Molla D. Negash
Molla D. Negash
Senior Backend & Distributed Systems Engineer
Distributed Systems • Event-Driven Architecture • Cloud Platforms

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

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

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

Contact

LinkedIn

GitHub

Email: mdraya3@gmail.com

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