Olga Matoula
Software Engineer at Bloomberg LP
United Kingdom
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Top SchoolOlga Matoula is a seasoned software engineer with 11 years of experience building and testing software across C++, Python, and JavaScript, currently contributing at Bloomberg in the UK. She combines hands-on engineering with a strong focus on quality—evidenced by contributions to the widely used pytest framework improving test infrastructure and deprecation handling. Her background includes cloud and enterprise experience from two roles at Microsoft, where she worked on Azure solutions and SharePoint/Office 365 customer success. As a co-founder of Code it Like a Girl, she has taught coding to over 200 women and developed curricula in web and game development, demonstrating a commitment to tech education and diversity. Olga’s academic training in electrical and computer engineering underpins a methodical approach to system design and automation. Colleagues describe her as a pragmatic problem-solver who bridges production engineering with robust testing practices.
11 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Engineering - MEng, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Master of Engineering - MEng, Electrical and Computer Engineering at Democritus University of Thrace - (D.U.Th.)
Greek, English, German, French
Github Skills (6)
unit-testing10
pytest10
unit-test10
python10
testing10
documentation8
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
pytest-dev/pytest
May 2021 - Jan 2022
The pytest framework makes it easy to write small tests, yet scales to support complex functional testing
Role in this project:
QA Engineer / Test Automation Engineer
QA Engineer / Test Automation EngineerContributions:6 reviews, 8 commits, 3 PRs in 8 months
Contributions summary:Olga primarily focused on improving the testing infrastructure of the pytest framework. They addressed deprecation warnings related to `pytest.warns(None)`, deprecated the functionality, and provided clear documentation on the correct usage of `pytest.warns`. The user also added test cases for the updated deprecation warning messages and implemented minor improvements for testing configurations. These changes highlight a focus on code quality and ensuring the framework's test suite is robust and up-to-date.
functional-testingpytestunit-testingtestingpython
olgarithms/web-blog-with-python-flask-mongodb
Feb 2017 - Oct 2022
A prototype of a web blog created with Python 3, Flask and MongoDB
Contributions:1 PR, 4 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 9 months
flaskmongodbpython
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