Women Coding Community

Host: Busra Ecem Sakar | LinkedIn
Busra Ecem Sakar is a Senior Data Analyst and Data Scientist with 10+ years of experience in data analysis, machine learning, and NLP. She holds dual master’s degrees in Biostatistics and Big Data & Data Science Technology.
Co-Host: Sonali Goel | LinkedIn
As a Senior/Lead Engineer at Tesco Technology, Sonali brings over 14 years of experience in the technology industry, specializing in managing extensive-scale e-commerce solutions.
Sonali is committed a leader in the Women Coding Community, she strives to support and advance diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives that uplift women in the field.

👩🏽‍💻 About Women Coding Community
Empowering women in their tech careers through education, mentorship, community building, and career services is our mission. We provide workshops and events, connect members with industry mentors, foster a supportive community through meetups and conferences, and raise awareness for more inclusive industry practices.
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👩🏽‍💻 Code of Conduct
At Women Coding Community we are committed to a vibrant, supportive community. When attending our events, all members should follow our Code of Conduct. The full version you can find following the link:
https://womencodingcommunity.com/code-of-conduct

Women Coding Community is excited to invite you to join our upcoming Study Group for the “Large Language Model Engineering Essentials” Cohort — originally organised by Nebius AI. We’re joining their program together so we can learn, share, and stay motivated as a community!
Check out their online course. ⬅️

🚨 How to Join
If you’d like to be part of this Study Group and register together under WCC, you MUST fill out this form: [Google Form 📋✅].
We’ll handle your registration with Nebius on your behalf so we can all start together!

🚀 What’s in Store?
Over 12 weeks, you’ll dive deep into the essentials of Large Language Model (LLM) engineering. Whether you're just getting started or looking for structured study support, this is your chance to build real-world AI skills alongside a supportive group of women in tech 💻✨
You’ll get:

• Access to Nebius AI’s official cohort — including weekly Q&A sessions
• A dedicated WCC Study Group for discussions, questions, and peer motivation
• A final capstone project to build your own AI-powered NPC service

You won’t be learning alone — we’ve got each other’s backs 👯‍♀️📚

📅 Important Dates
First Session: Wednesday, 7th May
Each week:
✅ 1 official Nebius Q&A session
✅ 1 casual WCC Study Group meetup

👩🏽‍💻 About Women Coding Community
We empower women in tech through education, mentorship, and career-building opportunities. From workshops to networking events, we’re here to help you grow your skills and confidence.
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📜 Code of Conduct: A safe, inclusive, and supportive space for all.

🎯 What You’ll Learn
👀 Quick Look at the Course Topics & Projects
This hands-on study material focuses on deploying and optimizing LLM APIs and open-source models, with projects in every topic.

1. LLM API Basics – Prompt strategies + build a chatbot
2. LLM Workflows – AI agents, memory, reasoning
3. Context & RAG – Retrieval-Augmented Generation
4. Self-Served LLMs – Deploy open-source models
5. Optimization & Monitoring – Improve performance and reliability

Fine-Tuning – Customize your own AI character

Final Project:
🏆 Build an LLM-powered NPC interaction service

💡 How It Works
✔️ Study at your own pace with materials released weekly
✔️ Join Nebius’ Q&A sessions for direct guidance
✔️ Meet with WCC Study Group weekly to discuss, ask, and support one another
✔️ Stay connected via our Slack channel for daily discussions

✅ What You Need to Join
🔹 Basic Python experience
🔹 Interest in LLMs & AI
🔹 Commitment to 12 weeks of learning

If you’re ready to grow your AI skills and be part of an empowering, supportive community — join us! ✨

If you want to have a say in the next book or volunteer with us, please join our Slack channel #prog_book_club!

Presenter: Nino Godoradze | LinkedIn
Nino Godoradze is a data scientist in the banking sector with 3 years of experience in data analytics, specializing in credit risk modeling. She holds a BA in Economics and has a strong technical background in econometrics and machine learning. Nino began her studies in psychology, which sparked her curiosity about human behavior and decision-making—an interest she continues to explore through data. She has led impactful projects in the banking sector, blending business understanding with analytical solutions to drive real-world outcomes.

Host: Silke Nodwell | LinkedIn
Silke is currently a Machine Learning Engineer at PEI Group. She holds an MSci Mathematics, First Class Honours, from Imperial College London. In addition to her role at PEI, Silke is a Lead at Women Coding Community, where she runs the bookclub, contributes to the technical blog, and organises talks by inspirational women. In her free time, she enjoys running and is currently training for her first marathon in May 2025.

Co-host: Prabha Venkatesh | LinkedIn
Prabha is the Lead Data Scientist at Milbotix. She’s previously worked as a Full-stack Software Developer and holds a Master’s degree from Lancaster University. She’s also a mentor at the Women Coding Community. Her interests include reading books, swimming and travel.

