Javascript programmer and user of Figma, Adobe Creative Suite, Angular and Python.

Anna speaks Russian and English. She is interested in modern design and technology. She plays tennis, cooks a lot and spends time with her two little children.