Sofia Javed
Bus Operator
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolSofia Javed is a software engineer with five years of experience building full‑stack and front‑end web applications, specializing in JavaScript, TypeScript, Vue (including Vue 3 migrations), and Ruby on Rails. She transitioned from nearly a decade in human rights and foreign policy—managing multi‑million dollar programs and reporting from conflict zones—bringing deep domain knowledge of inclusion, accessibility, and governance to tech projects. At Tidelift she progressed from junior hire to Software Engineer II, contributing to component libraries, APIs, and cross‑functional feature delivery while fostering team engagement through events and support channels. Based in Chicago, she now serves as a frontline Bus Operator for the CTA, honing real‑time decision‑making and crisis de‑escalation skills that translate to high‑stakes engineering contexts. Comfortable in public speaking and storytelling (including stand‑up comedy), Sofia combines technical craft with empathy and practical leadership to build user‑centered, socially minded software.
5 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
The Grace Hopper Program at Fullstack AcademyArabic Language School , Advanced intensive Arabic language and literature, Arabic Language School , Advanced intensive Arabic language and literature at Middlebury CollegeMaster of Arts - MA, International Peace Studies, Master of Arts - MA, International Peace Studies at University of Notre DameCollege Semester Abroad, Morocco, Moroccan Language, Culture and Society, College Semester Abroad, Morocco, Moroccan Language, Culture and Society at School for International TrainingIndustrial Maintenance & Repair, Industrial Maintenance & Repair at Symbol Training InstituteBachelor of Science - BS, Journalism, Bachelor of Science - BS, Journalism at Northwestern University
Urdu, Arabic, French, Uzbek, Russian, Tajik, Turkish
Github Skills (12)
discovery9
parser7
rails7
package-manager6
librariesio6
manifest5
open-source5
service-discovery4
notebook4
controlling3
architecture2
infrastructure1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
sofjaved/API-take-home-assignment
Feb 2021 - Jun 2023
Contributions:4 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 4 months
sofjaved/advent-of-code-2020
Dec 2020 - Dec 2020
Contributions:22 pushes, 1 branch in 18 days
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