Elias Kibret
Senior Software Engineer at Capital One
McLean, Virginia, United States
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Top SchoolElias Kibret is a Senior Software Engineer with 5+ years building secure, high-availability fintech systems, currently shaping cloud-native platforms at Capital One. He blends Java/Spring Boot backends with modern JavaScript frontends (React, Angular, Node.js) and productionizes services on AWS, Azure, and GCP using Docker, Kubernetes, and robust CI/CD practices. Elias has led migrations and performance overhauls that cut costs and improved retention while maintaining compliance (OAuth, PCI-aware designs), making him adept at translating regulatory constraints into resilient architectures. His hands-on leadership spans event-driven microservices, observability (Datadog/New Relic), and performance-critical APIs, and he pairs that with a MS in Computer Science and formal training in algorithms from A2SV. A detail that sets him apart: early career engineering work in Ethiopia gave him practical exposure to large-scale utility systems, informing his pragmatic approach to reliability and fault tolerance.
5 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering - BE Electrical and Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering - BE Electrical and Computer Engineering at Addis Ababa UniversityData structures and Algorithms, Data structures and Algorithms at A2SV | Africa to Silicon ValleyMaster of Science - MS Computer Science, Master of Science - MS Computer Science at Maharishi International University
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Github Skills (13)
financial7
chat7
expo6
css6
ios6
bcryptjs6
swift6
amazon-ecs6
aws-cdk6
react-native6
github6
collaboration6
react1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
Elias-Kibret/Competitive_Programming-
Jan 2023 - Feb 2025
Contributions:325 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 1 month
Elias-Kibret/Node-Project-
Apr 2022 - Jul 2024
Contributions:10 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 2 months
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