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Experience

10+ years building
systems that ship.

From government health systems in Eritrea to Cloud native products in Calgary — enterprise scale, cloud infrastructure, and full-stack development.

Career

Founder & Lead Developer

Kiray · Demena · Milketa . AI-wagaFounder
Sep 2024 – Present
Calgary, AB

Independent — Building Scalable, Resilient, Cost-Effective and AI-Powered Cloud Infrastructure for Maintainable Apps

  • Founding Kiray — AI-powered real estate marketplace for the Canadian market. Multi-sided platform connecting buyers, renters, and agents through semantic matching via OpenAI embeddings.
  • Built Demena — 41 AWS resources provisioned with Terraform. ECS/Fargate, ALB, RDS, VPC, GitHub Actions CI/CD and Observability. Documented 7 real production debugging challenges.
  • Building Milketa — end-to-end serverless data pipeline. S3 → Lambda → Glue ETL (PySpark) → Athena SQL. Zero manual intervention. Terraform IaC throughout.
  • AWS Solutions Architect Associate (SAA-C03) — 90%% complete.
Node.jsNestJSTypeScriptNext.jsRESTAWSTerraformOpenAIPostgreSQLRedis

Software Engineer Intern

Sayari - https://sayari.com/Internship
May – Aug 2024
Washington DC (Remote)

Data intelligence platform — used by US government agencies, Fortune 100, and financial institutions to investigate financial crime and supply chain risk.

  • Optimized TypeScript file export features, reducing API response times by 40%.
  • Implemented batch processing for the notification system, increasing throughput by 30%.
  • Built MIME type parsing from HTTP Content-Type headers; developed unit and integration tests following TDD.
  • Collaborated on large-scale monolithic TypeScript codebase with a distributed global Agile team.
TypeScriptPostgreSQLElasticsearchREST APIsTDDGitHubRxJsRedux

Full-Stack Developer

New Idea MachineFull-time
Aug – Dec 2022
Calgary, AB

Calgary tech company — mentor-backed software development supporting new tech professionals.

  • Reduced data loading time by 65% through JavaScript and C# refactoring in first month.
  • Introduced Cypress testing automation, cutting manual testing time by 60%.
  • Built and maintained 15+ APIs using Express, Node.js, and MySQL across a 15-person team.
JavaScriptReactNode.jsC#MySQLCypressNodeJs

Full Developer Bootcamp

InceptionU - https://inceptionu.com/Bootcamp
Feb – Aug 2022
Calgary, AB

Calgary-based intensive full-stack development program.

  • Built AMONG YYC — React Native mobile game for exploring Calgary attractions. Firebase auth, Firestore, admin portal in React/Node.js.
  • Led sprint planning and daily Scrum during PM absence.
  • Mastered MERN stack, Firebase, and Agile methodology through production-style team projects.
React NativeNode.jsFirebaseFirestoreMongoDB

Software Developer & ERP Consultant

Equ Nile ICT ConsultancyFull-time
Feb 2016 – Jul 2021
Kampala, Uganda

East Africa enterprise software and ERP services company.

  • Member of team building Hospital Management System (HMS) for 20+ healthcare facilities — patient records, billing, and workflow automation using Java, PostgreSQL.
  • Implemented eZee PMS ERP, WINHMS ERP, and ARUTI HR Softwareacross 30+ properties — full lifecycle from site audit to go-live.
  • Integrated payment gateways and medical inventory, improving operational efficiency by 40%.
  • Trained 100+ staff across Front Office, Finance, and IT departments.
JavaPostgreSQLeZee PMSWINHMSARUTI HR

Lead Software Developer

Ministry of Health, EritreaFull-time
Mar 2009 – Jun 2015
Asmara, Eritrea

National government healthcare authority — responsible for health systems across Eritrea.

  • Led development of national HRMS and HMS — C#, JDBC, SQL — Access -Java systems still in active use today.
  • Pioneered digital transformation from paper-based to fully IT-based human resources management.
  • Administered infrastructure at HMIS
  • Taught basic and advanced IT skills to various departments in the minstry
  • Authored Software Requirements Documents for 5+ mission-critical applications.
C#ASP.NETSQLLinuxJava
Education

B.Sc. Computer Science

University of Asmara

President of Computer Science Club. Senior project — Hospital Management System still in active use at Ministry of Health, Eritrea.

2000 – 2005
Asmara, Eritrea

Full-Stack Web Development

InceptionU

Intensive bootcamp — MERN stack, React Native, Firebase, Agile.

Feb – Aug 2022
Calgary, AB
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