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Estifanos Bireda

@estifanosbireda

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Senior software engineer specializing in backend systems, DevOps, and scalable web platforms.

United Arab Emirates

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What I'm looking for

I seek impactful engineering roles focused on scalable backend systems, DevOps automation, and mentoring teams, with emphasis on measurable outcomes and collaborative, growth-oriented culture.

I am a senior software engineer with deep experience building and operating large-scale backend systems, DevOps pipelines, and full-stack web platforms. I have reduced QA and development time through automation, CI/CD, and reusable testing templates while training advanced reasoning models on real codebases.

I have contributed to and led production services across cloud-native stacks, S3-compatible storage proxies, and high-throughput e-commerce platforms using technologies like Kubernetes, Terraform, Next.js, TypeScript, Python, Rust, and Deno. At Turing and Exponent I delivered automation, guidelines adopted by 100+ developers, and critical fixes improving compatibility and reliability.

I also mentor and teach: I lectured STEM undergraduates, led mobile migrations with Flutter, and architected an AI-powered marketplace serving thousands of offers. I seek roles where I can drive technical excellence, scale systems, and mentor teams toward measurable outcomes.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Full Stack Engineer

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Rekash

Aug 2025 - Present (6 months)

Architected and developed an AI-powered e-commerce aggregator with Next.js and TypeScript processing 1.2M+ products, serving 10,000+ offers and achieving <2s page loads and 99.9% uptime via Kubernetes and Terraform.

Next.js TypeScript PostgreSQL Kubernetes Terraform Playwright Prisma React Query

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Senior Software Engineer

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Turing

Nov 2024 - Present (1 year 3 months)

Integrated GitHub Actions CI/CD and automated testing into large-scale backend systems supporting LLM function-calling training, reducing QA retest time on MCP servers by over 60% and cutting development time by 30% through reusable automation.

CI CD GitHub Actions Python Javascript Typescript Automated Testing MCP DevOps Test Automation

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DevOps Engineer

Current

Exponent

Jul 2024 - Present (1 year 7 months)

Built and benchmarked an S3 proxy (Herald) with multipart upload support, JWK-based auth, asynchronous mirroring, and CI-integrated performance tests; operated Kubernetes stacks and automated releases with GitHub Actions.

Kubernetes Terraform GitHub Actions Deno S3 Openstack Swift CI CD Benchmarking

Assistant Lecturer

Addis Ababa University

Jan 2025 - Jul 2025 (6 months)

Lectured 150 STEM undergraduates, designing real-world assignments and in-class demos to strengthen problem-solving and practical software engineering skills.

Teaching Curriculum Design Problem Solving Academic Assessment Public Speaking Mentoring

Software Engineer

Metatype

Feb 2024 - Jul 2024 (5 months)

Implemented artifact store with local and S3 backends, migrated large uploads to streaming to reduce memory footprint, and expanded polyglot testing and tooling for the declarative backend platform.

Rust Deno Python S3 Testing Artifact Stores CMake

Lead Mobile Developer

Superstars

Jan 2024 - Jun 2024 (5 months)

Led a 5-person migration from Flutter 1.0 to Flutter 3, established development practices, ran Scrum, and scaffolded project structure to accelerate delivery.

Flutter Mobile Development Scrum Scaffolding Team Leadership Dart

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

Addis Ababa University

Bachelor of Science, Software Engineering

2019 - 2024

Grade: 3.75 CGPA

Activities and societies: Major coursework: Data Structures and Algorithms, OOP, Web & Mobile, Operating Systems, Computer Architecture, Fundamentals of AI.

Completed a Bachelor of Science in Software Engineering with a 3.75 CGPA, covering core courses including Data Structures and Algorithms, OOP, Operating Systems, and Fundamentals of AI.