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ISSAC HABTEMICHAEL

Alameda,CA

Summary

Skilled Lead backend software engineer with more than 13 years of experience as a valued contributor to the software development lifecycle. Adept at optimizing software performance by integrating new features and functionalities. Proven ability to collaborate with team members and clients on requirements gathering and analysis.Love to learn new technologies and share knowledge with teammates. With Masters in Computer Science from MIU, Iowa, USA.

Overview

15
15
years of professional experience

Work History

Lead Software Engineer

CapitalOne
Plano, Texas
06.2024 - 07.2025
  • Worked on modernizing and improving scalability of letters and card delivery platform for accommodating increased traffic from Discovery Company acquisition
  • Moved static configs to dynamic db based API
  • Reviewed and oversaw completion of team projects and mentored junior engineers
  • Carried out Sprint planning and grooming
  • Technologies used: Java, Golang, python Springboot, aws ECS/EC2, Elasticache, RDS, MongoDB, EMR

Tech Lead

Varis
California, USA
06.2022 - 04.2024
  • Designed, led and implemented Azure ADF to replace CloverDX ETL tool and reduced processing time by 50% of client catalog CSV files and increased concurrent processing from 5 to 20.
  • Designed, led and assisted in implementation of a microservice to integrate Azure ADF with MySQL and MongoDB and improved performance by doing bulk and parallel writes.
  • Designed and implemented new requirements from suppliers.
  • Reviewed and oversaw completion of team projects and mentored junior engineers
  • Carried out Sprint planning and grooming
  • Technologies used: golang, Java, Springboot, Mongo, Postgres, Azure ADF, kube

Software Engineer

Meta
Menlo Park, California
02.2020 - 06.2022
  • Undertook security/privacy reviews for the platform and implemented measures recommended
  • Designed and implemented a project to improve reliability of critical Inbound SMS messages like STOP.
  • Designed and implemented metric for application monitoring
  • Modernized and improved legacy SMS inbound system with better patterns and OOP concepts
  • Designed and implemented cost saving SMS experiments
  • Technologies used: hacklang, Java, python, MySQL, VS Code.

Senior Software Engineer

Nisum
Pleasanton, California
01.2019 - 02.2020
  • Designed and implemented Oauth2 Client credential flow for an Microservice to Microservice authentication and authorization. And setup the Oauth2 server in PCF.
  • Designed, led(2 engineers) and implemented microservice for store credit using Spring Cloud and implemented database using Microsoft SQL
  • Added new features and fixed bugs in other microservices like shop, cart, promo, store…
  • Migrated legacy on premise data to Azure using Spring Batch
  • Technologies used: PCF, Spring Cloud(Eureka, Hystrix, Config server, Sleuth), Spring Batch, SQLServer, MongoDB, Microsoft Azure, Kafka, UAA Oauth2 Server.

Senior Software Engineer

Cedar Document Technologies
Atlanta, Georgia
01.2017 - 01.2019
  • Designed, led(2 engineers) and implemented Cedar Complaint System
  • Designed, led(2 engineers) and implemented REST API for new client integration with Cedar notification systems.
  • Maintained and extended Cedar's notification authoring and sending system.
  • Developed a centralized CSRF security checker for Cedar notification authoring web app
  • Reviewed teammates design and code
  • Researched and configured Kafka and implemented Spring Kafka to integrate with applications
  • Technologies used: Spring, Struts, Kafka, MyBatis, JSP, primcefaces, Microservices, JUnit, JSON, JQuery, Oracle, SQL, Eclipse, SVN, Maven, artifactory.

Senior Software Engineer

Natom Information Systems
Asmara, Eritrea
01.2013 - 02.2016
  • Designed and implemented Logistics managements system for the Pharmaceutical(LMIS) department of Ministry of Information
  • Exposed REST services for third party companies involved with the Ministry of Health.
  • Carried out periodic meetings with government officials for requirements gathering and clarifcation
  • Carried out training for Ministry of Health personel.
  • Installed and configured MS SQL server
  • Technologies used: Spring, Hibernate, JSP, JUnit, JSON, JQuery, AngularJS, CSS, HTML, MySQL, Eclipse, Git, Maven, Jenkins, MS SQL Server 2008.

Software Engineer

EMEC
Asmara, Eritrea
09.2012 - 12.2012
  • Designed and implemented a web-based Inventory System
  • Gathered requirements and offered training to EMEC personnel.
  • Technologies used: Spring, Hibernate, JSON, MySQL, Eclipse, Git, Maven, Jenkins, Microsoft Windows Server 2008.

Software Engineer

Eritrea Institute of Technology
Asmara, Eritrea
09.2010 - 10.2012
  • Developed and implemeted Freshman Data Management System, EIT Property Management System, and EIT Scheduling System.
  • Collected system requirements and designed system
  • Created backend using Spring and JDBC
  • Utilized MySQL and Microsoft SQL servers as backend database engine
  • Deployed the services to Production and provided production support
  • Technologies used: Java, C#.NET, JSP, Spring, Tomcat, MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server 2008, Eclipse, NetBeans, JUnit, Linux.

Education

Master of Science - Computer Science

Maharishi International University
Fairfield, Iowa
01.2018

Bachelor of Science - Computer Engineering

Eritrea Institute of Technology
Asmara, Eritrea
01.2010

Skills

  • Java
  • Golang
  • Python
  • Hacklang
  • Javascript
  • AWS
  • Azure
  • Microsoft SQL
  • MySQL
  • Oracle
  • MongoDb
  • Postgres

Core Technical Skills

Java, Golang, Python, Hacklang, Javascript, AWS, Azure, Microsoft SQL, MySQL, Oracle, MongoDb, Postgres, AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate, 03/01/25

Timeline

Lead Software Engineer

CapitalOne
06.2024 - 07.2025

Tech Lead

Varis
06.2022 - 04.2024

Software Engineer

Meta
02.2020 - 06.2022

Senior Software Engineer

Nisum
01.2019 - 02.2020

Senior Software Engineer

Cedar Document Technologies
01.2017 - 01.2019

Senior Software Engineer

Natom Information Systems
01.2013 - 02.2016

Software Engineer

EMEC
09.2012 - 12.2012

Software Engineer

Eritrea Institute of Technology
09.2010 - 10.2012

Master of Science - Computer Science

Maharishi International University

Bachelor of Science - Computer Engineering

Eritrea Institute of Technology
ISSAC HABTEMICHAEL