Alankar Mehta

Team Leader (Software Engineering Manager) @United Wholesale Mortgage

Lead the development of large-scale projects at America\'s largest mortgage lender, utilizing a microservices architecture and Agile Scrum methodologies • Build and mentor high-performing teams in a fast-paced environment • Manage a team of 5-6 Software Engineers, 3 Quality Analysts/Engineers, and 2 Business Analysts • Spearhead numerous initiatives that involve multiple teams • Collaborate with UX, CI/CD, DevOps, Server, and Cybersecurity teams to build and continuously improve the product • Communicate the technology strategy and vision to the team to foster alignment and ownership • Focused on delivering a Minimum Viable Product (MVP) iteratively • Facilitate Pair Programming, Mob Programming, and cross-functional collaboration to own and deliver user stories • Led the team in delivering the mortgage industry-revolutionizing product BOLT, which closes loans in as quickly as 1 day (compared to an industry standard of 45 days) • Managed 9 simultaneous projects by creating 9 leaders within the team