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Nora Fergany

@norafergany

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Full Stack Software & Data Engineer with a focus on innovation.

United States

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What I'm looking for

I seek a collaborative environment that values innovation and offers opportunities for growth.

I am a Full Stack Software & Data Engineer with a strong background in developing scalable applications and data solutions. Currently, I lead an engineering team at Terawatt Infrastructure, where I successfully rewrote a Java billing application in Python, enhancing productivity and streamlining processes. My expertise in technologies such as Kafka, Databricks, and Airflow has enabled me to implement real-time data streaming and analytics solutions that drive significant cost savings and improve operational efficiency.

Previously, I contributed to Carnegie Mellon University as a Full Stack Developer, where I developed applications that improved user experience and reduced support tickets significantly. My work included migrating legacy systems, optimizing application performance, and integrating data governance solutions. I am passionate about mentoring fellow engineers and promoting best practices like test-driven development to foster a culture of quality and continuous improvement.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Full Stack Software Engineer

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Terawatt Infrastructure

Feb 2023 - Present (2 years 5 months)

Led the engineering team to rewrite a Java billing application in Python, enhancing productivity and migrating data to Postgres RDS. Implemented a modular Airflow pipeline and introduced Kafka for real-time data streaming from MongoDB to microservices. Developed an analytics toolkit in Databricks and built Looker dashboards for executive data visibility.

Python Java Kafka Airflow Databricks SQLAlchemy MongoDB Looker RDS

Full Stack Developer

Carnegie Mellon University

Oct 2021 - Feb 2023 (1 year 4 months)

Developed the Site Managers app in React and PHP, significantly reducing load times and engineer request tickets. Created emergency alert apps using AWS Lambda and integrated Cascade CMS with data intelligence solutions to enhance data governance.

React PHP AWS Lambda Google Cloud Platform Data Governance Java Cost Control

Associate Full Stack Developer

Carnegie Mellon University

Aug 2019 - Oct 2021 (2 years 2 months)

Architected and implemented CMU’s official web search using Java and AWS Lambda. Proposed migration to a cost-effective solution and introduced test-driven development practices to improve code quality.

Java AWS Lambda API Gateway Django Test Driven Development Search Stakeholder Engagement

Systems Analyst

Carnegie Mellon University

Feb 2018 - Aug 2019 (1 year 6 months)

Led the migration of enterprise search from Google to Solr, improving search relevancy. Developed a Splunk dashboard for web search data and wrote Bash scripts for log file management.

Solr Splunk BASH Apache Search