Garima Agarwal joined the Garden State Java User Group leadership team in April 2026.

Garima is a software engineer and community leader with strong expertise in Java, backend development, and cloud-native technologies, specializing in building scalable, high performance distributed systems. She has worked across complex domains including banking, insurance, mortgage, e-commerce, and government, collaborating with some of the world’s largest organizations in these sectors.

An IEEE Senior Member, Garima is an active speaker at major global technology conferences and a frequent judge at hackathons and innovation programs, where she mentors and supports emerging talent. She is also an active book reviewer with major publications. Garima is deeply passionate about Java and the evolving intersection of Java and AI.

Committed to fostering collaboration and knowledge sharing, Garima actively contributes to growing and strengthening developer communities. She is also passionate about supporting women in technology.

Garima may be contacted via email, garima [dot] agarwal [at] gsjug [dot] org.