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Work history
Four years building AI systems and full-stack platforms — from Ethiopia's innovation ministry to a San Francisco fintech. Impact numbers are in bold.
- AI Engineer & Technical Tutor · 10 AcademyRemoteFebruary 2026 — Present
- Tutoring forward-deployed engineers on agentic AI architectures, coding agents (Claude, Codex, Gemini), and LLM-powered automation across brownfield and greenfield projects.
- Led trainee teams through weekly sprints on agentic systems, data engineering, and LLM fine-tuning — one team secured a top-10 spot on UC Berkeley's DataAgentBench.
- Built a program-agnostic meeting automation platform (FastAPI, Next.js, Strapi, PostgreSQL) that extracts Drive recordings via Notion schedules, auto-publishes to YouTube, and tracks attendance.
- Enhancing an NLP-powered data dashboard with multi-agent query generation, enabling non-technical users to retrieve and visualize data from Strapi and Weaviate via natural language chat.
FastAPINext.jsStrapiPostgreSQLWeaviateLangGraphMulti-agent AI - Software Engineer · SafaricomAddis Ababa, EthiopiaJune 2025 — February 2026
- Led frontend development and refactoring for the 'One Platform', a modular enterprise system with multiple independently deployed sub-applications, unified under a single platform architecture.
- Refactored legacy, inconsistently maintained frontend codebases into a standardized design system (shadcn/ui) and shared framework, resulting in faster page loads, improved data fetching, clearer error handling, and significantly reduced production issues.
- Accelerated feature delivery by adding and maintaining independently deployed modules with CI/CD pipelines, improving platform consistency and reducing recurring support and debugging cycles.
ReactTypeScriptshadcn/uiTailwindCSSCI/CD - Founding AI Engineer · ChronosSan Francisco, California (Remote, Concurrent)June 2025 — December 2025
- Designed and built Chronos' AI financial advisor, integrating NLP and recommendation models for personalized finance insights.
- Developed and deployed AI-driven investment strategies (crypto, stocks, NFTs) to support automated wealth management.
- Architected multi-currency account infrastructure enabling seamless transfers, exchanges, and portfolio management.
- Implemented AI-powered smart spending tools, improving user financial tracking and bill payment efficiency.
PythonFastAPINLPRecommendation SystemsAI Agents - Software Engineer · Bluespark Business Technology plcAddis Ababa, EthiopiaFebruary 2025 — June 2025
- Developed a scalable, customizable Sales Force Automation System using FastAPI, PostgreSQL, and Svelte.
- Engineered reusable API endpoints and modular frontend components with OpenAPI/Swagger, TailwindCSS, and DaisyUI, reducing feature development time by 40%.
- Streamlined the company's manual sales tracking and reporting process, improving operational efficiency by 60% and cutting data entry errors by 70%.
FastAPIPostgreSQLSvelteOpenAPITailwindCSSDaisyUI - Generative AI Engineer · 10 AcademySanta Clara, California (Remote)April 2024 — October 2024
- Engineered scalable data warehouses for LLM fine-tuning, utilizing web-scraped data to improve data processing and analysis efficiency by 25%.
- Designed and deployed an automated advertising storyboard generation system, enhancing creative output for marketing campaigns.
- Developed a high-precision legal expert RAG system using advanced NLP, reducing contract Q&A time by 40%.
PythonLangChainOpenAI GPTWeaviateAirflowDockerHugging Face - Software Engineer · Ministry of Innovation and TechnologyAddis Ababa, EthiopiaNovember 2023 — December 2024
- Built a SaaS document management system with e-signatures, boosting efficiency by 30% and cutting approval time by 40%.
- Developed a startup community platform uniting stakeholders in Ethiopia's innovation ecosystem — startup/investor profiles, forums, event listings, job boards, and resource hubs.
- Improved internal security by monitoring traffic, setting firewalls, and training staff — cut system downtimes by 30%.
Next.jsNode.jsPostgreSQLNetwork Security
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Open to senior AI engineering roles and freelance engagements — RAG systems, AI agents, production ML, and full-stack.