8 programmers from Armenia who work in dream companies

Engineers from Armenia today write code for TikTok and Dropbox, build infrastructure at Google and Amazon, lead teams at AWS — and at the same time, they return knowledge to their homeland by creating platforms and communities for the next generation. This is not a coincidence or luck — it is the result of the perseverance of people who decided not to wait for opportunities, but to create them themselves.

Artur Grigoryan
Senior Software Engineer at Microsoft, working at the company's headquarters in the US. He joined Microsoft in 2016 and progressed from Software Engineer to Senior Software Engineer. Previously, he worked as a frontend developer at Ucraft and conducted research at Masdar Institute in the UAE. He specializes in software development, with experience in research, data engineering, and scalable technology systems.

Edgar Hovhannisyan
Software Engineer II at Microsoft, where he develops solutions in the field of digital identity protection and cybersecurity. Before joining Microsoft, he worked as a senior engineer at Rankbreeze and STDev, specializing in building scalable backend systems using Python and Ruby. Today, he works in Seattle and develops services that ensure the security of millions of users worldwide.

Hovhannes Stepanyan
Lead Software Engineer at EPAM Systems with over eight years of experience in developing cloud and AI solutions. He specializes in Python, microservices architecture, and AWS technologies, holding five Amazon Web Services professional certifications. Among his projects are the creation of corporate AI assistants, migration of large systems to the cloud, and development of scalable services for millions of users.

Arshak Khachatrian
An experienced frontend engineer and team lead with over 10 years of experience, specializing in the development of complex, high-load interfaces, data-driven platforms, and visual UI solutions. He works as a Frontend Team Lead at BrainRocket; previously, he developed products at Wirestock, DISQO, and Cambridge Semantics, including design systems, dashboards, and scalable web applications. He serves as a jury member at Awwwards and is actively engaged with the international design and development community.

Aram Mkrtchyan
Principal Software Engineer with over 15 years of experience in software development. He specializes in enterprise solutions, Big Data, and backend systems, as well as creating scalable web applications and APIs. Currently, he works at ADP; previously, he held engineering positions at GreaterGood and PicsArt, where he participated in the development of high-load and distributed systems.

Levon Gevorgyan
C++ developer at AMD, specializing in systems programming and high-performance computing. He graduated from Yerevan State University with a degree in Mathematics and Computer Science. He began his career with engineering internships at Code Republic and Xilinx, after which he joined AMD, where he progressed from an intern to Software Engineer II.

Margarita Hakobyan
Senior Android and Flutter engineer with over 10 years of experience in mobile application development. Currently, she works at Andersen Lab, where she develops scalable FinTech solutions and high-load mobile products. She specializes in Kotlin, Jetpack Compose, Coroutines, REST API, and CI/CD, and has participated in the creation and development of commercial applications, improving their performance and stability in production.

Lucy Martirosyan
A technical leader at Cisco, specializing in the development and management of engineering teams in the field of hardware and ASIC design. She works in the semiconductor and high-tech computing systems sector; previously, she was also associated with Synopsys Armenia, one of the leading companies in the field of EDA and chip design.