Summary
Philipp Ploder is a Senior Software Engineer based in Vienna with 10 years of experience blending software architecture, engineering, and data science. He has progressed from internships to senior roles across ITSM and product engineering at S&T, FireStart, and now HKSolutions, while also teaching at TU Wien and WU, which underscores his ability to communicate complex technical ideas. Trained in software and information engineering and pursuing advanced studies in Logic and Artificial Intelligence, he brings a research-informed approach to practical system design. Philipp’s background across enterprise ITSM and SaaS product teams gives him a knack for turning fuzzy requirements into maintainable architectures and data-driven features. Notably, he pairs classroom teaching experience with hands-on engineering, making him effective at mentoring engineers and bridging academia and industry.
10 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BSc), Software and Information Engineering, Bachelor of Science (BSc), Software and Information Engineering at Vienna University of Technology
Informatics (Bilingual), with distinction / mit ausgezeichnetem Erfolg, Informatics (Bilingual), with distinction / mit ausgezeichnetem Erfolg at HTL Spengergasse
German, English, Polish