Polina Koleva
Site Reliability Engineer at Google
Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Summary
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Top SchoolPolina Koleva is a Site Reliability Engineer with nine years of experience building and operating large-scale systems, currently ensuring reliability at Google from Zurich. She combines strong Java and Python expertise with distributed-data technologies like Apache Kafka and Spark, backed by rigorous academic training—a Master’s in Computer Science from the University of Freiburg and top-ranked software engineering undergraduate performance. Her background includes hands-on backend development at Labyrintti Media and a Google Summer of Code project with JBoss/RedHat, reflecting both production and open-source experience. Known for applying research-driven problem solving to practical reliability challenges, she bridges database, streaming, and automation domains to keep services scalable and resilient.
9 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Master’s Degree, Computer Science, 1.6/1.0, Master’s Degree, Computer Science, 1.6/1.0 at The University of FreiburgBachelor’s Degree, Software Engineering, 5.67/6.00, Bachelor’s Degree, Software Engineering, 5.67/6.00 at Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski
English, Bulgarian, German
Github Skills (14)
push-notifications9
java9
wildfly9
aerogear9
sparql8
rdf8
rocket7
storage7
apache-spark6
spark6
apache6
kafka1
apache-kafka1
cdi1
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
polinankoleva/algorithms-and-data-structures
Aug 2016 - May 2019
Implementation of well-known data structures and differenct algorithmic tasks
Contributions:12 PRs, 63 pushes, 6 branches in 2 years 10 months
cppalgorithmiccompetitive-programmingdata-structureswell-known
polinankoleva/aerogear-unifiedpush-server
Jun 2017 - Aug 2017
Contributions:1 PR, 42 pushes, 20 branches in 2 months
rocketaerogear
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