Henok Wubet

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Senior Azure AI & .NET Developer with 10+ years building cloud-native backend systems on the Microsoft stack, including Azure Functions, Azure OpenAI, Co-Pilot & microservices architectures. Proven track record of building scalable RESTful APIs, automating CI/CD pipelines, and optimizing database performance. Skilled in writing clean, testable code, refactoring legacy systems, and collaborating cross-functionally to deliver reliable software.

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Work experience

Senior Software Engineer, Yoono.ai (Through MMCY Tech)

Aug 2023 — Present

Core backend engineer for an early-stage reputation intelligence SaaS platform, owning backend services end to end from architecture and design through implementation, deployment, and monitoring.
Built Python-based serverless pipelines on Azure Durable Functions integrating OpenAI for automated CV parsing and content analysis, improving person and organization identification accuracy to 98%.
Designed and implemented data enrichment and retrieval workflows consuming multiple third-party APIs (Companies House, Diffbot, D&B, SerpApi, iScraper) to build and verify structured entity data at scale.
Led migration from monolith to microservices, improving modularity, scalability, and deployment independence across services.
Optimized SQL Server queries and indexes, reducing average API response time from 8 seconds to 300ms on high-volume endpoints.
Implemented background jobs and async event-driven workflows to support high-volume third-party API consumption.
Strengthened production observability through structured logging, distributed tracing, and exception handling.
Integrated Stripe and HubSpot payment APIs with webhook handling, idempotent operations, and transaction reconciliation.

Senior Software Engineer, Excellerent Solutions

Apr 2021 — Sep 2024

Integrated banking APIs and payment processing systems for enterprise financial applications, implementing secure transaction handling, payment validation, and reconciliation workflows.
Designed and implemented secure, robust, and scalable .NET APIs across multiple enterprise client projects, supporting high availability, fault tolerant integrations and production grade performance.
Optimized SQL Server performance through query tuning, indexing strategies, and stored procedure optimization, improving database response times.
Integrated Okta and One Identity for SSO, and secured .NET APIs with Duende IdentityServer, enforcing token-based authorization and role-based access control.
Developed serverless functions using Azure Functions to run event-driven workflows, scheduled jobs, and API triggered automation.
Managed CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps, implementing automated builds, testing, and deployment workflows with environment-specific configuration management.
Collaborated with cross-functional teams across time zones to deliver backend solutions aligned with business goals, while mentoring engineers and driving code quality through reviews and clear documentation.

Senior Software Engineer, Better Mobile Security inc

May 2019 — Apr 2021

Architected and built the core backend for a mobile threat defense platform, supporting SaaS and on-premises deployments.
Developed NetFlow, an event-streaming service that analyzes mobile device traffic to detect and mitigate malicious activity with real-time updates.
Migrated traffic storage from MongoDB to the ELK stack, cutting dashboard latency by ~90% and boosting ingestion throughput by ~65%.
Integrated with SIEM and MDM platforms including Microsoft Intune, Splunk, Sentinel, MDATP, and VMware AirWatch.
Re-architected legacy components, reducing cloud infrastructure costs by 30% while improving system performance and reliability

Software Development Consultant, ICOS Consulting plc

Oct 2018 — Mar 2019

Built an enterprise search engine based on Apache Solr, with an easily navigable interface for securely entering, categorizing, and retrieving data, enhancing data accessibility and security.
Implemented a backend system for role-based authentication & authorization, improving system security and user access management.
Integrated Apache Tika for reading scanned documents and developed custom modules to streamline document processing and improve data extraction efficiency.

Freelance Full Stack Developer, Legatum Technologies

Jan 2015 — Jul 2018

Developed and delivered multiple Odoo CRM and project management solutions, with custom module development and on-premises deployment.
Delivered 10+ client websites and web apps using WordPress and Joomla, including custom themes/plugins and components, for organizations such as Pan African Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Adulala Resort, BET Architects, Initiative Africa, The Residence Addis Hotel, and others.
Delivered multiple Magento e-commerce projects, covering configuration, custom development, and production deployment.

Education

Master's Degree — Addis Ababa Institute of Technology

Feb 2022 — Present

AWS machine learning engineer nano degree — Udacity

Jan 2022 — Mar 2023

BSc, Electrical and Computer Engineering — Addis Ababa Institute of Technology

Sep 2010 — Jul 2015

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