Yonathan K
Software Engineer at Ladders
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolYonathan K is a software engineer with a decade of professional experience and more than seven years shaping backend systems at Ladders, where he focuses on performance, stability, and search integration for high-traffic jobseeker and recruiter products. He has migrated legacy platforms to modern runtimes (Java 11, Jetty 10), introduced infrastructure-as-code practices, and boosted CI/CD efficiency through parallel builds and automated quality checks. His hands-on work includes building Elasticsearch-backed services, caching and circuit-breaker protections, and backend features like candidate recommendation, resume redaction, and duplicate-job detection. Trained in computer science (BSc) and software engineering (MS), Yonathan combines practical production engineering with a penchant for tackling long-lived tech debt and measurable site improvements. Based in Washington, DC, he brings steady operational focus and a track record of turning complex search and reliability challenges into scalable services.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
B.Sc., Computer Science, B.Sc., Computer Science at Bahir Dar UniversityMaster’s Degree, Computer Software Engineering, Master’s Degree, Computer Software Engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology
English, Amharic
Github Skills (49)
sonarqube10
sonarqube-plugin10
sonarqube-scanner10
ide10
netbeans10
code-editor10
sonarcloud10
decoration10
static-analysis9
java9
netbeans-platform8
projection8
apache7
cloudkit7
maven6
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
TheLadders/ladders-wp-yoast-meta
May 2020 - May 2020
Adds the Yoast fields for pages and posts to the WP-API response
Contributions:10 PRs, 7 pushes, 10 branches in 1 day
apiwordpresspostsfieldswp-api
YTN01/Quelea
Jan 2022 - Jun 2022
Open source projection software for churches.
Contributions:1 push, 1 branch in 5 months
churchesprojection
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