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Binyam Achisew

@binyamachisew

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Software engineer building full-stack FinTech APIs—scalable REST microservices and secure cloud backends.

United States

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What I'm looking for

I’m looking for a team where I can build and improve secure backend services and APIs, modernize systems, and own CI/CD and cloud deployments—shipping measurable performance and reliability improvements while collaborating in Agile/Scrum.

I’m a Software Engineer with 3+ years of experience building full-stack web applications and FinTech APIs. I focus on shipping production-ready RESTful APIs, microservices, and data-driven backend systems that improve matching, performance, and reliability.

At Lendio, I build and maintain backend services that support loan matching across a network of 75+ lenders, delivering features that reduced customer query resolution time and improved lender matching accuracy. I optimize PostgreSQL and MongoDB queries for high-volume loan processing, measurably cutting application response time.

I’ve also integrated Elasticsearch at Zillow Group to boost property search retrieval speed on a platform serving millions of users. I manage CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins, deploy and operate containerized services with Docker and Kubernetes on AWS, and apply OWASP Top 10 security practices with SSL/TLS and secure authentication (JWT, OAuth 2.0).

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Software Engineer

Current

Lendio

Oct 2023 - Present (2 years 9 months)

Develop and maintain scalable backend services for Lendio's loan matching platform, building RESTful APIs and GraphQL services for the embedded marketplace and supporting 75+ lending partners. Optimize databases and implement secure authentication/authorization, containerized deployments, and CI/CD for production reliability.

Java Python JavaScript Spring Boot RESTful APIs GraphQL PostgreSQL MySQL MongoDB Redis AWS Docker Kubernetes Jenkins GitHub JWT OAuth 2.0 OWASP Top 10 SSL TLS Microservices Jira Agile Scrum

Jr. Software Engineer

Zillow Group

Apr 2023 - Sep 2023 (5 months)

Built backend services for a national school-proximity property search initiative, enabling users to retrieve and filter previous searches by educational facility. Developed and tested new search features, implemented RESTful API endpoints, and integrated Elasticsearch to improve search speed and data retrieval performance.