Position: Backend Developer
Category: PHP
English level: fluent
Years of experience: 4

DevOps Training - Microsoft  4Afrika SkillsLab Certificate, January 2021 - June 2021, Online Training
Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate, June 2021

Certificate of Appreciation - Addis Ababa Science and Technology University for Extraordinary Performance and Leading problem-solving projects - June 2019

Gebeya Talent - me part of a talent pool at Gebeya after a rigorous vetting process - September 2021
Zowi Tech - Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 
Backend Developer (Full-time) | 07/2022 - present 

Worked as a backend developer using Laravel as a main language and provided REST and SOAP APIs for multiple frontend and 3rd party system developers

Proactively developed API documentation and followed TDD and set up CI/CD pipelines producing a significant increase in team coordination and development speed

Integrated 15+ 3rd party systems, including e-signature, payment, and bank systems, by understanding their documentation and communicating with 3rd party system developers

Simultaneously managed up to three projects until the company hired an additional backend developer

Maintained a Medicine & Pharmaceutical  marketplace platform by fixing and increasing Excel upload speed performance by 400%

Loline Digital Solutions - Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 
Co-founder, Backend Developer, and Content Manager (Full-time) 05/2020 - 06-2022 (Part-time) 07/2022 - present  

Worked as a Laravel backend developer in a team, providing API for a frontend developer

Run load and stress tests using a large set of data which led to implementing caching to speed up performance

Implemented website scraping using a list of URLs from Excel files replacing manual work resulting in a considerable increase in efficiency

Proactively utilized productivity and task management systems such as Toggl track and Jira, producing a substantial increase in productivity in a remote setting

HTU-Digital - Addis Ababa, Ethiopia  
Full-stack Developer (Freelance) (Part-time) | 01/2020 – 07/2020

Worked as a full-stack developer for a platform where users get rewarded by watching ads

Addis Ababa Science and Technology (AASTU)
Internship 07/2019 – 01/2021

Spent my internship period at AASTU developing a university-led SAAS using Laravel and Vue.js for hierarchical governmental organizations that digitized paper-based communications and work processes

Designed and implemented innovative solutions to handle internal communications for any hierarchical organizations, offices, and roles
In my next job, I am looking for a challenging and dynamic role that allows me to apply my software engineering skills to new and exciting projects (will be best if the projects are around ERP or large modularized projects). I am interested in opportunities that involve web application development, API development, and cloud deployment, as well as roles that offer opportunities for continuous learning and growth.