I'm a Lead Software Engineer who has spent six years building web applications end to end, from React frontends to the APIs behind them. For the past four years I've been at Booz Allen Hamilton working on Recreation.gov, the platform people use to discover and book campsites, permits, and tours across national parks and federal lands. Before that, I spent two years at Vanguard building the Java and Spring APIs supporting their investment platform.
I hold a BS in Data Science with a CS minor from Drexel University and an MBA from the University of Maryland.
Outside of work, my hobbies include building side projects, crochet (amigurumi), landscape photography, quilting, playing Scrabble and traveling around the world. I am a Northern Virginia/Metro D.C. native.
MBA
Graduated August 2026
BS in Data Science, Minor in Computer Science
Graduated June 2020
Dec 15, 2024 - Present
July 6, 2022 - Dec 15, 2024
Recommendation
I had the pleasure of working with her and can confidently say she is a highly detail-oriented professional who consistently strives for excellence. She never settles for a mediocre solution and always pushes to deliver high-quality results. Beyond her technical abilities, she is a supportive and reliable teammate. I strongly recommend her to any team looking for someone committed, thorough, and collaborative.
February 4, 2022 - June 17, 2022
July 13, 2020 - February 4, 2022
Recommendation
I was particularly impressed by Sita's ability to dive into tasks, juggle between many systems and technologies, and complete her work with quality while demonstrating thorough attention to detail. As she was learning new things, Sita always tried to make life easier for the next developer, whether by adding documentation or refactoring and cleaning up ambiguity in the project. When I gave Sita a task, I trusted that she would put in the research and effort to get it done with the highest quality. Sita would be an asset to any company or team that she joined. I've loved my experience working with Sita, and I know that anyone looking to hire or work with her will, too.
April 6, 2020 - June 11, 2020
September 24, 2018 - March 20, 2019
Recommendation
In her first week at ELAP, she wrote a script using the Python programming language to automate an important data cleaning task and eliminate a major bottleneck in our data load process. She went on to write complex database queries in the SQL language to feed several predictive models. Sita shared her knowledge with the company by participating in biweekly Analytics Council meetings and Machine Learning Workshops. She also took the initiative to create and deliver a presentation on machine learning from the data scientist's perspective. She demonstrated outstanding communication and leadership characteristics, and we very much enjoyed having her on the team.
June 19, 2017 - August 25, 2017
Recommendations
Sita's performance during this ten week period exceeded my expectations. Although Sita did not have any experience with PHP and Ruby on Rails programming languages, she was able to learn these languages in a very short period of time and contribute to our software development projects. I was impressed with her ability to work independently figuring things out on her own, develop features, fix bugs, and integrate with our team practices. She will be a great asset to any company and team.
Sita quickly got acclimated, and demonstrated an understanding of the project. In a very short time she was turning out work ready for our production system. Sita worked hard and was very productive. She worked independently when necessary and effectively collaborated with other team members when the situation required such. I enjoyed mentoring her. If you happen to be looking for a developer or any other position that Sita is applying to, you would make a great decision choosing her as I would fully endorse the hiring of Sita Robinson.
June 18, 2019 - June 11, 2020 (1 school year)
January 22, 2018 to June 17, 2019 (2 school years)