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Career

Experience

I have shipped production software across AI platforms, financial analytics, marketplaces, and education as an engineer, a lead, and a teacher.

Software & AI Engineer

  • Building AI features with LLMs, embeddings, and semantic search
  • Designing scalable backend APIs and microservices
  • Developing dashboards, reporting, and forecasting features
  • Creating database schemas and data workflows
  • Integrating third-party and financial-data services
  • Implementing authentication and role-based access
  • Deploying applications to AWS, GCP, and Vercel
  • Leading engineering teams and technical decisions
  • Teaching Data Structures, Algorithms, and competitive programming
  • Debugging production issues and mentoring developers

SuitSolutionsGroup (SSG)

Software & AI Engineer

Nov 2024 – Present

Remote · Full-time

  • Led the development of a financial planning & analysis SaaS platform using NetSuite, Next.js, TypeScript, Supabase/PostgreSQL, and Stripe.
  • Developed Finley, an AI CFO assistant using LangGraph, Google Gemini, and RAG-based cross-session memory grounded in live NetSuite data, alongside a dual MCP integration layer with OAuth 2.1 and PKCE.
  • Built template-driven financial reports (P&L, cash flow, board PDFs) with one-click export, so finance teams go from NetSuite data to a shareable pack in minutes instead of hours in Excel.
  • Improved Lighthouse performance from ~28% to 82%+, reduced load times from 8s to 2–3s, and cut API traffic by 50–70% through caching and request deduplication.

Africa to Silicon Valley (A2SV)

Nov 2022 – Oct 2024

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Software Engineer

Dec 2023 – Nov 2024

  • Led a 10+ person team building EasyListing/Bazar using TypeScript, React, Next.js, Node.js, MongoDB, GCP, and Docker.
  • Built RESTful APIs and RAG-powered AI listing assistants.

Head of Education

Nov 2022 – Dec 2023

  • Instructed a cohort of over 30 software engineering and computer science students in competitive programming and professional software development.
  • Designed and monitored coding exercises/contests and managed student progress tracking.

Education

Education & Training

Where I built my foundations in engineering, algorithms, and problem-solving.

Addis Ababa University

B.Sc. in Electrical & Computer Engineering

Sep 2019 – Jul 2026

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

  • Addis Ababa University is ranked 1st in Ethiopia and 6th in Africa.
  • Relevant coursework: Computer Programming (C++), Object-Oriented Programming (Java), Digital Logic Design, Computer Architecture and Organization, Applied Mathematics (I, II, and III).

Africa to Silicon Valley (A2SV)

Competitive Programming & Software Development

Dec 2021 – Nov 2022

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

  • A2SV is a Google-backed nonprofit academy that has enabled 100+ students to secure positions at top tech companies, including Google, LinkedIn, Palantir, Databricks, and Bloomberg.
  • Graduated with in-depth knowledge of data structures and algorithms (solved 800+ problems on LeetCode and Codeforces).
  • Worked on ATRONS, a project awarded first place in the end-of-project-phase competition judged by Prof. Jelani Nelson and Ricardo Baeza-Yates.

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