Lara Aasem

Swvl

• Senior Software Engineer IFull Time

  Jul 2021 - May 2022 -10 months

  Egypt , Cairo

  • Job Details:• Improved customer experience by leading 3 junior engineers in architecting microservice to personalize mobile app home screen views and functionality • Oversaw steady and stable feature delivery by leading squad of 6 engineers through code reviews, blocker elimination, and end-to-end testing • Optimized development life cycle by building tool to generate GitHub pull request review metrics • Selected to represent Swvl as hackathon judge in Remotebase Hackfest 2021 which involved 400+ participants from 20+ countries • Conducted 5 technical interviews and designed and implemented onboarding plans for new hires at different levels
• Squad LeadFull Time

  Jul 2021 - May 2022 -10 months

  Egypt , Cairo

  • Job Details:• Increased sprint commitment adherence ratio 15% by revamping scrum process in alignment with business and technical stakeholders • Met evolving business needs by collaborating with engineering director to pivot squad across 3 different business verticals • Enhanced squad health by mentoring 4 junior engineers in regular 1:1 meetings to hear concerns and provide feedback and support • Improved alignment on feature pipeline by leading engineers in providing technical feedback and sizing on 3 quarterly product roadmaps • Contributed to product management by leading planning meetings, scoping sprints, and developing user stories
• Software Engineer IIFull Time

  Jul 2020 - Jun 2021 -11 months

  Egypt , Cairo

  • Job Details:• Increased adoption of prepaid packages 40% by leading multi-squad project to implement cash payments and cross-sell using Node.js and MongoDB • Reduced sign-up drop-off rate 20% by minimizing one-time password wait time via integration with faster SMS service provider • Facilitated transition to new release train process by acting as key liaison in 10+ company-wide iterations, onboarding squad members onto updated processes, and providing relevant insights to management • Established working groups to address common issues faced by backend engineers across different squads • Won 1 of 5 bounty prizes in company’s 2020 internal hackathon by co- building content management system for app help screen