About

Surekha Balla is a highly skilled Software Engineer with over 6 years of experience in the industry. She is currently working at Google as a Java Developer, where she builds ultra-low latency client connectivity solutions for electronic trading. Prior to this, she worked as a React-UI developer at VISA, where she developed a web-based onboarding tool for clients and gained knowledge in React-Redux, Backbone, HTML, and CSS. Surekha graduated from IIT Kharagpur in 2017 with an integrated M.Sc. degree in Mathematics and Computing. During her time at IIT Kharagpur, she gained experience in Big Data Analysis at Deep Forest Media in Hyderabad and completed several projects under the supervision of notable faculty members. Apart from her technical skills, Surekha is also a natural leader. As the General Secretary-Technology SN Hall at IIT Kharagpur, she represented her hall in the genre of technology at the institute level and successfully motivated her team to win various medals and the application cup for the first time since the inception of these competitions at their university. Surekha's technical skills include Software Engineering, UI, Big Data, Java, Web, Selenium, Test, Redux, Integration, and Mobile. She has participated in and is aware of all sorts of Agile Ceremonies and served as Scrum Master to her team for 10 sprints. She effectively groomed user stories along with the product owner and team members and executed sprints with amazing results and outcomes that demonstrated her good leadership skills. Overall, Surekha is a talented and experienced Software Engineer with a strong background in mathematics and computing. She is a natural leader who is passionate about technology and always striving to improve her skills.