Professional Journey
A chronological timeline of my career milestones, academic leadership, and technical growth.
Contributing as a software engineer on remote part-time work for AfterQuery, an applied AI research lab focused on high-quality data solutions for frontier model development.
Working on full-stack in-house projects in the telecommunications sector, contributing to digital channels and internet provider infrastructure.
Supporting the design, integration, and maintenance of Value-Added Services solutions while improving system performance and service delivery.
Worked on frontend product experiences for Merkatosphare, a marketplace platform supporting e-commerce, talent hiring, and rentals for Ethiopian and Eritrean communities.
Built full-stack web solutions for Lussia, a gamified exam-preparation application. Collaborated remotely with cross-functional teams to design and deliver scalable student learning features.
Worked with a talented team building an automation studio for pipelines, vector databases, document chat interfaces, and synthetic data generation. Used an in-house fine-tuned AI model and developed medical assessment, meal planner, and Eido movie/music recommendation applications.
Developed a multi-tenant event management system with dashboards for event holders and staff. Implemented voucher generation by email, Pespal and bank-transfer payments, event add-ons, activities, and location types.
Designed and developed an ERP system for a university college to manage classes, examinations, registration, and school fees, increasing student interactivity by 65%. Built content management systems and landing pages, then implemented CI/CD pipelines and microservices deployed on Kubernetes.
Established robust client-server communication and addressed security issues for optimized dashboards. Developed the Ethiochef e-commerce web dashboard with Next.js, TypeScript, and Shadcn UI, maintained Express.js APIs, and handled payment gateway integrations.
Built frontend systems and user-facing features for Digital Merkato and related e-commerce workflows, improving the shopping experience for local Ethiopian products and payment flows.
Contributed to frontend development at Micro Sun & Solutions, working on web interfaces and building foundational skills in the company's tech stack.
Built responsive web pages during a frontend internship using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. Worked with MongoDB to manage data and strengthened modern frontend development practices.
Led the student parliament as Vice President for three semesters and President for one semester, enhancing student life and communication with university administration while balancing academic responsibilities.
