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Fkadeal Matiwos

Senior Software Engineer | AI Automation, Payments, Cloud & Full Stack

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia / fkadeal@open.et
https://fkadeal.open.et / LinkedIn / GitHub

I help teams build and operate software that connects products, payments, and business workflows. With roughly ten years of industry experience, I work across AI automation, payment integrations, multi-tenant platforms, and cloud infrastructure. My approach combines hands-on full-stack development with attention to reliable integrations, recoverable workflows, and maintainable delivery. Based in Addis Ababa, I bring senior engineering judgment to the entire path from product requirements to running services.

Core expertise

AI Automation & Durable Workflows

AI workflow orchestration / Durable scheduling / Signed webhooks / ElevenLabs / Twilio / Resend / CRM integrations

Payments & Business Integrations

Telebirr / Bank integrations / USSD payment flows / Payment callbacks / Odoo / Reconciliation / FastAPI

Full-Stack SaaS & Marketplaces

Next.js / React / NestJS / Node.js / TypeScript / Python / Hono / Supabase / PostgreSQL / Multi-tenant architecture / API design / Marketplace workflows / Content management

Cloud Delivery & Service Operations

AWS / Terraform / Ansible / Kubernetes / CI/CD / Cloudflare Workers / Docker / Linux VPS / Linux hardening / Nginx / Envoy / systemd

Selected experience

Recent work

Lawgical / Software Engineering - AI Automation & Integrations

Full-stack engineering with Next.js, NestJS, TypeScript, Supabase, and PostgreSQL across AI automation and prospecting workflows. Work includes Resend-driven intake, durable scheduled calling with ElevenLabs and Twilio, CasePeer integration, and Signals enrichment with PhantomBuster, relationship graphs, and introduction queues.

2024 - present

BirrLink / Software Engineering - Payments & Integrations

Payment integration work involving Telebirr, banks, USSD, callbacks, and Odoo reconciliation. The scope includes FastAPI services and the Nginx, Envoy, and systemd environment supporting their operation.

2023 - present

FARIS / Software Engineering

Full-stack development with Node.js, React, and Python, including work on GetChereta and Telebirr integration. The work spans application interfaces, backend services, and payment connectivity.

2021 - 2023

ETM / Software Engineering

Developed backend APIs, database models, and responsive client applications, with OAuth integration for authentication and authorization flows. Worked across service contracts, persistence, and client behavior to connect the application's backend and user experience.

Selected engagements

Independent Consulting / Software Engineering Consultant

Engineering consulting across custom Odoo modules, Linux hardening, and application deployments. Connect business-specific software changes with the server configuration and delivery work needed to run and maintain them.

Selected projects

Email-to-Call Intake Automation

An intake workflow connecting inbound email to firm-specific routing, scheduled AI calling, and CasePeer. The engineering work sits between the message arriving and the resulting interaction becoming useful to the receiving team.

Signals: Prospect Context & Introductions

Prospect enrichment and relationship discovery organized around an ideal customer profile. Signals brings prospect context, relationship graphs, introduction links, and queues into a connected workflow.

Payment Channels & Reconciliation

Payment integration work across Telebirr, banks, and USSD flows, with callbacks and Odoo reconciliation connecting payment activity to business records.

Multi-Tenant Marketplace

A multi-tenant marketplace spanning a Next.js interface, Hono APIs, Supabase, and a deployment footprint that includes Cloudflare Workers and Docker on a VPS.