Leena Agarwal

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Backend Developer @ Monzo Bank
Cambridge, GB
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Greater Cambridge Area, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
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About Leena Agarwal

Passionate and results-driven Java backend developer with a stellar experience in the IT industry. My journey is defined by a profound mastery of Java and a commitment to Test-Driven Development (TDD) principles and Agile methodologies. I thrive on delivering robust, scalable, and innovative solutions, having successfully contributed to global teams, both in maintaining legacy production systems and driving innovation in greenfield projects.Key Skills:Java Expertise: Mastery in Java programming, with a focus on creating efficient and maintainable backend systems. Proven ability to design and implement complex solutions tailored to business needs.Test-Driven Development (TDD): A strong advocate for TDD, utilising it as a cornerstone in the development lifecycle to deliver software that meets the highest quality standards.Technical Mentoring: Experienced in providing technical mentorship to junior and mid-level developers. I am dedicated to fostering a collaborative and knowledge-sharing environment, empowering team members to excel in their roles and contribute effectively to project success.Agile Advocate: Proficient in Agile methodologies, fostering adaptability and responsiveness in development processes. A strong believer in iterative development, continuous improvement, and delivering value to end-users through Agile principles.Global Team Collaboration: Extensive exposure to collaborating with diverse, global teams based in India, US, Israel, UK, Europe. Effective communication and collaboration have been instrumental in successfully delivering projects across different time zones and cultural landscapes.

