Iva Babukova
About Iva Babukova
Iva Babukova is the Director of Cloud Computing at Parse Biosciences, where she has worked since 2023. She has a strong background in computer science and mathematics, with experience in software engineering and technology leadership roles at various organizations, including Skyscanner and Biomage Ltd.
Current Role at Parse
Iva Babukova serves as the Director of Cloud Computing at Parse Biosciences. She has held this position since 2023, working remotely from Berlin, Germany. In this role, she oversees cloud computing initiatives and strategies, contributing to the company's technological advancements.
Previous Experience in Cloud Computing
Before joining Parse Biosciences, Iva Babukova worked as the Chief Technology Officer and Co-founder at Biomage Ltd from 2020 to 2024. During her tenure, she led the development of Cellenics, a widely used open-source web platform for single-cell sequencing data analysis. Her experience also includes significant contributions to projects at Harvard Medical School.
Educational Background
Iva Babukova completed her Master’s Degree in Computer Science with First Class Honours at the University of Glasgow from 2012 to 2017. Prior to this, she attended Sofia Mathematics High School, where she studied Mathematics and German from 2007 to 2012. Her academic projects focused on algorithmics, particularly efficient algorithms using constraint and integer programming.
Work Experience in Software Engineering
Iva Babukova has extensive experience in software engineering. She worked as a Software Engineer 2 at Skyscanner from 2016 to 2020, where she was a core developer of the company's in-house CI/CD product and AWS-based infrastructure. Additionally, she held various roles at the University of Glasgow, including Demonstrator and Tutor in Python and Java.
Internships and Early Career
Iva Babukova began her career with internships at J.P. Morgan, where she served as a Software Engineer Intern in 2015 and as a Spring Intern in 2014. She also gained experience as an Informatics Intern at the Scottish Institute for Enterprise from 2015 to 2016, further solidifying her foundation in the tech industry.