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Ariam Abraham

Ann Arbor,MI

Summary

Complex problem-solver with analytical and driven mindset. Dedicated to achieving demanding development objectives according to tight schedules while producing impeccable code.

Overview

9
9
years of professional experience

Work History

Software Engineer

IntraFi
07.2025 - Current
  • Designed and implemented data scrambling workflows in SQL Server, evaluating traditional stored procedures against modern Python + AWS Glue (Spark) pipelines to efficiently anonymize sensitive customer banking data, improving scalability and maintainability of the process.

Sr. Software Engineer

Nuix
10.2021 - 06.2025
  • Spearheaded the design and implementation of an autoscaling solution for a distributed multithreaded Spring Boot application using Hazelcast on Kubernetes (EKS), significantly enhancing system reliability and resource efficiency during peak loads.
  • Integrated a high-throughput Kafka consumer into a data-processing Spring application, enabling real-time ingestion and transformation of data streams from platforms like Slack and Twitter.
  • Transitioned a legacy Maven-based project to Gradle, modernizing the build pipeline and cutting build times significantly.
  • Enhanced thread-safety and performance in high-concurrency environments by tuning thread pools and minimizing contention in shared resource access.

Software Engineer

Elsevier
07.2016 - 10.2021
  • Architected a distributed tracing system for 20+ microservices to visualize service dependencies, isolate failures, and reduce latency.
  • Designed and deployed an OAuth2 and OpenID Connect-compliant identity platform to authenticate external users across multiple Elsevier products.
  • Created performance monitoring dashboards using Kibana and Elasticsearch, surfacing key metrics for business and engineering stakeholders.
  • Built a custom Gradle plugin to standardize dependency management across microservices and accelerate CI/CD adoption.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Computer Engineering

Drexel University
Philadelphia, PA
06-2016

Skills

  • System Design & Architecture
    Microservices, distributed systems, API design, secure authentication (OAuth2, JWT, SSO), ETL pipelines
  • Concurrency & Performance
    Java concurrency primitives, multithreaded application design, thread pooling, real-time stream processing
  • Backend Development
    Java (8), Spring Boot, Python, REST API design, Kafka, RabbitMQ
  • Cloud & DevOps
    AWS (EC2, EKS, Lambda, RDS, S3, Glue), Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, CI/CD (Jenkins, Gradle, Maven)
  • Observability & Monitoring
    Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack, Zipkin, New Relic

Timeline

Software Engineer

IntraFi
07.2025 - Current

Sr. Software Engineer

Nuix
10.2021 - 06.2025

Software Engineer

Elsevier
07.2016 - 10.2021

Bachelor of Science - Computer Engineering

Drexel University