Yom Woldemichael
Senior Software Engineer at DraftKings Inc.
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolYom Woldemichael is a Senior Software Engineer based in New York with five years of experience building and optimizing web applications and developer tools. He blends front-end expertise in TypeScript/React/Next.js with backend skills in Java, Node.js, Kafka, and AWS to deliver high‑availability features and measurable engineering efficiencies. At AWS he led a migration to a modern stack, designed a feature-flag system that saved weeks of engineering time per feature, and improved operational reliability as a primary on-call. He’s built developer-facing products from an Electron-based Kafka monitoring GUI to SMS-driven recruitment tooling, demonstrating a knack for practical automation and real‑time observability. Known for mentoring interns and raising code quality through rigorous reviews and integration testing, he focuses on building software people want to use while reducing toil.
5 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
B.A. in Economics and B.S.B.A. in Accounting, Graduated Cum Laude, B.A. in Economics and B.S.B.A. in Accounting, Graduated Cum Laude at Stonehill College
English, Amharic
Github Skills (3)
apache-kafka8
kafka6
kafka-consumer6
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
yomwold/eeveeMarket
Jul 2021 - Jul 2021
Contributions:2 pushes in 1 day
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