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Makeda Heman-Ackah
Full Stack Developer, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Location: South Riding, VA United States
Joined: Apr 27th, 2026

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I currently work with Howard Hughes Medical Institute as Full Stack Developer
I have years of experience working in the Nonprofit and Volunteer Services industry.

Full Stack Developer | HHMI (Howard Hughes Medical Institute)
From November 2024 to April 2026 • 2 year(s)
Design and develop solutions for review and visitor tracking systems for scientific researchers using Spring Boot, React, TypeScript, and Oracle PL-SQL. Created AI prototypes and SCIM Server for user provisioning.

Senior Software Engineer | The Virtus Solution
From October 2022 to July 2024 • 2 year(s)
Collaborated cross-functionally to integrate distributed services and designed microservices for mission-critical projects using Spring Boot and Java to modernize legacy systems.

Software Engineer For Good | GlobalGiving
From September 2019 to August 2022 • 3 year(s)
Implemented scalable solutions for crowdfunding platform enabling nonprofits to raise millions, converted web system from Struts to Spring, and created GlobalGiving Atlas using Python and machine learning.

Software Engineer | Capital One
From July 2018 to June 2019 • 1 year(s)
Full stack developer creating React components and maintaining Java applications using Spring, SQL, AWS in Agile environment. Worked on batch processing and CloudFormation templates.

Technical Trainer | Tech Data
From October 2015 to February 2018 • 3 year(s)
Taught Apache Hadoop ecosystem technologies and served as certified Spring Framework trainer. Created AWS infrastructure with VPC, EC2, and DynamoDB integration.

Developer and Application Support | The Washington Post
From March 2012 to April 2015 • 3 year(s)
Developed code for newsroom operations and maintained Content Management System. Enhanced JEE applications and maintained Paywall Authorizer code using Java and Spring.

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