About

Garima W. is an accomplished Engineering Leader with over 14 years of experience in the software industry. With a Master's in Computer Applications and a Bachelor's in Mathematics, she is skilled in managing the execution and performance of teams, developing leadership, and providing coaching. Garima is experienced in collaborating with globally distributed teams of developers, stakeholders, and product owners, designing, building, and delivering highly reliable and scalable distributed systems. She has worked in diverse industries and technologies, ensuring a healthy culture within the team and proactively enabling psychological safety, timely conflict resolution, openness, and collaboration. Currently, Garima is an Engineering Manager at Google, where she manages the Google Cloud Storage (GCS) Capacity team that forecasts, orders, and allocates the capacity needed to maintain the organic and inorganic growth of GCS platform services and GCS customers in a reliable and cost-effective manner. She has contributed to broader culture and community, facilitating training and company-wide DEI initiatives. Garima's past experience includes working as a Software Developer at Facebook, where she had full ownership of a broader work group's execution, including long-term, multi-quarter objectives, and setting the correct priorities. She collaborated with various cross-functional teams and stakeholders to lead the design, development, and delivery of software that helped Facebook understand its global communities' expectations and shape products and tools to meet their needs. She also worked as a Senior Software Development Engineer at Expedia, where she owned the cloud migration of databases for business-critical back-end services. Garima has a strong tech stack that includes Senior Software Engineer, Java, NoSQL, Frontend, Backend, and Software Engineer. She has a Master of Computer Applications (MCA) from Banasthali University and a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Mathematics from Delhi University. With 15.70 years of relevant experience, Garima is a highly skilled and accomplished Engineering Leader with a proven track record of delivering results.