Pavlina Hadjieva is a Senior Director of Software Engineering based in Bulgaria with nine years of formal experience and a continuous 15+ year tenure at Progress, where she progressed from junior support roles to senior engineering leadership. She specializes in scaling engineering organizations, operationalizing support-to-development transitions, and delivering enterprise-grade software with a deep institutional knowledge of a single product ecosystem. Known for promoting cross-functional collaboration, Pavlina has a track record of building and mentoring teams through successive promotions from Team Lead to Director and now Senior Director. Her academic background in Chemistry and Informatics gives her a pragmatic, analytical approach to problem solving and system reliability. Colleagues describe her as a steady operator who leverages long-term product familiarity to drive predictable delivery and continuous improvement.
9 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree Chemistry and Informatics, Bachelor’s Degree Chemistry and Informatics at Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski
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Pavlina Hadjieva - Senior Director, Software Engineering at Progress