I am Nzinga Holloman

Software Engineer - Data Engineer

About me

Hello and Welcome! I am a Software Engineer and a proud North Carolina A&T graduate. My journey has taken me from academic projects to building robust data solutions as an Application Engineer at Oracle, where I've gained hands-on experience with cloud infrastructure and advanced data processing. I'm driven by a curiosity to learn and a desire to contribute to cutting-edge projects. Take a look around – I'm excited about what the future holds in this dynamic industry!

Relevant Experience

May 2021 – August 2021

Application Engineer - Oracle

As an Application Engineer, I specialized in data engineering, designing and optimizing scalable data pipelines, enhancing data processing efficiency, and delivering actionable insights from large datasets.

August 2022 – December 2022

Mentor - Edlyft

As a mentor, I taught weekly data structures in Java, tracked student progress, and provided comprehensive career development support for 10 students, fostering an inclusive and engaging learning environment.

May 2021 – August 2021

Software Engineer Intern - Oracle

During this internship, I constructed an end-to-end real-time disaggregation tool that streamed data from Pecan Street to interactive graphs created with Oracle’s visual builder with one other intern and an engineer.

January 2020 – April 2021

Tech Program Extern - Autodesk

I was one of four students selected to work aside are engineers, UI/X designers, and product managers to develop key features including a list view for the Shotgun team using ReactJS.

August 2020 – December 2020

Undergraduate Research Assistant - North Carolina A&T State University

I spent a semeste working with a professor and 4 other students to design and create a sybil detection method for social media accounts

June 2020 – July 2020

Software Engineer Intern - Dell Technologies

During summer 2020, I worked in a team of 4 interns and 2 engineers to create an authentication verification entity that prevents impersonation in a storage area network.

February 2020 – May 2020

Participant - Google Software Product Sprint

I collaborated with a team of five to design and implement a web application using Java, JavaScript, HTML and CSS over the course of 10 weeks, leveraging various Google Cloud Platform APIs, including App Engine and Datastore.

Skills and Technologies

Programming Languages & Frameworks

  • Python
  • Java
  • Scala
  • SQL
  • Shell Scripting
  • C++

Programming Languages & Frameworks

  • Apache Spark
  • Pyspark
  • ETL Pipelines
  • Data Modeling
  • Real-Time Data Processing
  • Feature Engineering
  • Data Quality
  • A/B Testing

Cloud & Databases

  • Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)
  • Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse (ADW)
  • PostgreSQL

Education and Certificates

Expiration Date: January 12, 2025

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure 2022

Certified Foundations Associate

Graduated 2022

B.S. in Computer Science

North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University

Spring 2021

Google's Tech Exchange

Projects

Coming Soon!