Mati Terefe
Staff Software Engineer at Shippo
Irvine, California, United States
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Top SchoolMati Terefe is a Staff Software Engineer with 11 years of experience building high-throughput, data-intensive backend systems and leading teams through complex migrations to microservices. He has a proven track record at companies like Shippo and Buzzvil delivering real-time bidding, ad engines, and transaction-heavy services using Python, Go, Java, and Node.js on AWS. Comfortable as a hands-on technical lead, he mentors engineers, applies Domain-Driven Design, and drives platform and framework development that scales across teams. His early startup and co-founder roles—plus a patented Amharic keyboard with over a million downloads—underscore a rare blend of product intuition, international perspective, and deep engineering craft. Based in Irvine, CA, he excels in fast-paced, deadline-driven environments and consistently turns complex domain requirements into maintainable, production-grade systems.
11 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BSc) Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (BSc) Computer Science at Addis Ababa UniversityMaster of Science (MSc) Computer Science & Engineering, Master of Science (MSc) Computer Science & Engineering at Ajou University
English, Korean
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Github Skills (19)
dynamodb9
aws8
nodejs7
jsonwebtoken7
python7
http-proxy6
authentication6
javascript2
html2
file-upload2
fault-tolerant2
file-api2
http1
proxy1
postgresql1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
matibek/PynamoDB
Jul 2017 - Dec 2017
Contributions:2 pushes, 2 branches in 4 months
pythonamazondynamodbawspythonic
matibek/go-service
Feb 2018 - Mar 2018
Contributions:12 pushes, 1 branch in 14 days
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