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, Iowa01.2018
Bachelor of Science - Computer Engineering
Eritrea Institute of Technology
Asmara, Eritrea01.2010
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