Hi, I'm Abel Desalegn, a Fullstack Developer and UI/UX Designer with over 3 years of experience. I specialize in creating impactful systems across fintech, ed-tech, ERP, and large community platforms. My expertise lies in React, Next.js, Supabase, and modern DevOps, with a passion for enhancing user experience and improving operational efficiency at scale. I enjoy working on challenging projects that require both creative design and technical acumen. Whether building integrated online platforms or optimizing performance and accessibility, I collaborate closely with teams to deliver solutions that make a difference.

Abel Desalegn

Hi, I'm Abel Desalegn, a Fullstack Developer and UI/UX Designer with over 3 years of experience. I specialize in creating impactful systems across fintech, ed-tech, ERP, and large community platforms. My expertise lies in React, Next.js, Supabase, and modern DevOps, with a passion for enhancing user experience and improving operational efficiency at scale. I enjoy working on challenging projects that require both creative design and technical acumen. Whether building integrated online platforms or optimizing performance and accessibility, I collaborate closely with teams to deliver solutions that make a difference.

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Hi, I’m Abel Desalegn, a Fullstack Developer and UI/UX Designer with over 3 years of experience. I specialize in creating impactful systems across fintech, ed-tech, ERP, and large community platforms. My expertise lies in React, Next.js, Supabase, and modern DevOps, with a passion for enhancing user experience and improving operational efficiency at scale.

I enjoy working on challenging projects that require both creative design and technical acumen. Whether building integrated online platforms or optimizing performance and accessibility, I collaborate closely with teams to deliver solutions that make a difference.

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Work Experience

Lead Senior Software Engineer at Baleadera-Tiweled.org (Trustee Generation)
May 1, 2025 - Present
Reduced registration headaches for organizers and 3,000+ participants by building an integrated online registration and merchandise sales platform through React (Vite), Supabase (authentication & database), Tailwind, Zustand, and Framer Motion. Delivered a secure admin dashboard for real-time participant management, dynamic ID workflows, and live sales tracking, dramatically improving operational efficiency and participant satisfaction.
Front-End Engineer at Shopify
July 31, 2024 - July 9, 2025
Improved page load time by 25% across the Admin dashboard by optimizing React component rendering and code splitting. Led accessibility compliance efforts by auditing and refactoring key frontend features to meet WCAG standards, enhancing usability for all merchants. Enhanced overall user experience by closely collaborating with UX designers to iterate on design systems and interactions.
Lead Senior Fullstack Developer at Qelem AI
May 1, 2025 - Present
Redesigned and modernized the organization’s website to improve content flow and user experience for non-technical staff. Built dynamic, responsive pages and restructured the CMS for easier updates across teams.
Full Stack Developer at ICYE Denmark
May 1, 2025 - Present
Redesigned and modernized the organization’s website to improve content flow and user experience for non-technical staff. Built dynamic, responsive pages and restructured the CMS for easier updates across teams.
Senior Fullstack Developer at Pharma College
December 31, 2024 - July 9, 2025
Designed and launched an ERP system for a university college, boosting student interaction and administrative efficiency by 65%. Deployed microservices architecture and CI/CD pipelines on DigitalOcean and Azure.
Senior Software Engineer at Zara Technologies
March 31, 2024 - July 9, 2025
Integrated digital payment systems (TeleBirr, Chapa, ET-Switch, BOA), supporting 200K+ monthly users and generating over 7M ETB revenue per month. Improved backend performance by 60% using Redis caching and optimized database indexing. Established CI/CD pipelines, accelerating release cycles by 40%.
Lead Senior Software Engineer at Baleadera-Tiweled.org (Trustee Generation)
May 1, 2025 - Present
Reduced registration headaches for organizers and 3,000+ participants by building an integrated online registration and merchandise sales platform using React (Vite), Supabase, Tailwind, Zustand, and Framer Motion. Delivered a secure admin dashboard for real-time participant management, dynamic ID workflows, and live sales tracking, significantly improving operational efficiency and participant satisfaction.
Front-End Engineer at Shopify
July 31, 2024 - July 9, 2025
Improved page load time by 25% across the Admin dashboard by optimizing React component rendering and code splitting. Led accessibility compliance efforts by auditing and refactoring frontend features to meet WCAG standards, enhancing usability. Collaborated with UX designers to iterate on design systems and interactions using technologies such as React, TypeScript, GraphQL, Polaris, and Jest.
Lead Senior Fullstack Developer at Qelem AI
May 1, 2025 - Present
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Senior Fullstack Developer at Pharma College
December 31, 2024 - July 9, 2025
Designed and launched an ERP system for a university college, boosting student interaction and administrative efficiency by 65%. Deployed microservices architecture and CI/CD pipelines on DigitalOcean and Azure, utilizing PrimeReact, Shadcn, Go, NestJS, Next.js, RxDB, Kubernetes, and PayloadCMS.
Senior Software Engineer at Zara Technologies
March 31, 2024 - July 9, 2025
Integrated digital payment systems (TeleBirr, Chapa, ET-Switch, BOA), supporting 200K+ monthly users and generating over 7M ETB revenue per month. Improved backend performance by 60% using Redis caching and optimized database indexing. Established CI/CD pipelines, accelerating release cycles by 40%. Technologies used include Express.js, Next.js, Zustand, React Query, Redis, GoLang, Prisma, Node.js, NGINX, Firebase, and BullMQ.
Lead Senior Software Engineer at Baleadera-Tiweled.org (Trustee Generation)
May 1, 2025 - Present
Built an integrated online registration and merchandise sales platform using React (Vite), Supabase (authentication & database), Tailwind, Zustand, and Framer Motion, reducing registration headaches for organizers and over 3,000 participants. Delivered a secure admin dashboard for real-time participant management, dynamic ID workflows, and live sales tracking, dramatically improving operational efficiency and participant satisfaction.
Front-End Engineer at Shopify
July 31, 2024 - July 9, 2025
Improved page load time by 25% across the Admin dashboard by optimizing React component rendering and code splitting. Led accessibility compliance efforts by auditing and refactoring key frontend features to meet WCAG standards, enhancing usability for all merchants. Enhanced overall user experience by closely collaborating with UX designers to iterate on design systems and interactions.
Lead Senior Fullstack Developer at Qelem AI
May 1, 2025 - Present
Redesigned and modernized the organization’s website to improve content flow and user experience for non-technical staff. Built dynamic, responsive pages and restructured the CMS for easier updates across teams.
Full Stack Developer at ICYE Denmark
May 1, 2025 - Present
Redesigned and modernized the organization’s website to improve content flow and user experience for non-technical staff. Built dynamic, responsive pages and restructured the CMS for easier updates across teams.
Senior Fullstack Developer at Pharma College
December 31, 2024 - July 9, 2025
Designed and launched an ERP system for a university college, boosting student interaction and administrative efficiency by 65%. Deployed microservices architecture and CI/CD pipelines on DigitalOcean and Azure.
Senior Software Engineer at Zara Technologies
March 31, 2024 - July 9, 2025
Integrated digital payment systems (TeleBirr, Chapa, ET-Switch, BOA), supporting 200K+ monthly users and generating over 7M ETB revenue per month. Improved backend performance by 60% using Redis caching and optimized database indexing. Established CI/CD pipelines, accelerating release cycles by 40%.

Education

BSc at University of Gondar
January 1, 2015 - December 31, 2019
BSc at University of Gondar
January 1, 2015 - December 31, 2019
BSc at University of Gondar
January 1, 2015 - December 31, 2018

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Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Financial Services, Education, Non-Profit Organization