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SMACHEW GEDEAW CHEKOLSoftware Engineer
Experiences
Front-End Developer, Zare Innovations⁠
  • •Worked on rebuilding websites, fixing issues in existing codebases, and collaborating with cross-functional teams.
  • •Contributed to 5+ websites, improving responsiveness, UI/​UX, email service integration, and SEO optimization for better performance and user engagement.
    • 12/2025 – 03/2026Part Time | Ethiopia
  • •React | Next.js | TypeScript
    • Game Developer, Phoenix Technologies
  • •Developed various games including betting, slot, and racing games using React and PixiJS.
  • •Focused on interactive gameplay, responsive design, and smooth animations for web-based gaming experiences.
    • 06/2026 – 03/2026Full Time | Ethiopia
  • •React | Pixi.js | TypeScript
    • Full-Stack Developer, Fair Prop Reviewer⁠
  • •I design and build a scalable database and API
  • •I integrate the back and front ends with advanced authentication and authorization implementations.
    • 04/2025 – 09/2025full-time | remote, Sri Lanka
  • •Nest.js | MongoDB | Next.js | TypeScript
    • Next.Js Developer, Fair Prop Reviewer⁠
  • •I implemented 25+ dynamic screens including a modern and hard-logic admin dashboard from Figma designs with advanced filtering options and state management using Next.js, Context Provider and TailwindCss.
  • •Next.js | Redux Toolkit | Figma | TypeScript
    • 03/2025 – 04/2025contractual | remote, Sri Lanka
    Graphic Designer, Fair Prop Reviewer⁠
  • •I worked on designing 100+ social media posts including LinkedIn, Instagram and Facebook posts.
  • •I designed facebook ads, email signatures, website assets and other products using tools like Canva.
    • 11/2024 – 03/2025full-time | remote, Sri Lanka
  • •Canva | Figma | Adobe Photoshop
    • Full Stack Developer Intern, Qene Technologies⁠
  • •Implemented 8+ screens from Figma designs with state management and API integration
  • •React | Redux | Redux-Saga | TilwindCss | Express.js | MongoDB
    • 05/2024 – 08/2024Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
    Graphic Design Intern, And-Hulet Creatives⁠
  • •Design notebooks and their engravings for their leather covers.
  • •Design and carve project board mockups for 2+ National Level Projects including Bulbula and Halala project boards.
    • 01/2023 – 03/2024Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
  • •Adobe illustrator | Adobe photoshop | Figma
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    Education
    BSC in Software Engineering, Bahir Dar University⁠
  • •Software design, development and testing.
  • •Data Structures and Algorithms, OOP, Database Systems, Machine Learning and Networking.
    • 06/2021 – 06/2025Bahir Dar, Ethiopia
  • •Color theory, 3D Modeling, Composition, Layout, Blender, Figma, Canva, Adobe Photoshop and Adobe illustrator.
    • 11/2023 – 12/2023Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
    Skills
    Programming Languages
    • •JavaScript | Typescript
    • •Dart | Java | HTML | CSS
    • •C++ | Python
    Soft Skills
    • •Attention to details | Growth Mindset
    • •Collaboration | Communication
    Frameworks and Techs
    • •React | Next.js | Three.js | Pixi.js
    • •Electron | JavaFX | React Native | Flutter
    • •Node.js | Express.js | Nest.js | MongoDB | Firebase | MySQL | Hive | SQLite
    • •Redux | Redux Saga | TailwindCss | Git | GitHub
    Projects
    Wrap-git⁠, Node.js | TypeScript | GitHub API
  • •Built NPM Package that presents detailed data of repositories, commit counts and language coverages for a given GitHub profile.
    • 01/2025 – 12/2025
    DotCode⁠, Github | Demo | React, Redux, Redux Saga, GSAP, Tailwindcss, Express.js, MongoDB
  • •Best Project Award 2025 (Bahir Dar University) winning platform for managing code snippets and Ul components.
  • •Features:
    • 07/2024 – 06/2025

    > Community space for sharing & collaboration,

    > Integrated Editor with live execution, code compilation, bug detection & Al chat, and

    > VS Code Extension to upload/​Search/​Insert directly from vs code.

    Bit Connect⁠, Flutter | Dart | Firebase | Firestore
  • •A student-focused mobile app built collaboratively to streamline campus life at Bahir Dar Institute of Technology.
  • •lets students check food schedules, calculate GPAs, view grades, access campus news, and navigate the campus with map-based guidance powered by Leaflet.
    • 03/2024 – 07/2024
    More 15+ Projects⁠, 15+ projects including Full stack websites, mobile apps, desktops apps, and other software products.
    Achievements
    Best Project Award 2025, Bahir Dar University

    Awarded for developing DotCode⁠ which was the university’s best academic project of 2025, selected by faculty of computing from 50+ submissions based on innovation, technical depth, and real-world impact.

    19/06/2025
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