Software Engineer · Product Manager · Banking & Financial Services

Leila Naghavian

Software Engineer and Product Manager with 22+ years in banking and financial services — from domain analysis to deployment, delivering high-impact web and desktop solutions with an agile mindset and a passion for clean, reliable products.

22+ Years Experience
15+ Years in Banking & Financial Industry
3 Publications
Leila Naghavian — Software Engineer & Product Manager
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Experience

Software Engineer and Product Manager with 22+ years in banking and financial services. Proven track record across all phases of the software development life cycle, from domain to deployment, delivering high-impact web and desktop solutions.

Current

Assistant Product Manager

ConfiDefence Startup

Identifying market trends and defining product vision and roadmap. Prioritizing features and functionalities and guiding product teams throughout the development lifecycle. Establishing KPIs to track product performance and areas of improvement.

  • Product Management
  • Roadmap
  • KPIs
  • Agile
Current

Software Engineer — Software Analyst

ADAK AEIN Audit and Financial Services Firm · Tehran, Iran

Analyzing business requirements for an auditing software system, preparing user stories based on requirements, and developing test cases based on user stories. Suggesting modifications to the software system to solve business problems in the financial services domain.

  • Requirements Analysis
  • User Stories
  • Test Cases
  • Auditing

Software Engineer | Project Manager

Iranian Embedded Systems · Tehran, Iran

Monitored and unified development processes and codebases. Enabled coordination and collaboration between development, IT operations, quality engineering, and security — reducing the gap between actions needed to quickly change an application and the tasks that maintain its reliability.

  • DevOps
  • CI/CD
  • Collaboration
  • Reliability

Software Engineer

Sadad Informatics · Tehran Province, Iran

Member of different software teams producing and implementing software solutions for line and staff projects, including Credit & Loan System and Human Resource Payroll System. Developed high-quality software design and architecture, identified and executed tasks across the software development lifecycle, and produced clean and efficient code. Performed validation and verification testing, collaborated with internal teams and end users to improve software products, documented development phases, monitored systems, and ensured software stayed current with latest technologies.

  • Banking
  • Credit & Loan
  • Payroll
  • Software Design

Software Specialist

The Khoshbin Company, Inc. · Orange County, California, USA

Software specialist at a real estate company focused on repurposing commercial real estate, opportunistic acquisitions, and asset management.

  • Software Development
  • Enterprise Systems

Software Developer

Sadad Informatic Corporation · Tehran, Iran

Member of a software team that produced a Human Resource Management (HRM) system for Melli Bank of Iran, including projects for the Welfare and Treatment Department. Collaborated with team members to determine best practices, designed algorithms and flowcharts, developed prototypes and intuitive programs, performed testing and deployment, carried out data conversion and transformation, trained end users, and maintained technical documentation.

  • HRM
  • Melli Bank
  • Prototyping
  • Data Conversion

Skills

Full-stack software engineering, product strategy, and deep domain expertise in banking, financial services, and the software development lifecycle.

Software Engineering

C#.NET CoreASP.NET Core SQL ServerREST APIsMicroservices Software ArchitectureObject-Oriented Programming (OOP) Git & GitHubAgile ScrumSDLC Secure Software DevelopmentCI/CD Enterprise Application DevelopmentFinTech Solutions AI-Assisted Development

Product Management

Product Vision & RoadmapMarket Trend Analysis Feature PrioritizationStakeholder Management KPIs & Product PerformanceUser Stories Business RequirementsAgileLarge-Scale Scrum (LeSS)

Banking & Financial Services

Core Banking SystemsDigital Banking Credit & Loan ManagementLending Operations Payments & Fund TransfersCard Management (Debit/Credit) Account ManagementKnow Your Customer (KYC) Fraud Detection & PreventionCompany Auditing

Soft Skills

Problem SolvingAnalytical Thinking System DesignTeam Collaboration CommunicationStakeholder Management Continuous LearningResponsibility

Academics

Formal education in computer software engineering, complemented by professional certification in web server security.

2004 — 2008

M.Sc. Computer Software Engineering

Iran University of Science and Technology · Tehran, Iran

Master's thesis: Providing location privacy in pervasive computing through a hybrid mechanism — later published as a peer-reviewed research paper.

1998 — 2001

B.Sc. Computer Software Engineering

Islamic Azad University (IAU)

Undergraduate degree in computer software engineering, building the foundation for a career in banking and financial systems development.

Publications

Peer-reviewed research in pervasive computing, location privacy, and performance modeling of call center systems.

2010

Providing Location Privacy in Pervasive Computing Through a Hybrid Mechanism

Published Research · Based on M.Sc. Thesis

A hybrid mechanism for preserving location privacy in pervasive computing environments, based on graduate research at IUST.

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2008

Towards a Hybrid Location Privacy Scheme in Pervasive Computing

Research Publication · Jan 2008

Hybrid approaches to location privacy in pervasive computing and privacy-preserving mobile systems.

2007

Modeling and Evaluation of Call Centers with GSPN Models

AICCSA Conference · Jan 2007

GSPN models applied to analyze and evaluate call center system performance.

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Certifications

Professional certification in web server maintenance and security.

Cert

Web Server Maintenance & Security

San Diego College of Continuing Education

2009 — 2010

Contact Me

Open to consulting, product management, and software engineering opportunities in banking, financial services, and fintech.