Hi there, I’m Alay Kidane, a results-driven Software Engineer based in Seattle with 4+ years of experience building scalable web, mobile, and cloud applications using Python, Java, JavaScript, React, Node.js and AWS. I’ve contributed to designing and implementing microservices architectures, optimizing databases, and automating CI/CD pipelines to accelerate deployment cycles by 40%. I’m passionate about building reliable RESTful APIs, improving application performance by up to 25%, and mentoring teammates to lift code quality and reduce technical debt. I thrive in Agile environments and enjoy collaborating with product managers, QA, and designers to deliver features on time. When I’m not coding, I focus on secure coding practices, cloud optimization, and documenting architectures to enable faster onboarding and cost reductions.

Alay Kidane

Hi there, I’m Alay Kidane, a results-driven Software Engineer based in Seattle with 4+ years of experience building scalable web, mobile, and cloud applications using Python, Java, JavaScript, React, Node.js and AWS. I’ve contributed to designing and implementing microservices architectures, optimizing databases, and automating CI/CD pipelines to accelerate deployment cycles by 40%. I’m passionate about building reliable RESTful APIs, improving application performance by up to 25%, and mentoring teammates to lift code quality and reduce technical debt. I thrive in Agile environments and enjoy collaborating with product managers, QA, and designers to deliver features on time. When I’m not coding, I focus on secure coding practices, cloud optimization, and documenting architectures to enable faster onboarding and cost reductions.

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Hi there, I’m Alay Kidane, a results-driven Software Engineer based in Seattle with 4+ years of experience building scalable web, mobile, and cloud applications using Python, Java, JavaScript, React, Node.js and AWS. I’ve contributed to designing and implementing microservices architectures, optimizing databases, and automating CI/CD pipelines to accelerate deployment cycles by 40%. I’m passionate about building reliable RESTful APIs, improving application performance by up to 25%, and mentoring teammates to lift code quality and reduce technical debt.

I thrive in Agile environments and enjoy collaborating with product managers, QA, and designers to deliver features on time. When I’m not coding, I focus on secure coding practices, cloud optimization, and documenting architectures to enable faster onboarding and cost reductions.

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Work Experience

Software Engineer at Dell Technologies
July 1, 2023 - November 26, 2025
Develop, test, and maintain scalable software solutions in alignment with product requirements, contributing to a 15% improvement in system performance. Implement RESTful APIs to support microservices, reducing system downtime by 20%. Optimize database queries and indexing strategies, improving data retrieval speed by 25%. Utilize Git and CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitLab) for efficient version control and automated deployment processes, reducing manual deployment errors by 30%. Write unit and integration tests with JUnit and Mockito, achieving over 85% code coverage. Analyze and troubleshoot defects, reducing average bug resolution time by 40%. Monitor application performance with Prometheus and Grafana. Conduct code reviews and mentor junior engineers. Design scalable data processing solutions handling up to 1 million transactions/day. Ensure secure coding practices (OWASP) with zero security incidents in the past 6 months. Integrate third-party APIs, reducing development time by 20%.
Software Engineer at BCBS
June 30, 2023 - June 30, 2023
Developed and maintained scalable web applications using Java, Spring Boot, and Angular, improving system performance by 25%. Collaborated with cross-functional Agile teams to deliver software in 2-week sprints. Designed and implemented RESTful APIs supporting over 1 million monthly active users. Optimized PostgreSQL queries, reducing average response time by 30%. Automated unit and integration testing, increasing code coverage to 85% and reducing defects by 20%. Implemented CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and GitHub Actions, accelerating deployment frequency by 40%. Migrated legacy monolithic applications to cloud-based solutions (AWS), increasing system availability to 99.9% uptime. Documented software design and deployment procedures.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science at University of Washington
January 11, 2030 - December 1, 2023

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Software & Internet, Computers & Electronics, Healthcare, Financial Services, Professional Services