Henok Alem
Software Engineer at Google
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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Top SchoolHenok Alem is a software engineer with 10 years of experience building full-stack web applications and data systems across public sector, academic, and large tech environments. Currently at Google, he designs scalable product data models for Shopping and leads adoption of large language models and high-quality dataset frameworks to improve product understanding. He has a strong track record modernizing legacy systems to cloud-native stacks (AWS, Python/Django, React) and delivering inclusive, accessible research platforms like Princeton’s PEMM project. Comfortable mentoring and managing cross-disciplinary teams, he has secured and executed grant-funded academic work while onboarding interns and lecturing undergraduates. Based in Washington, D.C., Henok blends practical engineering with research-minded rigor and an unusual combination of humanities-focused digital scholarship and production ML systems.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Highschool Diploma STEM, Highschool Diploma STEM at School of TomorrowBachelor’s Degree Computer Science, Bachelor’s Degree Computer Science at Michigan State University
English, Amharic
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (5)
react8
nextjs7
gevent5
socket-io5
websocket4
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
PrincetonPEMM/pemm-website
Oct 2021 - Dec 2022
Princeton Ethiopian, Eritrean & Egyptian Miracles of Mary Project
Contributions:55 reviews, 241 commits, 143 PRs in 1 year 1 month
ethiopianreactnextjsprinceton
henokalem/US-Names
Jul 2017 - Jan 2022
Contributions:4 PRs, 11 pushes, 2 branches in 4 years 7 months
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