Firanol Merga Abdisa

About Firanol Merga Abdisa

Java Full Stack Engineer | 5+ yrs in scalable web & backend systems (Finance, E‑commerce, AI/ML). Expert in Java, Spring Boot, Microservices, React, REST APIs, Cloud (AWS/Azure), SQL, CI/CD. Skilled in cloud-native architectures, Kafka, MongoDB, Docker, Kubernetes. Agile-savvy, remote-collaboration ready, USA-authorized. Focused on solving complex software challenges and driving engineering excellence.

Experience

1. Software Engineer

   Wells Fargo

   Jun 2025 — Present · Charlotte, NC, US

   Designed, developed, and deployed scalable, high-performance microservices using Java, Spring Boot, and Spring Cloud, delivering secure and resilient solutions for home lending systems.Built RESTful APIs and event-driven services leveraging Kafka, ensuring reliable asynchronous communication and improved system throughput.Developed comprehensive automated testing frameworks using JUnit, TestNG, Cucumber, and Mockito, achieving high test coverage across unit, integration, and BDD layers.Implemented and maintained CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Gradle, Maven, and Artifactory, enabling faster, consistent, and automated deployments.Containerized applications using Docker and deployed services on AWS (EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda), ensuring scalability, fault tolerance, and cloud-native architecture adoption.Automated UI and API testing using Selenium, RestAssured, and Postman, improving system reliability and reducing regression defects.Optimized data access and persistence using Hibernate/JPA with Oracle and SQL Server, enhancing query performance and ensuring data integrity.Applied TDD and BDD methodologies to produce clean, maintainable, and modular code aligned with SOLID principles and industry best practices.Monitored and troubleshot production systems using tools like Splunk, ELK Stack, and Prometheus, proactively identifying performance bottlenecks and ensuring high availability.Collaborated in Agile/Scrum environments to analyze requirements, resolve complex technical issues, and continuously improve system performance and scalability.Secured applications using Spring Security, OAuth2, and JWT, ensuring compliance with enterprise security standards.Documented technical designs, APIs (Swagger/OpenAPI), and deployment processes to support cross-functional teams and streamline development lifecycle.

Education

• IE Business School

  Master's degree, Business Analytics and Big Data

• Maharishi International University

  Master of Science - MS, Computer Science

• Addis Ababa University

  Bachelor's degree, Computer Engineering