Fatimah Hassan

Full-stack software engineer with 3+ years of experience building secure, scalable web applications in Agile environments. Skilled in React, Node.js, TypeScript, Python, and SQL with hands-on experience implementing AI features using RAG and LLM integration, building RESTful APIs, and managing CI/CD pipelines. Team lead with expertise in security implementation, OWASP-based secure development, and software documentation. M.S.

Software

Development candidate at Boston University.

Research Assistant – Software Engineering - Boston University - Boston, MA

(2024-09 - 2026-05)

• Analyze software design patterns in RUML/UML for maintainable architectures, contributing to 2 academic papers.
• Develop safe coding guidelines and pattern catalogs adopted by 3 research projects, improving code quality by 30%.

Full-Stack Software Developer - Freelance/Contract - New York, NY

(2021-05)

• Built 15+ full-stack web applications using React, TypeScript, Node.js in Agile sprints, reducing development time by 40%.
• Designed RESTful APIs handling 50,000+ daily requests with 99.9% uptime; implemented OAuth 2.0, JWT, RBAC security.
• Configured CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions (CodeQL, Trivy, npm audit), cutting deployment from 2 hours to 15 minutes.

Data Management Specialist - TechData Solutions - Remote

(2018-07 - 2020-06)

• Automated data processing for 50,000+ entries via Python scripts, improving accuracy from 75% to 98%, cutting time by 60%.

Master of Science - Software Development - Boston University (2026-12)

Bachelor of Technology - Earth Sciences (Geophysics) - Ladoke Akintola University (2015-04)