Haylemichael Tsega
Building distributed systems that move money, data, and trust at scale.
4+ years designing production fintech infrastructure — from payment gateways serving hundreds of merchants to the microservices powering Ethiopia's leading digital banking platform.
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Haylemichael Tsega
Based in Addis Ababa · Remote
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What I Build
Event-driven microservice architectures using Kafka and RabbitMQ. Designed to handle high-throughput financial workloads with guaranteed message delivery and horizontal scalability.
Secure, idempotent payment processing pipelines — from merchant checkout APIs to real-time transaction reconciliation. PCI-compliant designs serving hundreds of active merchants.
Container-first systems on Kubernetes with automated CI/CD pipelines. Observable from day one — structured logging, distributed tracing, and health-check-driven deployments.
Selected Work
Digital Banking Platform
Ethiopia's largest digital banking super app — payments, chat banking, e-commerce, and lottery unified into one ecosystem serving tens of thousands of active users.
Payment Infrastructure
A production payment gateway simplifying integration with Ethiopian banking systems and digital wallets, serving hundreds of merchants with secure checkout and real-time reporting.
Urban Mobility System
Full-stack bicycle rental platform for Addis Ababa — fleet management, user administration, and transaction tracking for city-scale bike sharing operations.
Recognition
University Recognition
Awarded for graduation project in Property Security and Warehouse Management — AASTU
Academic Excellence
B.Sc. in Electrical and Computer Engineering — AASTU, GPA 3.81 / 4.0
Dashen Bank
Designed backend systems for Ethiopia's largest digital banking ecosystem
Available Now
Open to senior backend roles at top global tech companies and fintechs