Abesolom Nekahiwot
Back End Developer at A2SV | Africa to Silicon Valley
Addis Ababa, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Summary
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Top SchoolAbesolom Nekahiwot is a back-end developer with four years of experience building scalable platforms, currently shaping Eskalate.io at A2SV to connect African developers with global opportunities. He specializes in Node.js, Express, and PostgreSQL, and has led database design, CI/CD, GCP deployments, security hardening, and performance optimization across the full development lifecycle. A Holberton-certified software engineer with a BE from Addis Ababa Science and Technology University, he pairs formal training with hands-on product work and user interviews to drive feature decisions. As a Gold Fellow at The Room and an active freelance developer, he blends mentorship, professional development, and client-facing delivery. Notably, he combines engineering with product empathy—turning developer feedback into measurable platform improvements.
4 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Computer Software Engineering, A -, Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Computer Software Engineering, A - at Addis Ababa Science and Technology UniversityCertification, Computer Software Engineering, Certification, Computer Software Engineering at Holberton School
Amharic, English
Github Skills (11)
mongoose10
expressjs9
boilerplate9
rest-api8
nodejs8
node-boilerplate8
mongodb8
api7
restful6
bus5
connected4
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
abneka/Competitive-Programming
Sep 2022 - Nov 2023
Contributions:1886 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 2 months
abneka/alx-system_engineering-devops
Mar 2022 - Nov 2022
Contributions:191 pushes, 1 branch in 8 months
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