Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Elshaday Yirga

Software development team lead, moving into machine learning engineering.

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01 / About

From shipping products to training models

I'm a software engineer with 6+ years of experience building and shipping web and mobile products. I started as a front-end developer, grew into building cross-platform apps end to end, and today I lead an 18-person software development team delivering a SaaS platform.

Leading a team taught me how real systems get built, released and kept reliable. Now I'm turning that toward machine learning: learning the math and the modelling side properly, and building toward a career as an ML engineer who can take models from notebook to production.

02 / Experience

Work log

  1. #02

    Swenetix Tech PLC

    formerly Addis Software · Addis Ababa · Mar 2021 – Present

    Software Development Team Lead Current

    • Lead a software development team of 18 engineers building and maintaining a SaaS platform.
    • Plan and run agile delivery cycles, turning stakeholder requirements into prioritised features and releases.
    • Set engineering practices and code quality standards; mentor engineers through code reviews and pairing.

    Web & Native App Developer Previous

    • Built scalable web applications and cross-platform mobile apps with React, React Native and TypeScript.
    • Defined project structure and front-end architecture for new codebases; published iOS and Android apps.
    • Prototyped and designed user interfaces in Figma with a strong focus on user experience.
  2. #01

    Min Ale Addis

    Frontend Developer · Aug 2020 – Dec 2020

    • Worked with back-end developers to build the front end of an event booking platform.
03 / Skills

Toolkit

AI / ML
Python, machine learning fundamentals, LLM application development
Languages
JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, HTML, CSS
Frontend & mobile
React, Redux, React Native, Svelte, Tailwind CSS
Backend & data
Node.js, Express, MongoDB
Engineering
Git, CI/CD, Agile/Scrum, code review, release management
Leadership
Team leadership, mentoring, delivery planning, stakeholder management
04 / Now

What I'm working on

Leading

Agile delivery and engineering standards for a SaaS platform.

Learning

Machine learning fundamentals and the math behind them.

Completed

AI Engineering training, DataCamp.

05 / Contact

Say hello

Open to ML engineering conversations. yirga.elshaday@gmail.com

Location
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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