Leena Agarwal's Current Company Details
Monzo Bank

Monzo Bank

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Backend Developer
Cambridge, GB
Website:
monzo.com
Employees:
3946
Leena Agarwal Work Experience Details
  • Monzo Bank
    Backend Developer
    Monzo Bank
    Cambridge, Gb
  • Bbc
    Bbc
    Pune, Maharashtra, India
  • Bbc
    Java Back End Developer
    Bbc Mar 2022 - Present
    London, England, Gb
    Team member in BBC's Digital Distribution Group contributing to the VOD platform behind iPlayer and other BBC apps - working mainly on AWS based microservices using BDD and Agile.+ Primarily involved in design and development of event-driven AWS Lambdas and Spring Boot REST APIs ensuring timely deliveries and high coding standards. Provide thorough and accurate estimation of stories based on the technical know-how and any assumptions and known issues. + I have been able to solve challenging and critical technical tasks related to docker based component tests that were failing for a couple of years, contributions on the development of UHD VOD project, Spike on Global Social component, and Ispy enhancements for better maintainability and documentation of ispy events.+ Pro-actively involved in best practices and architecture discussions with different stakeholders through workshops and other focussed meetings.+ Pairing and mentoring junior to mid-level developers, guiding them when needed.+ Continuous proposals of improvements in coding practises and scrum processes to improve team maturity and productivity.Tools & Technologies: Java (8, 11, 17 & 21), JUnit, Cucumber, Ruby, GIT, Jira, Confluence, Jenkins, Cosmos, Splunk, AWS services like SNS, SQS, EC2, Lambdas, EventBridge, DynamoDB, CloudFormation (via troposhere & CDK), Code Pipeline, State Machine, MediaConnect
  • Home Office
    Stay-At-Home Mom
    Home Office Apr 2020 - Mar 2022
    Pandemic, Country change, and focused caring of an infant!
  • Tech Prescient
    Freelancer J2Ee Developer
    Tech Prescient Feb 2020 - Apr 2020
    Pune, Maharashtra, In
    Dynamic part-time engagement delivering REST APIs, and backend services and database schema changes using Spring Boot, Hibernate and AWS RDS to satisfy client requirements and milestones.
  • Ptc Software (India) Pvt Ltd.
    Senior Software Technical Consultant
    Ptc Software (India) Pvt Ltd. Jul 2018 - Jan 2020
    + Lead Thingworx services layer for Connected Requirements V1.0 from design to deployment. This included on-going estimation of work and status reporting and sync-up with management and other teams (UI, Testing, DevOps) on a regular basis. Also leading the team for task assignments and any technical issues as well as dealing with outside team dependencies.Achievement: Awarded for the leadership skills+ Single-handedly designed and implemented new licensing scheme for Integrity.+ Completely owned and designed solution for commenting feature in Document View.+ Hands-on development of DocStudio using Angular, Redux.
  • Ptc Software (India) Pvt Ltd.
    Software Technical Consultant
    Ptc Software (India) Pvt Ltd. Jul 2015 - Jul 2018
    + Provided technical leadership on the first-ever ThingWorx based Integrity project in PTC India - Integrity Performance Advisor (IPA). This included architecture design, documentation, presentation to stakeholders and implementation to go-live ownership. Achievement: Team Award + On Time go-live despite of the very tight milestone and uncertain external dependencies. + Hands-on development on AgileWorx for ALM-PLM integration.+ Hands-on development on Windchill's Content Management module.
  • Ptc Software (India) Pvt Ltd.
    Section Manager
    Ptc Software (India) Pvt Ltd. Jun 2013 - Jun 2015
    Played a significant and multifaceted role in the development and success of the newly formed Integrity team (size: ~30, 4 scrums) in Pune. Leading the team through the stages of forming, storming, norming, and performing was a complex but valuable achievement. It further led to empowering the team to grow in terms of Knowledge, Confidence, Reliability, Contributions and finally team size!As Scrum Master:+ Played pivotal role in adoption of Scrum methodology as most of the team members were new to the concept.+ Facilitated all scrum ceremonies like Sprint Planning, Daily Standup, Backlog Refinement, Sprint Review & Retrospective.+ Continuous mentoring and guidance on scrum principles to spread the knowledge and admiration.As People Manager:+ Involved in all people management aspects like hiring, performance reviews, merits and ranking, employee-engagement, development feedback, mentoring and guidance.Achievements:+ Zero attrition rate.+ Good employee engagement levels recorded through company level surveys.+ Award for technically leading a scrum on a challenging project.
  • Ptc Software (India) Pvt Ltd.
    Group Lead
    Ptc Software (India) Pvt Ltd. Feb 2011 - May 2013
    As Scrum Master: + Facilitated scrum ceremonies and empowered the team to be more productive as a team through on-going process improvements and waste removals.As Group Lead: + Involved in all people management aspects for a small team of developers (size: 2) like performance reviews, merits and ranking, employee-engagement, development feedback, mentoring and guidance.As Lead Developer: + Technical Leadership and hands-on contribution to multiple challenging releases.
  • Ptc Software (India) Pvt Ltd.
    Technical Lead
    Ptc Software (India) Pvt Ltd. Dec 2009 - Feb 2011
    Played a significant and multifaceted role in the development and success of Precision LMS and its integration with other PTC products.As Scrum Master: + Continued contribution in promoting best Scrum practices within the team+ Helping the team mature in the process with each release.As People Manager: + Lead the DevOps team by managing and mentoring DevOps engineers to improve CI/CD infrastructure.As Lead Developer: + Technical Leadership and hands-on contribution to multiple challenging releases.
  • Ptc Software (India) Pvt Ltd.
    Senior Software Development Engineer
    Ptc Software (India) Pvt Ltd. Feb 2008 - Dec 2009
    + Scrum Master: Major contribution in deployment of 1st Scrum based development in PTC India.+ Developer: Technical Leadership in multiple challenging releases.
  • Ptc Software (India) Pvt Ltd.
    Engineer Ii
    Ptc Software (India) Pvt Ltd. Feb 2007 - Feb 2008
    + As Engineer II, I was responsible for design & development of PTC's Learning Management Systems - Pro/FICIENCY (legacy) & Precision LMS (greenfield).
  • Ptc Software (India) Pvt Ltd.
    Engineer I
    Ptc Software (India) Pvt Ltd. May 2006 - Feb 2007
    + As Engineer I, I was responsible for development of PTC's Learning Management System called Pro/FICIENCY.
  • Persistent Systems Limited
    Member Of Technical Staff
    Persistent Systems Limited Jun 2004 - May 2006
    Pune, Maharashtra, In
    At Persistent Systems, I worked as a developer responsible for design, development and other aspects of software development. I got an opportunity to work on two different projects here:+ IBM's Security Compliance Manager (SCM) - My responsibility on this project was to do research & development of java collectors to collect data from computers on LAN so that it could be sent to SCM server for compliance checks.+ Teradata CRM - I was part of the backend development team responsible for design & development of a module called Segmentation. Earned the experience of leading my team for a brief period.Achievement:+ Team award for contributions on Teradata project.
  • Kale Consultants Ltd.
    Industrial Trainee
    Kale Consultants Ltd. Dec 2003 - Jun 2004
    London, Gb
    Worked as an Intern responsible for development of NFP (Neutral fare Proration) Portal from scratch. It involved all aspects of software development including design, development, supporting QA team, and deployment.Achievements:+ Built a fully-functional system from scratch within the 6 months of internship.+ Offered a permanent job based on the performance.

Leena Agarwal Skills

Scrum Agile Methodologies Software Development Java Enterprise Edition Java Hibernate Agile Project Management Core Java Spring Eclipse Jsp Jira Sql Junit Integration Jdbc Subversion Mysql Spring Framework Scrum Master People Manager

Leena Agarwal Education Details

  • Savitribai Phule Pune University
    Savitribai Phule Pune University
    Computer Science With Specialization In Scientific Computing
  • Fergusson College
    Fergusson College
    Computer Science
  • S. P. College
    S. P. College
    Computer Science
  • Maharashtra Institute Of Technology
    Maharashtra Institute Of Technology
    Computer Engineering

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Leena Agarwal attended Savitribai Phule Pune University, Fergusson College, S. P. College, Maharashtra Institute Of Technology.

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