Amanuel Nigussie
Full-Stack Developer · Cloud Engineer · ERP Consultant
Calgary, AB · Canadian Citizen·amannov21@gmail.com·amtenu.ca·linkedin.com/in/amanuel-nigussie·github.com/amtenu
Open to work · Full-time · Contract · Remote
Summary
Full-stack developer and cloud engineer with 10+ years of experience building production systems across healthcare, hospitality, and technology sectors. Combines hands-on AWS infrastructure expertise with enterprise ERP implementation experience across 30+ properties and 100+ staff trained. Currently founding Kiray, an AI-powered real estate marketplace, and completing AWS Solutions Architect Associate certification. Strong communicator with proven track record leading cross-functional teams in Agile environments across three continents.
Skills
Engineering:Node.js · TypeScript · NestJS · Next.js · React · Java · Spring Boot · Python · SQL · REST APIs
Cloud & DevOps:AWS (ECS/Fargate, Lambda, S3, RDS, ALB, VPC, Glue, Athena) · Terraform · Docker · GitHub Actions · CI/CD · Prometheus · Grafana
ERP & Enterprise:eZee PMS · WINHMS · ARUTI HR · Custom HMS · SAP Basis · ODOO · Payment Gateway Integration
Databases:PostgreSQL · MongoDB · MySQL · Redis · Elasticsearch
Leadership & Process:Agile · Scrum · Stakeholder Management · Cross-functional Team Leadership · Staff Training & Enablement · Technical Documentation
Languages:English (Fluent) · Amharic (Native) · Tigrinya (Native)
Experience
Founder & Lead Developer· Independent — Kiray · Demena · Milketa
Sep 2024 – Present · Calgary, AB
- Founding Kiray — AI-powered real estate marketplace for the Canadian market. Multi-sided platform with semantic matching via OpenAI embeddings. Stack: NestJS, TypeScript, Next.js 15, AWS ECS/Fargate, Terraform, Redis, PostgreSQL.
- Built Demena — 31 AWS resources provisioned with Terraform. ECS/Fargate, ALB, RDS, VPC, GitHub Actions CI/CD. Documented 7 real production debugging challenges.
- Building Milketa — serverless data pipeline. S3 → Lambda → Glue ETL (PySpark) → Athena SQL. Zero manual intervention.
- AWS Solutions Architect Associate (SAA-C03) — 85% complete.
NestJSTypeScriptNext.jsAWSTerraformOpenAIPostgreSQLRedisPySpark
Software Engineer Intern· Sayari · Washington DC (Remote)
May – Aug 2024 · Remote
- Optimized TypeScript file export features on large-scale data intelligence platform — reduced API response times by 40%.
- Implemented batch processing for notification system, increasing throughput by 30%.
- Developed unit and integration tests following TDD on monolithic TypeScript codebase with global Agile team.
TypeScriptPostgreSQLElasticsearchTDDGitHub Actions
Full-Stack Developer· New Idea Machine · Calgary
Aug – Dec 2022 · Calgary, AB
- 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 in 15-person Agile team.
JavaScriptReactNode.jsC#MySQLCypress
Software Developer & ERP Consultant· Equ Nile ICT Consultancy · Kampala
Feb 2016 – Jul 2021 · Kampala, Uganda
- Built Hospital Management System for 20+ healthcare facilities — patient records, billing, and workflow automation. Java, Spring Boot, PostgreSQL.
- Implemented eZee PMS, WINHMS, and ARUTI HR across 30+ properties — full lifecycle from site audit to go-live and post-launch support.
- Integrated payment gateways and medical inventory, improving operational efficiency by 40%.
- Designed and delivered training programs for 100+ staff across Front Office, Finance, and IT departments.
- Led stakeholder management between corporate and property-level teams across East Africa.
JavaSpring BootPostgreSQLC#eZee PMSWINHMSARUTI HR
Software Developer· Ministry of Health · Eritrea
Mar 2009 – Jun 2015 · Asmara, Eritrea
- Led development of national HRMS and HMS — Java, JDBC, SQL — systems still in active use today.
- Pioneered digital transformation from paper-based to fully IT-based human resources management.
- Authored Software Requirements Documents for 5+ mission-critical applications. Delivered training across clinical and administrative teams.
JavaJDBCSQLLinux
Education
B.Sc. Computer Science· University of Asmara
2000 – 2005President of Computer Science Club. Senior project — Hospital Management System still in active use at Ministry of Health, Eritrea.
Full-Stack Web Development· InceptionU
Feb – Aug 2022 · CalgaryCertifications
AWS Solutions Architect Associate (SAA-C03)In progress — 85% complete
DevOps with Docker, Kubernetes, Ansible, AWSDigital Lync · 2023
Java Programming MasterclassUdemy · 2023
Python Development CertificateLinkedIn · 2024
Volunteer
Refugee Community Tech Mentor(Remote) · Remote · Kampala, Uganda · 2017 – Present. Mentoring refugees in programming fundamentals, cloud computing, and ERP systems to support their transition into the tech industry.