Meet Yordanka Kokalicheva! Yordanka is a Software Team Manager of PowerCurve Collections Software Engineering Group based out of Sofia Bulgaria. Learn more about Yordanka, what she’s currently working on in her role, and why she enjoys being a #CreatorOfExperian.
Experian is one of the world leaders in big data, artificial intelligence (AI), and machine learning, what are you learning right now and projects are currently working on?
I am Software Team Manager in PowerCurve Collections Software Engineering Group. PowerCurve® Collections is our debt management system that enables our clients to maximize collections efforts and make more profitable decisions. Our development teams are focused on developing innovative, highly customizable, and user-friendly capabilities which further strengthen the market-leading position of our proposition. In terms of technologies, our professionals use Java, Spring Boot, Rest API, Angular, Java Script, Docker, OpenShift, etc., and contribute to all stages of our Software Development Life Cycle.
I am working in a dynamic environment that requires not only strong business and technical knowledge but team collaboration, motivation and maturity in decision making. Each day I grow as a professional. Currently, I am leading an initiative in contest of Lean Six Sigma project related to PCCollections primary goal. It will help us to analyze our processes, identify areas for improvements and implement new solutions.
What is the most significant part of your job?
As a Team Manager, my primary responsibility is to the people who I support, ensuring that they are growing as engineers, doing valuable work delivering high-quality software in a timely manner, and generally having a great time at Experian. Working with a group of skilled engineers I influence the culture, facilitate technical delivery, and work with them on strategy and execution in an agile environment.
Do you have any advice for current and future tech professionals you would like to sharе?
Experian is a great working place where strong professionals work on large enterprise solutions using diverse technology stack, share ideas, implement them and make our stakeholders happy.