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Olga Balepin

Olga Balepin

Sunnyvale,CA

Summary

Experience Engineering Manager capable of setting team Vision and strategy with best in the org Uber Pulse Survey results. Proven track record of being able to manage up to 17 direct reports. Thrives on providing exceptional oversight numerous projects and deliverables. Highly adaptive to frequent changes, cross zones collaborations and distributed teams.

Responsible for Internationalization - all engineering aspects of Rosetta Platform which today hosts 800+ translation repositories, empowers Uber global presence by translating and delivering contents into 52+ languages and serves more than 35 million translation queries per second to over 450 BE services (Go, Java, Node)

Overview

18
18
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Software Engineering Manager

Uber Technologies Inc.
01.2020 - Current
  • Led cross-functional teams for successful product launches and updates, enhancing end-user satisfaction.
  • Allied with other engineering leaders to plan, manage and coordinate teams around reaching objective key results and development milestones.
  • Championed best practices in software architecture, code quality, and testing within the engineering organization to maintain high standards of excellence.
  • Led development on 4 simultaneous projects, multi-tasking across several deliverables
  • Increased overall team productivity through continuous process improvement initiatives and effective resource allocation.

Senior Software Engineer

Uber Technologies Inc.
08.2015 - 12.2019
  • Developed scalable applications using agile methodologies for timely project delivery.
  • Maintained comprehensive documentation of development work, facilitating knowledge sharing among team members.
  • Represented software applications engineering team during large and complex development projects.
  • Regularly reviewed peers'' code contributions, offering constructive feedback to enhance overall product quality.

Software Development Engineer

Microsoft
11.2012 - 07.2015
  • Worked 3 years on Maps related projects - Bing Maps, Map Data creation, developed both desktop application (C#, xaml) as well as web applications for Bing Maps businesses
  • Developed scalable and maintainable code, unit tests, monitoring, ensuring long-term stability of the software. Consistently met project deadlines,
  • Collaborated with management, internal and development partners regarding software application design status and project progress.

Senior SDET Engineer

Microsoft
09.2006 - 10.2012
  • Developed Test automation for numerous lines of business: Windows Phone, Cortana (speech recognition technologies), and Maps. Wrote rigorous Test Plans, production log grepping scripts.
  • Streamlined communication channels between QA, development, and project management teams during bug triages, integration testing and signed off production releases.
  • Established best practices for test case creation and management within the team''s shared repository, improving overall consistency in QA efforts across projects..

Education

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science

San Francisco State University
San Francisco, CA
05.2005

Skills

  • Team Vision, Strategy and Development
  • Key Stakeholders, Product, Cross-org planning and OKR Management
  • Direct Reports Career and Performance management
  • In-depth knowledge of Software development life cycle
  • Setting Software Engineering Excellence Metrics and Standards
  • Interview Bar Raiser

Timeline

Senior Software Engineering Manager

Uber Technologies Inc.
01.2020 - Current

Senior Software Engineer

Uber Technologies Inc.
08.2015 - 12.2019

Software Development Engineer

Microsoft
11.2012 - 07.2015

Senior SDET Engineer

Microsoft
09.2006 - 10.2012

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science

San Francisco State University
Olga Balepin