Kenawak Ibsa
Software Engineer, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Profile
Kenawak Ibsa is a full-stack developer and AI engineer based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. He builds AI agents, RAG systems, and fast web applications with TypeScript, Next.js, and Python, and works as a Software Engineer at Jami. Open to remote roles and collaborations.
Experience
Jami
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (Remote)Software Engineer, full-time07.2025 – present
- Build and maintain a lot of what ships on jami.bio, the creator page where fans pay with telebirr, CBE, and cards.
- EVT is one of the pieces I built.
- Keep the live product working: pages, checkout, and the rest of the surface creators actually use.
TypeScript · Next.js · React · Node.js · Payments
Humanoidz
fully remote (Remote)Full-Stack Developer, full-time05.2025 – 06.2025
- Full-stack work on AI products, from the interface through to the parts that talk to the model.
- Shipped features across the product, not just one layer of the stack.
TypeScript · React · Next.js · AI · Full Stack
Projects
Solara Labssolara-labs.com
A studio for AI products and custom software. Agents, web apps, voice, and the systems around them, taken from a first version through to something a team can run.
AI · Next.js · Custom software
Suqesuqe.bio
Turns a Telegram channel into a store. Buyers pay with Telebirr, CBE, or M-PESA, and the payment is checked with the bank instead of a screenshot.
Telegram · Payments · Telebirr · Next.js
Launchpotlaunchpot.space
A launch board where fans back the makers they like. Products and creative work are ranked by the support behind them, not by an algorithm.
Launch board · Fan backing · Payments
Ariobariob.space
A product I'm building out at ariob.space. The public write-up is still short; the site is the place to look.
Product · Web
Education
Addis Ababa University, Information Science2024 – 2028
Recognition
- Better Auth Hackathon, 2nd runner-up
- Information Science AAU v2 Hackathon, 1st runner-up
- INSA Summer Camp, participant
- Ministry of Statistics, recognition
Skills
- Language
- TypeScript, JavaScript, Python
- Frontend
- React, Next.js, Tailwind CSS, shadcn/ui, Radix UI, Base UI, Motion, Expo, TanStack, MobX-State-Tree
- Backend & Database
- Node.js, Bun, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis, nginx
- Workflow & AI
- Claude, Cursor, Gemini, ChatGPT, Git, GitHub, Docker, Vercel
- Analytics
- OpenPanel, PostHog
- Design
- Figma, Paper, Photoshop
Built by @keocodes