Mara Kiefer
Research engineer at GitHub automating repository maintenance with agentic workflows.
Mara Kiefer builds developer tools as a senior research engineer at GitHub. She focuses on turning repetitive repository maintenance into smart automation, an approach shaped by her background in both the natural sciences and the software industry.
She teaches teams how to create repository assistants that identify high-impact work and propose fixes. Her recent workshops break down how to construct agentic workflows using Markdown and GitHub Actions, putting open source projects on autopilot without sacrificing reliability.