Senior Backend & Distributed Systems Engineer
Java • Spring Boot • Kafka • AWS • GCP • Microservices
Designing scalable backend systems across fintech, healthcare, insurance, logistics, and government platforms.
Core Focus:
Event-Driven Architecture • Distributed Systems • Cloud-Native Platforms • High-Throughput Backend Engineering
40%
Performance Optimization
35%
Reliability Improvement
10M+
Processed Transactions
Domain Coverage:
Fintech • Healthcare Systems • Insurance • Logistics • Government Platforms
About
Senior Backend Engineer specializing in high-performance backend systems, distributed architectures, ETL pipelines, and cloud-native platforms for enterprise-scale workloads.
Experienced designing scalable systems across fintech, healthcare (HIS), insurance, logistics, and government domains with a strong focus on reliability, observability, and production-grade architecture.
Fintech & RegTech Systems
Equifax Data Intelligence & Mortgage Platform
Distributed ETL and financial data processing platform supporting large-scale county court ingestion and mortgage account restructuring systems.
ETL Pipelines • Distributed Processing • Fault Tolerance • Financial Data Integrity
- Processed 7–10 years of U.S. county court data
- Designed distributed ingestion and transformation workflows
- Implemented monitoring and alerting using AWS CloudWatch
- Built Parent/Child mortgage account architecture for auditability
- Worked across AWS and GCP hybrid cloud environments
Federal Regulatory Insights Engine
High-performance regulatory analytics platform processing large-scale U.S. eCFR datasets using parallel computation and NLP-based extraction techniques.
Parallel Processing • Data Pipelines • Regulatory Analytics • Scalable REST APIs
Money Transfer Platform
Event-driven financial transaction platform focused on retries, consistency, idempotency, and fault recovery.
Distributed Transactions • Event-Driven Systems • Failure Recovery
Enterprise Distributed Platforms
Flagship Project
EduExcellence: High-Performance School Management
Cloud-native backend platform optimized for low-latency student management, transactional consistency, and scalable service design.
Cache-Aside • Redis • Jackson Serialization • Optimistic Locking
- Implemented Redis Cache-Aside architecture reducing database load by ~40%
- Used Jackson JSON serialization for language-agnostic cache persistence
- Implemented JPA optimistic locking for concurrency control
- Integrated PostgreSQL and H2 environments using Spring Data JPA
- Achieved sub-10ms retrieval for cached entities
Employee Management API
Enterprise HR backend platform focused on clean domain modeling, API design, and scalable service architecture.
REST APIs • Domain Modeling • Schema Design • API Versioning
Logistics & Operational Systems
Order Tracking Microservices
Event-driven logistics and order coordination system built with Spring Boot and React.
Microservices • API Gateway • Distributed Coordination
Experience (Click to Expand)
Betsi Eco Hub LLC
2023 - Present
Senior Backend Engineer / Tech Lead
- Architected cloud-native backend platforms using Java 21 and AWS
- Implemented Redis caching and PostgreSQL optimization strategies
- Built CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions
- Led distributed systems design and backend engineering initiatives
LTIMindtree | Equifax Data Systems
2023
Sr. Specialist – Software Engineering
- Built large-scale ETL pipelines using Java and Apache Spark
- Processed millions of financial and court data records
- Implemented monitoring and fault recovery systems
- Managed AWS + GCP distributed infrastructure
TCS (CNA Insurance)
2021 - 2022
Backend Engineer / Java Consultant
- Migrated monolith systems to Spring Boot microservices
- Designed REST APIs and backend workflow systems
- Improved reliability using caching and JVM optimization
Ethiopian Public Health Institute
2013 - 2016
Research Systems Engineer (Lead Architect)
- Designed national-scale health information systems
- Built ETL pipelines and analytics platforms
- Developed distributed reporting and monitoring systems
Ministry of Science & Technology
2011 - 2013
Backend Systems Engineer
- Developed government innovation and reporting systems
- Built structured data aggregation pipelines
- Led requirements engineering initiatives
City Government of Addis Ababa
2010 - 2011
Software Engineer
- Developed enterprise fleet management systems using JSF, EJB, and Hibernate
- Designed backend modules for vehicle tracking, operational workflows, and reporting
- Worked on enterprise Java architecture and database-driven government systems
- Contributed to scalable municipal software platforms supporting operational coordination
Education
M.S. Computer Science — Boston University
B.Sc. Natural Resources Economics & Management — Mekelle University