Women Coding Community

Fill up Form to get notification of the event.

Women Coding Community invites you to the fifth session of our Study Group for the “Large Language Model Engineering Essentials” Cohort by Nebius AI. We’re learning and growing together as a community!

Fill up Form to get notification of the event.

🚀 What’s in store?
This study group is designed to support you wherever you are in the "Large Language Model Engineering Essentials" program. Since the Nebius AI program is self-paced, we have the freedom to choose what we want to cover together. Here are some options:

• Deep Dive into a Notebook: We can explore a specific topic in more detail.
• Dedicated Coding Time: Work on the Nebius AI tasks, get help, and collaborate.
• Q&A: Bring your challenging LLM questions, and we'll tackle them together.
• Open Discussion: Share your progress, discuss interesting LLM applications, or brainstorm new ideas.

🎯 The hands-on program covers:

• LLM API Basics – Prompt strategies + build a chatbot
• LLM Workflows – AI agents, memory, reasoning
• Context & RAG – Retrieval-Augmented Generation
• Self-Served LLMs – Deploy open-source models
• Optimization & Monitoring – Improve performance and reliability
• Fine-Tuning – Customize your own AI character
• Final Project: 🏆 Build an LLM-powered NPC interaction service

👀 Check out the programs exciting curriculum by Nebius: https://github.com/Nebius-Academy/LLM-Engineering-Essentials

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

👩🏽‍💻 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.
🌐 womencodingcommunity.com
📜 Code of Conduct: A safe, inclusive, and supportive space for all.
If you’re ready to grow your AI skills and be part of an empowering, supportive community — join us! ✨

📍 Spots are limited! RSVP now & complete the registration form: link

This study group will provide a comprehensive introduction to test-driven development through both theory and practice. We'll explore:

1. The rationale behind TDD
2. The core TDD methodology
3. Best practices for effective testing
4. Common pitfalls to avoid

Our focus will be on practical implementation using JavaScript/TypeScript, with React for frontend and Node.js for backend development.

Schedule:
We'll meet for four 60 - 90-minute virtual sessions, structured as follows:
Session 1: TDD Fundamentals & JavaScript Testing Tools
Session 2: Frontend TDD with React
Session 3: Backend TDD with Node.js
Session 4: Advanced TDD Practices & Real-world Application

💼 What you'll learn:
🔹 Test doubles: mocks, stubs, and spies
🔹 Integration testing and test coverage
🔹 Hands-on exercise: Refactoring with tests as a safety net
🔹 Open discussion: Implementing TDD in your projects
🔹 Series wrap-up and resources for continued learning

🕰️ Agenda:
21:00 - 21:10 - Intro to Women Coding Community
21:10 - 22:15 - Session 4
22:15 - 22:30 - Q&A and closing

👩‍💻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

👩‍💻Code of Conduct
At the 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 - 10:20 Going through the homework
• 10:20 - 11:00 Lecture
• 11:00 - 11:30 Solving the questions in the breakout rooms
• 11:30 - 12:00 - 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.

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 - 10:20 Going through the homework
• 10:20 - 11:00 Lecture
• 11:00 - 11:30 Solving the questions in the breakout rooms
• 11:30 - 12:00 - 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.