Ala’a Tamam

United Nations Development Coordination Office

Member of Digital Solutions Laboratory. I engineer ETL pipelines and analytics infrastructure spanning 140 countries, producing SDG-aligned indicators and real-time Power BI dashboards to support monitoring and evaluation across UN country teams.

United Way of Massachusetts Bay

Designed end-to-end data quality pipelines for donor and program data, deduplicating 32,000+ records and improving data accuracy while stabilizing legacy systems used by finance and operations.

Center for Human-Compatible AI (UC Berkeley)

Authored and presented research on AI safety and accountability in high-risk deployments, combining comparative case studies with independent technical study of graph-based methods.

Northeastern University

Contributed to a dataset cataloguing 2,000+ biotech products across 400+ startups, and conducted Python-based statistical analyses of cardiovascular therapies to assess treatment efficacy and clinical outcomes.

ServiceNow

Automated reporting workflows with Excel VBA and built a Python pipeline using the YouTube API to extract and analyze metrics across 500+ videos.

Office of U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren

Built relational databases and developed visualizations of constituent opinions and issue trends to support internal analysis and decision-making.

Khoury College of Computer Science, Northeastern University

Teaching assistant for Discrete Structures (CS1800), supporting instruction, grading, and concept clarification.

Walgreens

Prepared and verified prescriptions, ensured HIPAA compliance, processed insurance claims, and supported high-volume patient service.

Code4Community

Full-stack developer building and deploying production web applications for Boston-based nonprofits, with end-to-end ownership across frontend, backend, and database architecture. Applications collectively serve over 60,000 live users.

• Built and deployed four full-stack applications using React, TypeScript, Node.js, and PostgreSQL, taking features from initial design through production.
• Developer on Project Constellation for The Star Won’t Go Out (founded by John Green), supporting families affected by childhood cancer.
• Developer on Securing Safe Food for the City of Boston, engineering features that streamline access to safe, nutritious food and connect providers with vulnerable communities.
• Currently developing the platform for 826 Boston, building tools that support youth writing and literacy programs.

CivicConnect

Full-stack developer and communications liaison on a GPT-powered “digital intern” that helps congressional offices intake constituent service requests, collect opinions, and generate analytics from daily correspondence.

• Implemented the chatbot using Python, Java, and Node.js to support intake workflows, approved talking points, and reporting outputs.
• Led technical and policy-facing presentations to congressional offices (including Congressman Moulton’s office), contributing to project adoption by the Chief Administrative Office of the House of Representatives.

Big Sister App

Co-founded and led full-stack development of a campus safety platform supporting real-time alerts, geospatial risk visualization, and secure data storage for safety-focused use cases.

• Architected the web application using Python, Java, and SQL, with a focus on secure workflows and data integrity.
• Built backend pipelines and application logic powering interactive heat maps, incident reporting, and resource matching to enable data-driven safety insights.