Sally Beckwith
Owner at Beckwith Sewing Machine Services
Sterling, Virginia, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolSally Beckwith is a seasoned UI developer and retired engineer with over a decade of experience building and modernizing front-end systems for mission-critical government and defense applications. She has led React-driven rewrites, implemented accessible and well-tested interfaces, and added backend REST endpoints in Ruby on Rails and Java to support high-usage services and FEMA grant workflows. Comfortable in both large Agile teams and small startup settings, she has a track record of converting legacy UIs into maintainable modern tools and ensuring strong test coverage and 508 compliance. Now based in Sterling, VA, she runs Beckwith Sewing Machine Services, blending technical precision with hands-on craft—repairing machines, teaching classes, and making memory bears for grieving families. An electrical engineering graduate from Virginia Tech who later completed a full-stack program at George Washington University, she brings disciplined engineering rigor to community-focused small-business work.
10 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
Full Stack Developer Course, Full Stack Developer Course at George Washington UniversityBachelor of Applied Science (BASc) Electrical Engineering, Bachelor of Applied Science (BASc) Electrical Engineering at Virginia TechProgramming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
SallyB1988/phaser-game
May 2019 - Jun 2019
Contributions:73 commits, 36 PRs, 52 pushes in 25 days
SallyB1988/Bootstrap-Portfolio
Mar 2019 - Apr 2021
Contributions:2 PRs, 24 pushes, 2 branches in 2 years 1 month
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