👩🏽‍💻 About Women Coding Community
Empowering women in their tech careers through education, mentorship, community building, and career services is our mission. We provide workshops and events, connect members with industry mentors, foster a supportive community through meetups and conferences, and raise awareness for more inclusive industry practices.
Website
LinkedIn
Slack
Instagram
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👩🏽‍💻 Code of Conduct
At Women Coding Community we are committed to a vibrant, supportive community. When attending our events, all members should follow our Code of Conduct. The full version can be found by following the link.

To get the place follow the link LeetCode Summer Bootcamp to register!

What you'll learn:

• Master Algorithms & Data Structures: Dive deep into the fundamental building blocks of efficient code. We'll cover a wide range of data structures (arrays, linked lists, stacks, queues, trees, graphs, hash tables) and algorithms (sorting, searching, dynamic programming, graph traversal) that are crucial for technical interviews.
• Crack Coding Interview Questions: We will dissect the most popular coding interview questions, focusing on problem-solving strategies specifically based on Algorithms and Data Structures.
• Develop Optimal Solutions: Learn various techniques and gain valuable insights into how to quickly devise and implement solutions with optimal time and space complexity. We'll explore different algorithmic approaches and help you understand the trade-offs between them.
• Nail Your Interviews: Beyond just solving problems, we'll provide guidance on how to effectively communicate your thought process, handle edge cases, and present your solutions clearly to impress interviewers.

By the end of this bootcamp, you will:

• Have a strong understanding of core algorithms and data structures.
• Be proficient in solving a wide variety of coding interview problems.
• Know how to analyze the time and space complexity of your solutions.
• Be equipped with effective strategies to approach and solve coding challenges under pressure.
• Gain the confidence to ace your technical interviews and take the next big step in your tech career!

📜 Earn a Certificate: Upon successfully completing the course, including participation in discussions and submission of the homework, you will receive a certificate recognising your achievement in mastering problem-solving questions.
To qualify for the certificate, participants must complete at least 80% of the homework.
Please follow the link to register to earn the certificate:
LeetCode Summer Bootcamp

Agenda

• 10:00 - 10:05 - Welcome words and Introduction to Women Coding Community
• 10:05 - 10:30 Introduction to the Summer Boot Camp and coding interviews
• 10:30 - 10:45 - Solving the questions in the breakout rooms
• 10:45 - 11:00 - Discussing the solution and Q&A

Host: Irina Kamalova | LinkedIn
Irina is a Founder & Director of Women Coding Community, VP Lead Software Engineer at JPMC, and ex-Senior Backend Software Engineer at Revolut. Her experience as a Software Engineer included working with large projects, search engines, distributed systems, performance issues, and huge data storage. She worked at Revolut, where she built a platform for retail products. That includes support services to handle 50 million clients, huge throughput and provide law latency for data flow. Irina mentoring mid-level engineers, constantly helps her team to tackle the extra mile and help the company to improve an intervening process, onboarding new hires, navigating interns and running knowledge-sharing activities. As a cherry on top, she helped to launch the inner Revolut Women Guild “RevWomen”.

Host: Lilia Rafikova | LinkedIn
Liliia brings 10+ years of deep backend engineering experience, driving innovation in cloud infrastructure, distributed systems, and system performance optimization. Her technical toolkit includes advanced Java, Rust, and C++, and she’s deeply experienced in building and scaling high-performance systems and solving complex algorithmic challenges through low-level programming.She blends deep algorithmic knowledge with real-world engineering expertise. Liliia is also an active mentor and leader in women’s coding communities, where she supports aspiring engineers through study groups, technical guidance, and career coaching. She’s passionate about empowering women in tech and creating inclusive spaces for learning and growth.

Co-Host: Nonna Shakhova | LinkedIn
Nonna is an experienced data engineer, skilled in data modelling, SQL and Python. She has a strong background in data analysis, ETL processes and data cataloguing, with extensive expertise in clickstream data with a focus on user behaviour data. Previously a software engineer for ten years and a former data scientist, she now works as a Cloud Data Engineer at Kindredgroup PLC. Recognised as an industry leader, Nonna is a member of the Women Who Code community and a Google Women Techmakers Ambassador. She has organised machine learning competitions, created a machine learning course for teenagers and spoken at Microsoft for Girls to encourage girls to pursue STEM careers. She has also organised data science meetups, spoken at IT events, and hosted a YouTube podcast with machine learning competition winners.

👩🏽‍💻 About Women Coding Community

Empowering women in their tech careers through education, mentorship, community building, and career services is our mission. We provide workshops and events, connect members with industry mentors, foster a supportive community through meetups and conferences, and raise awareness for more inclusive industry practices.
Website
LinkedIn
Slack
Instagram
X
👩🏽‍💻 Code of Conduct
At Women Coding Community we are committed to a vibrant, supportive community. When attending our events, all members should follow our Code of Conduct. The full version can be found by following the link.