Fariha Xaidi

About Fariha Xaidi

Senior Manager Software Engineering /Senior Software ArchitectA hands on Software Engineering manager with proven track record of leading teams through IT transformations and accelerated company growth. Leader with demonstrated ability to motivate, mentor, and drive teams to meet business objectives. Experienced in managing, recruiting, training, developing, coaching, and inspiring highly technical team members. Deep expertise in information management technologies. Have worked extensively with both Agile and Waterfall software development methodologies.Deep expertise in development of insurance systems, including underwriting, policy issuance, claims management, and NCCI reporting systems.Object Oriented Design, Analysis, Architecture & Development / ORM / RDBMS /Full Stack.Net Development – Involved in requirement gathering, designing, developing and deploying many public facing, Multi tenant, web sites.Multilayered Engineering Expertise in Web and Business Software arenas.Expert in problem isolation and resolution.

Experience

1. Manager, Software Engineering

   Amynta Group

   Nov 2019 — Present · Rocklin, CA, US

   Responsibilities included: Effort estimation/ budgeting Build, manage, mentor, train onsite/offshore teams Software Analysis/Design/Architecture Ensure availability, scalability, fault tolerance of applications on Azure• I am managing Workers Comp and Starr SaaS projects, architected, designed, implemented and deployed Online rater with the Integration of Clear Spring, Amtrust, Pie, Great American, CNA, Liberty and Employers carriers, in past two years. Also architectured and designed Underwriter dashboard for WorkersComp. These developments increased sales by 150%.• Coordinating with business, underwriters, carriers and agents, analyzing, architecturing, designing, implementing, code reviewing, mentoring and delivering projects before deadlines.• I am the main technical point of contact for all Worker Comp carriers.• Hands on technical manager experienced in designing, building and deploying secure, scalable products and services.• Managing onsite and remote teams of Engineers.• Running day-to-day activities of a dynamic engineering teams, including requirements grooming, scrums, retrospectives and team outings• Design, build, and maintain APIs, user-facing experiences, services, and systems.• Provide technical and architectural direction for the development, design, integration, testing, and maintenance of our platform• Leading agile software processes for onsite and offshore engineering teams and introduce best-in-class industry practices• Partner with stakeholders to ensure the teams\' contributions align with company objectives, develop technology roadmaps and set realistic product release schedules• Perform full lifecycle of team management to attract, engage, retain, coach and performance manage teams of exceptional engineers (e.g, mentoring, recruiting, training and development, performance evaluation)• Managing technical debt to ensure our dev velocity stays responsive and predictable while minimizing production incidents.

Education

• National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences

  Master of Science - MS, Computer Science

  2001 — 2004

• National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences

  Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science

  1997 — 2000