Sia Agarwal
About Sia Agarwal
Sia Agarwal is a Full Stack Engineer at Investec in London, United Kingdom, where she has worked since 2019. She holds a Master of Science in Computer Science and a Bachelor of Science in Biological and Biomedical Sciences, and has experience in various technical projects and roles.
Work at Investec
Sia Agarwal has been employed at Investec as a Full Stack Engineer since 2019. In this role, she has participated in a rotational scheme, which allowed her to work with multiple teams and gain experience with various technology stacks. Her contributions include engaging in data migrations, front-end development using JavaScript, and creating a YAML pipeline to automate release processes. Additionally, she has utilized Jenkins and Terraform to facilitate API onboarding to AWS API Gateway for internal tech teams.
Education and Expertise
Sia Agarwal studied at University College London (UCL), where she earned a Master of Science (MS) in Computer Science from 2018 to 2019. Prior to this, she completed a Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Biological and Biomedical Sciences at UCL from 2015 to 2018. Her academic background includes conducting computational modeling of metabolic networks of cancer cells for her BSc dissertation and developing a binary classifier project that labels conversations based on speech gaps.
Background
Sia Agarwal completed her high school education at Hong Kong International School from 2011 to 2015. She began her professional journey with internships at research labs starting in 2016, where she developed skills in independent work and self-motivation. This foundation in research and technology has informed her subsequent roles in software engineering.
Achievements
During her time at UCL, Sia Agarwal served as the Creative Director for UCL Kinesis Magazine. In this position, she coordinated multiple divisions to ensure the timely publication of the magazine. Her technical projects include building a desktop application using Python and developing a binary classifier for her dissertation, showcasing her ability to integrate her programming skills with practical applications.