I’m a full-stack software engineer with 5+ years of experience designing, building, and deploying scalable web applications and REST APIs. I enjoy working across the stack—creating responsive user interfaces with React, delivering reliable backends with Node.js, Express, and Python, and modeling data with PostgreSQL and other databases. I also specialize in AWS serverless architecture and production-grade engineering practices like CI/CD, automated testing, and code reviews. From optimizing API latency to automating workflows and improving deployment and reliability, I focus on building solutions that are fast, dependable, and easy to maintain while collaborating effectively with cross-functional teams.…

Gizaw Agodo Legesse

I’m a full-stack software engineer with 5+ years of experience designing, building, and deploying scalable web applications and REST APIs. I enjoy working across the stack—creating responsive user interfaces with React, delivering reliable backends with Node.js, Express, and Python, and modeling data with PostgreSQL and other databases. I also specialize in AWS serverless architecture and production-grade engineering practices like CI/CD, automated testing, and code reviews. From optimizing API latency to automating workflows and improving deployment and reliability, I focus on building solutions that are fast, dependable, and easy to maintain while collaborating effectively with cross-functional teams.…

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I’m a full-stack software engineer with 5+ years of experience designing, building, and deploying scalable web applications and REST APIs. I enjoy working across the stack—creating responsive user interfaces with React, delivering reliable backends with Node.js, Express, and Python, and modeling data with PostgreSQL and other databases.

I also specialize in AWS serverless architecture and production-grade engineering practices like CI/CD, automated testing, and code reviews. From optimizing API latency to automating workflows and improving deployment and reliability, I focus on building solutions that are fast, dependable, and easy to maintain while collaborating effectively with cross-functional teams.

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Skills

Experience Level

Amazon Web Services
Expert
API
Expert
AWS
Expert
Node.js
Expert
React JS
Expert
Python
Expert
Express
Expert
JavaScript
Expert
PostgreSQL
Expert
Docker
Expert
DynamoDB
Expert
TypeScript
Expert
MongoDB
Intermediate
GraphQL
Intermediate
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Language

English
Advanced
Amharic
Advanced

Work Experience

Software Engineer, SRE D at R...i/o
January 1, 2023 - Present
Designed and delivered full-stack applications using React, FastAPI, and PostgreSQL, reducing API latency by about 40%. Built and deployed cloud-native solutions with AWS Lambda, API Gateway, S3, and IAM. Developed and optimized RESTful APIs to ensure scalability and performance. Automated data workflows and improved developer productivity using custom tooling. Implemented CI/CD pipelines and added unit/integration testing using Pytest, Jest, and Mochа to improve reliability.
Junior Software Engineer at Africa Tosilicon Valley
May 1, 2022 - November 1, 2023
Developed React-based SaaS applications with responsive and high-performance UIs. Deployed and managed AWS solutions using Lambda, S3, DynamoDB, and CloudWatch, improving availability and reducing downtime by about 40%. Implemented asynchronous programming patterns to optimize backend performance.
Software Developer Intern at Addis Ababa Institute of Technology
January 1, 2022 - April 1, 2022
Delivered end-to-end solutions using Node.js, Express.js, React, MongoDB, and TypeScript. Built automation scripts for deployments and monitoring to reduce manual effort. Ensured code quality with automated testing suites (Jest and Cypress).

Education

Bachelor of Science in Software Engineering at Addis Ababa University
January 1, 2018 - January 1, 2024

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Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Computers & Electronics, Professional Services