Pragya Mehta
Pune
Summary
Software Development Manager with over 13 years of experience in leading cross-functional teams for enterprise-scale telecom and financial applications. Expertise in managing teams of 10-20 engineers, optimizing agile processes, and enhancing delivery efficiency. Strong technical background in Java, Spring Boot, and REST APIs, combined with skills in people leadership and stakeholder alignment.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Software Development Manager
Amdocs
Pune
06.2023 - Current
- Lead a team of 10 to 15 engineers, delivering monthly release cycles for telecom applications.
- Deployed automated tools for tracking bug fixes and feature requests throughout the development process.
- Enhanced team productivity by introducing agile best practices, improving on-time delivery by 20%.
- Facilitated stakeholder alignment and conflict resolution, improving cross-team collaboration.
- Managed the design, coding, testing and debugging of software applications.
- Conducted regular meetings with team members to review progress towards goals.
- Resolved conflicts between stakeholders by facilitating discussions that focused on common objectives.
Team Lead – Software Development
Amdocs
Pune
06.2020 - 06.2023
- I acted as the Scrum Master and Tech Lead for a team of eight developers.
- Achieved 80% sprint commitment reliability by improving backlog refinement practices.
- Introduced CI/CD automation, cutting deployment effort from 2 hours to 54 minutes.
- Conducted regular meetings with team members to discuss progress, challenges, and opportunities for improvement.
- Provided training for new team members on various technologies used in the development process.
- Participated in code review sessions with other developers to ensure coding standards are met.
Application Developer
Fujitsu Consulting India Pvt. Ltd.
Pune
09.2011 - 06.2020
- Designed and implemented web services using RESTful API for data integration between applications.
- Participated in code reviews to maintain high-quality software development standards.
- Increased unit test coverage from 50% to 90% using JUnit best practices.
- Collaborated on CI/CD pipelines, reducing release turnaround by 10%.
- Collaborated with other developers to resolve issues related to application development process.
- Integrated third-party APIs into existing systems for improved functionalities.
- Tested developed applications for functionality, performance and scalability.
Education
B.Tech -
CEB Bhubaneswar
Bhubaneshwar06-2011
Skills
Management Skills
- SAFe Agile and Scrum Master
- Stakeholder management
- Conflict resolution
- Team development
- Agile methodologies
- Cross-functional collaboration
Technical Skills
- Java and Spring Boot
- REST APIs and caching
- Unit testing, component testing, test automations
- Version control with Git/Bitbucket
- CI/CD pipelines
- Code quality with SonarQube
- Security scanning with Twistlock and Checkmarx
Certification
- Certified SAFe 6 Agilist
- Oracle Certified Java Developer
Timeline
Software Development Manager
Amdocs
06.2023 - Current
Team Lead – Software Development
Amdocs
06.2020 - 06.2023
Application Developer
Fujitsu Consulting India Pvt. Ltd.
09.2011 - 06.2020
B.Tech -
CEB Bhubaneswar