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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia · 2026

Abnet Melaku

Full Stack & AI Engineer
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Senior Full Stack Engineer with 4 years of experience designing, building, and scaling production-grade web applications and distributed systems. I deliver end-to-end solutions across frontend, backend, and cloud infrastructure using React, Next.js, Node.js, TypeScript, GraphQL, and AWS/DigitalOcean — with a strong focus on system design, performance optimization, background job processing, and infrastructure scaling.
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Work Experience

MarketpalOct 2025 – Present
Senior Full Stack Engineer (Contract)
  • Architect and ship scalable web applications with Next.js, React, Redux, and TypeScript, applying SSR/SSG strategies that improve SEO ranking and cut page load times.
  • Designed and shipped a fair lead-distribution system from scratch to production — taking it from concept to a live system serving real traffic.
  • Built an asynchronous job-processing pipeline with Redis and BullMQ that reliably handles heavy background workloads at scale.
  • Migrated backend services to DigitalOcean and implemented auto-scaling architecture — reducing infrastructure costs while improving maintainability and absorbing variable production load.
  • Partner with backend teams on GraphQL API design and integration, backed by Jest unit and integration tests that safeguard reliability.
Self-EmployedAug 2025 – Oct 2025
Full Stack Developer (Freelance)
  • Built and launched a real-time consulting platform connecting clients with experts using React, Node.js, and WebSocket — with authentication, session management, and live chat.
  • Delivered a WordPress portfolio site optimized for SEO and Core Web Vitals, improving search visibility and load performance.
  • Translated ambiguous client requirements into scalable, production-ready full-stack solutions across multiple domains.
Digital Opportunity TrustJun 2024 – Aug 2025
Full Stack Developer & Trainer
  • Built internal tools that automated manual workflows and measurably improved organizational efficiency.
  • Mentored 30+ junior developers, raising coding standards and delivery speed through structured code reviews and hands-on feedback.
  • Designed and delivered training programs on full-stack development and applied AI concepts.
Digital Opportunity TrustApr 2025 – Aug 2025
AI Trainer
  • Delivered hands-on Generative AI training using OpenAI and Google Gemini for diverse learner groups.
  • Designed practical, project-based learning materials and lifted engagement through interactive, applied teaching methods.
Jedan TechnologiesMar 2024 – Nov 2024
UI Lead / Frontend Engineer
  • Led frontend architecture for multilingual enterprise dashboards, setting the patterns the team built on.
  • Built reusable component systems that cut development time by ~15% across projects.
  • Shipped Amharic and Oromiffa localization with i18n, expanding accessibility to underserved user groups.
  • Optimized API communication with backend services, improving performance by ~20%.
Jedan TechnologiesDec 2022 – Feb 2024
Frontend Developer
  • Developed a responsive e-commerce frontend with React, Tailwind CSS, and Material UI.
  • Integrated backend APIs and improved conversion flow through targeted UI enhancements.
Evangadi Tech (USA)May 2021 – Aug 2022
Full Stack Developer Trainee
  • Built MERN stack applications in a collaborative, remote-first environment.
  • Worked across the full development lifecycle using Agile workflows, Git, and peer code reviews.

Technical Skills

Languages & FrameworksType-safe, production-grade applications across the stack.
TypeScript
JavaScript
React
Next.js
Node.js
Express.js
NestJS
C# / .NET
Backend & APIsDesigning and integrating data layers and APIs at scale.
GraphQL
REST APIs
Prisma
PostgreSQL
MongoDB
Cloud, DevOps & InfrastructureShipping and scaling production workloads in the cloud.
AWS (EC2, S3, SES, RDS, AppSync)
DigitalOcean (Droplets, Auto Scaling)
Docker
Terraform
Ansible
CI/CD
PM2
Git
Distributed SystemsAsynchronous, queue-driven processing for high-throughput workloads.
Redis
BullMQ
Background Jobs
Queue-Based Architectures
Frontend & UIPerformant, accessible, multilingual user interfaces.
Tailwind CSS
Material UI
Shadcn UI
Redux (Thunk)
i18n
Responsive Design
Testing & Engineering PracticesReliability through testing, reviews, and structured collaboration.
Jest
Vitest
System Design
Performance Optimization
Code Reviews
Agile / Scrum

Education

Unity UniversityB.Sc. Computer Science — GPA 3.5+ (2023)