Yasmin Shaikh

Facilitated program increment planning sessions across agile release train teams, aligning sprint objectives and delivery roadmaps with business goals, leading to 20% improvement in release predictability.
Managed agile delivery for web and mobile applications by coordinating cross-functional teams, achieving 95% on-time sprint delivery and reducing release blockers by 30%.
Coached team members on agile mindset, scrum framework, and kanban practices, improving collaboration and increasing sprint velocity by 25% within six months.
Facilitated scrum ceremonies for distributed teams, enhancing engagement and reducing spillover stories by 20%.
Partnered with product owners to prioritize product backlogs based on business value, contributing to 15% faster feature delivery.
Tracked and analyzed agile metrics to drive continuous improvement initiatives, resulting in an 18% increase in team productivity.
Maintained and optimized Jira dashboards and documentation, improving project visibility and stakeholder transparency by 40%.
Identified and removed team impediments through collaboration with stakeholders, reducing dependency-related delays by 35%.

• Facilitated daily stand-up meetings to enhance team communication and collaboration.
• Coordinated sprint planning sessions to prioritize tasks and define project goals.
• Guided teams in Agile practices to improve workflow and increase productivity.

• Worked as a Technical Team Lead for the development and delivery of high-performance Android and mobile applications, including MiFon, contributing to 99.5% application uptime and improved user experience.
• Led cross-functional teams consisting of developers, QA engineers, UI/UX designers, and backend teams, ensuring project delivery aligned with timelines, quality standards, and business goals, resulting in 90% on-time release completion.
• Managed sprint execution by tracking dependencies, mitigating delivery risks, and coordinating production releases, reducing release delays by 30% and improving sprint predictability.
• Served as both Technical Lead and Scrum Master by facilitating Agile ceremonies including Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-ups, Sprint Reviews, Retrospectives, and Backlog Refinement sessions, helping increase team velocity by 25% over successive sprints.
• Collaborated closely with Product Owners, stakeholders, and business teams to prioritize requirements and align technical delivery with strategic objectives, contributing to 20% faster feature rollout.
• Improved application performance through code optimization, API response tuning, and crash monitoring, resulting in 35% reduction in app crashes and 40% improvement in application response time.
• Ensured adherence to coding standards, security best practices, CI/CD processes, and release quality procedures, reducing production defects by 28% and improving overall application stability.
• Coordinated UAT, staging, and production deployment activities for mobile applications, ensuring smooth releases with minimal post-production issues.
• Mentored junior developers and team members through technical guidance, code reviews, and Agile coaching, improving team productivity and accelerating onboarding efficiency by 30%.
• Promoted a culture of continuous improvement and collaboration within the team, enhancing delivery efficiency, stakeholder satisfaction, and overall Agile maturity.

• Developed and integrated RESTful APIs for secure backend communication, improving real-time data synchronization, application responsiveness, and overall user experience, resulting in 30% faster API response time.
• Contributed to the development of critical modules for the HDFC Bank MobileBanking application, enhancing scalability, transaction security, and performance for high-volume banking operations.
• Collaborated with Backend, QA, and UI/UX teams to deliver secure and high-performing mobile banking features, contributing to 20% improvement in customer experience ratings and smoother user journeys.
• Developed and optimized a custom Java-based document compression library, reducing document upload time by 40% and decreasing storage consumption by 35% for banking workflows.
• Implemented secure coding practices, encryption standards, and performance optimization techniques to ensure compliance with banking security and reliability standards.
• Conducted code reviews, debugging, and root cause analysis to resolve production issues, reducing application defects by 25% and improving release stability.
• Supported application deployment, testing, and production release activities, ensuring seamless rollout with minimal post-release incidents.
• Participated actively in Agile Scrum ceremonies including Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-ups, Sprint Reviews, Retrospectives, and defect triage sessions, improving sprint collaboration and delivery efficiency.
• Worked closely with cross-functional teams to analyze requirements, estimate efforts, and deliver features within sprint timelines, contributing to 95% sprint commitment achievement.
• Enhanced application performance and reliability through continuous monitoring, optimization, and defect resolution, helping improve mobile application stability and user retention.