Building intelligent systems grounded in 7+ years of civic-scale software engineering.
Based in Semera, Ethiopia. I spent 6 years as a software developer engineering mission-critical government platforms—including municipal Land Management, Digital ID, and taxation systems. As an AI Engineer, I now architect production RAG systems, autonomous agent workflows, and pioneering low-resource language AI for the Horn of Africa.
Building Arho AI (low-resource language model & RAG translation for the Afar language). Leading the Semera-Logia City Administration Digitalization project (Digital ID, automated civic services, and Smart Planning). Recognized with an official Certificate of Recognition.
Led backend development replacing manual paper workflows with automated municipal services. Built the Mining License System, synchronized Tax & Royalty Management, and enterprise government HRM (awarded Letter of Appreciation).
Spearheaded end-to-end digital transformation for the construction and urban sector using Python (Django REST Framework) and Vue.js. Developed the municipal Land Management System, Construction Project Management, File Management, and Contractor Licensing systems.
Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) system for automated institutional planning, compliance monitoring, and synthesis of quarterly and annual progress reports from unstructured administrative data.
Centralized municipal digital identity infrastructure and workflow engine built for the Semera-Logia City Administration, streamlining resident verification and public service delivery.
Comprehensive land administration platform digitizing parcel registry, land allocations, title deed tracking, and ownership transfers for the Urban Development and Construction Bureau.
The first RAG-based bidirectional machine translation system and dataset initiative (Arho.et) for Afar, a low-resource Cushitic language spoken by 3M+ people in the Horn of Africa. Built with 40,000+ curated parallel pairs.
Microservice system synchronizing mineral license issuance and regulatory compliance with monthly royalty payments and tax obligations for regional natural resource operations.
AI-driven educational platform designed for Ethiopian high school students (Grades 9–12), delivering curriculum-aligned textbook explanations and interactive question-answering.
RAG Systems, AI Agents (LangGraph), Low-Resource NLP, Machine Translation, vLLM, Vector DBs, Prompt Engineering
Python (FastAPI, Django, Django REST Framework), PostgreSQL, Redis, Microservices, Async I/O, REST APIs
Vue.js, Android (Kotlin & Java — 9+ apps built), HTMX, JavaScript
Docker, Linux Server Administration, CI/CD, Git, Database Schema Design & Optimization
Available for production AI systems, RAG architecture, and high-impact engineering leadership.