Steffi Poliwoda



I am a Software Developer with a degree in Software Engineering & Database Technologies and in iBusiness - Innovation through ICT. In my Master thesis, I compared the Effectiveness of Machine Learning Algorithms for Assigning Categories to Incidents. I expanded my knowledge about Data Science in a certification course. I have several years of work experience in Customer Service and Technical Support, Operations, Automation and Integration as well as in Project Management.

Experience

Developer

SAP
  • Design, develop, enhance, and support monitoring and administration tool for SAP ASE database
  • Deliver high quality code using peer development, automated testing framework, and direct customer feedback channels
  • Feature documentation for SAP ASE Learning journey
Jan 2021 - Present

Support Engineer

SAP
  • Acting as a liaison between product management and engineering team
  • Analysing incidents, perform in-depth troubleshooting in Front and Backend to identify and solve complex technical issues, troubleshooting API requests and web services, data formats xml and json, integration and migration issues
  • Documenting solutions to known issues and consulting questions to be posted to both internal and external knowledge bases, Community blogs etc.
  • Trainer of a structured problem solving methodology applied in cloud support
  • Develop and maintain functional and technical product knowledge
Jan 2019 - Dec 2020

Integration Analyst

Wayfair
  • Setting up and delivering data exchange projects and supporting EDI and Automation setups to new and existing suppliers
  • Troubleshooting and resolving EDI/ data exchange issues with Wayfair partners
  • Automating and testing data exchange for processing of order data, invoices, inventory feeds and tracking data
  • Identifying root cause of problems and implementing a solution
  • Maintain strong working relationships with Vendors, Category Management, and 3rd party trading partners to drive improved EDI implementation and performance
Oct 2016 - Jan 2019

Integration Consultant

Concur
  • Maintain project plans and manage and monitor project against initial project plans
  • Manage the expectations of internal and external clients with regard to project objectives, deliverables and timeframes by understanding key business drivers and prioritization
  • Ensure completion of deliverables, managing schedules, meeting milestones, delivering within budget, and ensuring creative and technical success
  • Gather functional and business requirements from client and translate into solution design according to client's needs and scope of Concur products and services
  • Conduct client training, design and knowledge transfer session
  • Develop and maintain functional and technical product knowledge
  • Represent integration team in cross-functional teams
Oct 2015 - Jun 2016


Escalation Analyst

Microsoft
  • Analysing escalated payment and billing system issues with internal tools and customer-facing website to identify root cause and to improve support processes
  • Investigating transactions for risk and fraud to protect integrity of Windows Store Marketplace
Jul 2013 - Jun 2014


E-Commerce Support Engineer

Microsoft
  • Analysed external app developer issues with regard to Windows Store app submission, certification, reporting and store as well as payment and billing issues
  • Investigated Windows Store app issues (not scripted troubleshooting) related to aspects of windows operating systems

Jul 2014 - Jul 2015


Transaction Specialist

Microsoft
  • Validated, processed and approved orders for new licenses, upgrades and enhancements for all Microsoft Dynamics products
  • Issued credit notes according to compliance and audit standards
  • Provide on-going support to engineering team by reporting system’s issues with internal and external order management tools
Nov 2011 - Jun 2013


Customer Support Professional

Microsoft
  • Resolved customer issues related to payment and billing issue, retention, scripted troubleshooting as well as Xbox Live successfully
  • Escalated issues to T2 if required
Oct 2010 - Oct 2011

Education

National University of Ireland, Galway

Master of Science - Software Engineering & Database Technologies
First Class Honour Degree

Courses taken: Computer Organization & Architecture, Fundamentals of Programming (including C Programming), Software Engineering, Object Oriented Programming (including Java), Artificial Intelligence (including Prolog and Machine Learning), Introduction to Relational Databases (including relational algebra and database design), Fundamentals of Databases, Information Retrieval, Data Mining

Master thesis: A Comparative Study on the Effectiveness of Machine Learning Algorithms for Assigning Categories to Incidents

Aug 2018 - Aug 2020

UCD Smurfit Graduate School of Business, Dublin

Master of Science - iBusiness - Innovation through ICT
Second Class Honour Degree

Courses taken: Changing Business Processes ICT, Economics of Information Technology and Digital Markets, Changing Work Practices ICT, ICT Project Management, Managing Global Sourcing, Achieving Business Value, Managing System Development, ICT Infratructure for Innovation

Aug 2011 - May 2013


University of Potsdam

Diplom - Business Administration

Modules taken: Professional Services Firm Management, Marketing Management, Organisation & Human Resource Management and Economic Policy

Diplom thesis: Benefit of web 2.0 technologies for the education of start - up entrepreneurs

October 2003 - June 2009

Projects

Content Writer

Towards Data Science (Medium)

IT Skills

IT

SQL

HTML

CSS



Programming Languages

Java

Python

C

Interests

Apart from being a software developer, I enjoy being outdoors. During the summer, I enjoy sailing, hiking, cycling, and yoga.

When indoors, I enjoy dancing (contemporary dance & latin dancing) and swimming. I like to play the guitar.

Throughout the year I do voluntary work for an animal sanctuary.

Certifications

Contact me!

Do you have any questions? My email for business related questions is girlsjustwannahavecode@gmail.com. Please do not hesitate to contact me.