Alissa Cheng is a Software Engineer currently employed at ASTRON since September 2023. Prior to this role, Alissa worked at Penelope and Biller between January 2023 and January 2023, both as a Software Engineer. Alissa also held a position as a Full-stack Software Engineer at Slimmer AI for a brief period in 2021 and served as a Translator at LocalizationLab S.L. earlier in 2021. Alissa began a programming career at Gridt in late 2020 and gained experience as a Teaching Assistant at the University of Groningen from September 2018 to August 2020. Alissa holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Astronomy from the University of Groningen, obtained between 2016 and 2020.