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.

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

Aug 2023 — Present

<ul><li>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.</li><li>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%.</li><li>Designed and implemented data enrichment and retrieval workflows consuming multiple third-party APIs (Companies House, Diffbot, D&amp;B, SerpApi, iScraper) to build and verify structured entity data at scale.</li><li>Led migration from monolith to microservices, improving modularity, scalability, and deployment independence across services.</li><li>Optimized SQL Server queries and indexes, reducing average API response time from 8 seconds to 300ms on high-volume endpoints.</li><li>Implemented background jobs and async event-driven workflows to support high-volume third-party API consumption.</li><li>Strengthened production observability through structured logging, distributed tracing, and exception handling.</li><li>Integrated Stripe and HubSpot payment APIs with webhook handling, idempotent operations, and transaction reconciliation.</li></ul><p><br></p>

Senior Software Engineer, Excellerent Solutions

Apr 2021 — Sep 2024

<ul><li>Integrated banking APIs and payment processing systems for enterprise financial applications, implementing secure transaction handling, payment validation, and reconciliation workflows.</li><li>Designed and implemented secure, robust, and scalable .NET APIs across multiple enterprise client projects, supporting high availability, fault tolerant integrations and production grade performance.</li><li>Optimized SQL Server performance through query tuning, indexing strategies, and stored procedure optimization, improving database response times.</li><li>Integrated Okta and One Identity for SSO, and secured .NET APIs with Duende IdentityServer, enforcing&nbsp;token-based authorization and role-based access control.</li><li>Developed serverless functions using Azure Functions to run event-driven workflows, scheduled jobs, and API triggered automation.</li><li>Managed CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps, implementing automated builds, testing, and deployment workflows with environment-specific configuration management.</li><li>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.</li></ul><p><br></p>

Senior Software Engineer, Better Mobile Security inc

May 2019 — Apr 2021

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

Software Development Consultant, ICOS Consulting plc

Oct 2018 — Mar 2019

<ul><li>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.</li><li>Implemented a backend system for role-based authentication &amp; authorization, improving system security and user access management.</li><li>Integrated Apache Tika for reading scanned documents and developed custom modules to streamline document processing and improve data extraction efficiency.</li></ul><p><br></p>

Freelance Full Stack Developer, Legatum Technologies

Jan 2015 — Jul 2018

<ul><li>Developed and delivered multiple <strong>Odoo</strong> CRM and project management solutions, with custom module development and on-premises deployment.</li><li>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.</li><li>Delivered multiple Magento e-commerce projects, covering configuration, custom development, and production deployment.</li></ul><p><br></p>


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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