Ahmed Awan
Software Engineer at The Johns Hopkins University
Omaha, Nebraska, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAhmed Awan is a software engineer with four years of full-stack experience building high-quality web applications and APIs, currently contributing to the open-source Galaxy Project at Johns Hopkins University. He blends frontend expertise in Typescript, Vue.js, React and SASS with backend skills in Python, FastAPI, SQLAlchemy and PostgreSQL/SQLite to deliver polished UIs and robust data-processing services. As a core Galaxy contributor and former release manager, he coordinates cross-team sprints, organizes community CoFests, and has presented his work at conferences—demonstrating both technical depth and community leadership. A strong academic foundation (BS in Computer Science, 3.975 GPA) underpins his pragmatic focus on reliable APIs and database algorithms that scale for scientific workflows.
4 years of coding experience
UMBCCambridge O Level Diploma, Cambridge O Level Diploma at Aitchison College
Github Skills (18)
docker10
python10
data-science10
workflow-engine10
chip-seq10
sequencing10
pipeline10
bioinformatics10
galaxy10
genomics10
science10
metagenomics10
documentation8
api8
hub8
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
ahmedhamidawan/galaxy
Feb 2022 - Apr 2025
Data intensive science for everyone.
Contributions:15 PRs, 834 pushes, 212 branches in 3 years 2 months
intensivepythonsciencedata-science
ahmedhamidawan/galaxy-hub
Oct 2022 - Jun 2024
Galaxy Community Hub
Contributions:18 pushes, 4 branches in 1 year 8 months
galaxy
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