Yaakov Chaikin
Principal Software Engineer at Johns Hopkins Whiting School of Engineering
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
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Top SchoolYaakov Chaikin is a Principal Software Engineer and educator with over 20 years of full‑stack experience, currently leading engineering at RealmOne and teaching web development to over a million students through Johns Hopkins/Coursera. He blends hands‑on expertise in Java, Spring Boot, Node.js, and modern front‑end frameworks (Angular, React, TypeScript, D3) with cloud and CI/CD tooling like AWS, Docker, Jenkins, and TeamCity. A seasoned mentor and curriculum designer, he has created two top‑rated Coursera courses and served as graduate faculty and program administrator, shaping web development education for years. Yaakov is also an active open‑source author—creator of mongoUnit and multiple developer tools—demonstrating a focus on practical testing and API ergonomics. His work spans enterprise systems and developer education, with a knack for turning complex data‑driven backend needs into polished, responsive front‑end experiences. Based in Baltimore, he combines academic rigor (MS, Johns Hopkins) with pragmatic product delivery across startups and long‑running government and corporate projects.
12 years of coding experience
30 years of employment as a software developer
Johns Hopkins UniversityUMBCBA Talmudic Studies, BA Talmudic Studies at Ner Israel Rabbinical College
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Github Skills (11)
html10
css10
responsive-design10
javascript10
bootstra10
front-end-development10
bootstrap10
angularjs10
full-stack9
fullstack-development9
visual-studio-code6
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
jhu-ep-coursera/fullstack-course4
Feb 2016 - Nov 2022
Example code for HTML, CSS, and Javascript for Web Developers Coursera Course
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:97 commits, 235 PRs, 91 pushes in 6 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Yaakov primarily contributed to front-end development, making changes to HTML, CSS, and JavaScript files. They updated the Bootstrap CSS library and modified HTML structures, indicating a focus on UI/UX improvements and responsiveness. Additionally, the user incorporated code snippets and restructured pages to improve layout and user interaction. These changes span across multiple lectures and assignments.
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mongounit/mongounit
Oct 2019 - Mar 2021
Contributions:8 releases, 5 reviews, 125 commits in 1 year 4 months
spring-bootdata-drivenspring-datatesting-frameworkrelative
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