Olga Pokrovskaia

About Olga Pokrovskaia

Software Engineer with 7+ years of experience and a Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics. Skilled in diverse technologies, specializing in solving complex challenges and optimizing workflows to deliver impactful, customer-focused solutions.Key achievements-Developed from scratch services to handle payment for Discover and AmericanExpress card schemas for Nuvei in the North American market-Designed and implemented a Python-based unified artifact collection mechanism, streamlining delivery across platforms after testing. It reduced the time to resolve issues by 20-30%(Kaspersky)-Developed a secure C# service for transferring virtual machines between environments, enabling end-to-end testing. Safe and consistent VM transfers reduce the risk of environment-specific issues, reducing defect resolution time by 30%, and leading to smoother deployments (Kaspersky)-Automated monthly machine rebooting using PowerShell, ensuring seamless infrastructure updates with zero user impact. This saves our team more than 6 working hours per week (Kaspersky).In addition, I have over 7 years of work in the Supercomputer Simulations Lab. My expertise spans statistical physics, mathematical modeling, and bioinformatics.I’ve co-authored over 10 research papers, including 2 published in top-tier Q1 journals.My work has earned recognition through an individual research grant (2020) and a patent for innovative software (2018).My Ph.D. research explored diverse topics, including the growth of random structures, the formation of sparse magnetic foam, and the identification of genomic regions with signs of natural selection in a specific population. This multidisciplinary approach reflects my ability to address complex challenges across fields.I am a motivated and flexible software developer who works hard to complete tasks. I’m always open to new opportunities and enjoy taking on interesting projects.My current stack of technologies.NET Core, MSSQL, Microsoft Azure, Docker, Kubernetes, Elasticsearch, Python

Experience

1. Software Engineer

   Nuvei

   Jun 2023 — Present · Tel Aviv District, IL

   Distributed tasks and planned sprints for a team of 15 members- Developed from scratch services to handle payment for Discover and AmericanExpress card schemas for Nuvei in the North American market- Enhanced payment error handling by developing microservices for the Reject system, enabling automated processing of rejected transactions, which led to faster error resolution and improved operational efficiency;

Education

• Высшая Школа Экономики

  Bachelor's degree

  2012 — 2016

• Higher School of Economics

  Doctor of Philosophy - PhD

  2018 — 2023

• Высшая Школа Экономики

  Master's degree

  2016 — 2018