The Ultimate Battle: Software Manager vs. Developer

Track: Tech Leadership
Abstract
Prepare yourself for an electrifying and insightful presentation where a software development manager and a developer engage in the ultimate battle of wits and skills. This captivating session will dive into the critical aspects of modern software development, including code build, testing, deployment, automation, system resilience, and security where you will witness the contrasting perspectives and strategies as the manager and developer tackle real-world challenges head-on!
Throughout the presentation, you'll gain valuable insights into how these two roles can collaborate effectively to achieve optimal results.
Whether you are a manager, developer, or tech enthusiast, this session promises to be both informative and entertaining. Don't miss out on this ultimate battle!
Priya Jayakumar
Priya Jayakumar has been in the Telecommunications Software Industry for more than a decade. During her time, she has grown from a Software Developer to leading and managing a team of high caliber Software Development Engineers who build reliable, scalable and secure solutions for T-Mobile’s eCommerce Platform. She creates short- and long-term strategies, promoting innovation in software development and operating a highly stable and always available eCommerce engine for the telecom giant. As a Women in Tech, a First-Gen Immigrant and a Mother, Priya takes pride in her work and always fosters positive working environment. She thrives on helping her team succeed and has received multiple compliments from senior leaders for effectively managing and strategizing for the success of her software development and SRE teams. Her recent achievement includes helping her team build a Zero to Hero Real time environment scale up in an Active-Active Segmented Routed infrastructure ensuring multiple environment anvailability via pipeline with the click of a button!
Nashidul Islam
With six years of dedicated experience in the field of software engineering, I have developed and honed my skills in creating robust digital commerce applications. My work has involved integrating features using cutting-edge cloud platforms such as AWS and GCP, where I’ve leveraged my extensive cloud experience to deliver innovative and efficient solutions. Throughout my career, I have had the opportunity to work extensively with distributed systems and backend services. My expertise in these areas has enabled me to ensure that the systems I work on are not only robust but also scalable and reliable. As a Site Reliability Engineer (SRE), my primary focus has been on enhancing system performance, fault tolerance, and overall reliability.