Hi, I’m Elias Mebrahtom, a Python-focused Backend Engineer specializing in scalable, production-ready backends and AI agent systems. I design robust architectures for web applications and intelligent agents, with a strong emphasis on clean code, maintainability, and real-world reliability. I enjoy solving complex problems at the intersection of backend engineering and AI, exploring tooling around LangChain and LangGraph, and delivering practical solutions that drive impact for users and teams.

Elias Mebrahtom

Hi, I’m Elias Mebrahtom, a Python-focused Backend Engineer specializing in scalable, production-ready backends and AI agent systems. I design robust architectures for web applications and intelligent agents, with a strong emphasis on clean code, maintainability, and real-world reliability. I enjoy solving complex problems at the intersection of backend engineering and AI, exploring tooling around LangChain and LangGraph, and delivering practical solutions that drive impact for users and teams.

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Hi, I’m Elias Mebrahtom, a Python-focused Backend Engineer specializing in scalable, production-ready backends and AI agent systems. I design robust architectures for web applications and intelligent agents, with a strong emphasis on clean code, maintainability, and real-world reliability.

I enjoy solving complex problems at the intersection of backend engineering and AI, exploring tooling around LangChain and LangGraph, and delivering practical solutions that drive impact for users and teams.

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Language

English
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Work Experience

Full Stack Development Internship at Code Craft (Virtual)
April 1, 2025 - Present
Built a scalable backend logic, developed APIs that communicate with the frontend, and contributed to frontend usability. Collaborated on API design and data modeling to support scalable web applications. Gained hands-on experience with Python, Django, REST principles, and MySQL integration.
Backend Engineer at AlignEd
January 1, 2026 - Present
Built a FastAPI-based application that aligns exam questions with curriculum objectives using AI. Implemented PDF exam parsing and LLM-powered question extraction and normalization via OpenRouter. Designed async CRUD APIs with SQLAlchemy, Alembic migrations, and object mapping with confidence scores.
AI Agent Developer at Custom AI Agent – Self-initiated Project
November 1, 2025 - January 1, 2026
Developed a Python-based autonomous AI agent integrating OpenRouter-hosted LLMs (GPT-4o). Implemented dynamic tool/function calling to enable multi-step reasoning and autonomous task execution. Designed extensible file system tools for reading, listing, creating, and editing files with robust error handling.
Backend Developer at Chat Bot AI Chat Backend – Self-initiated Project
January 1, 2025 - January 1, 2026
Built a FastAPI-based AI chatbot backend integrating OpenRouter’s GPT-4.1 mini model. Implemented JWT-based authentication, user management, and secure password hashing. Designed persistent conversation memory using SQLAlchemy for context-aware responses.
Backend Engineer at Task Flow
January 1, 2025 - Present
TaskFlow is a FastAPI-based project and task management backend featuring JWT authentication, role-based access control, real-time notifications via WebSockets and Redis, background email processing with Celery, and a lean, scalable architecture using SQLAlchemy, Alembic.
Backend Engineer at Multi-Source RAG Application
January 1, 2026 - Present
Built a production-oriented Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) system that ingests and processes multiple data sources including PDFs, CSVs, plain text files, and web URLs. Implemented a modular document loading pipeline using LangChain with lazy loading for efficiency, integrated Streamlit for an interactive UI, and handled dynamic file uploads and user queries. Designed the system to be extensible for embeddings, vector databases, and advanced retrieval workflows.

Education

Bachelor of Computer Science (B.C.S.) at Addis Ababa Institute Of Technology
January 1, 2023 - January 1, 2027
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc) Computer Science at Addis Ababa University
January 1, 2023 - January 1, 2027
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science at Addis Ababa University
September 1, 2022 - January 31, 2026
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science at Addis Ababa University
September 1, 2022 - February 5, 2026

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Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Education, Professional Services

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