My name is Yabsera, or Yabi (Yah-bee) for short. I'm an Ethiopian born American based in Chicago, IL USA, and working as an Associate Software Engineer in the Financial Services sector.
My journey in tech began at Locusview, a SaaS start-up based out of Tel Aviv, Israel. Locusview is a digital construction management platform that serves utilities companies.
Today I am a Software Engineer working at Options Clearing Corporation (OCC). OCC is a clearing house responsible for clearing exchange-listed options. My role at OCC revolves primarily around process automation, and DevOps.
Options Clearing Corporation - Chicago, IL
February 2023 to Present
Key Technologies: Kubernetes, Jenkins, GitHub, Terraform, Java, AWS, Docker, Groovy, Automic UC4, Harness, Active Directory, Forgerock, Cucumber BDD
Locusview Solutions - Chicago, IL
January 2022 to February 2023
Key Technologies: Zendesk, HubSpot, Jira, Postman API, Locusview, Kubernetes, AWS EC2, Redis, App Testing, MySQL
Computer Science, B.S.
August 2020 to December 2022
Computer Science, A.A.
August 2017 to June 2020
The Cloud Native Computing Foundation
Completed June 16, 2024
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Completed Aug 19, 2023
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Completed Dec 21, 2022
Native Language
Fluent Speaker
Developed a microservice for the purpose of serving as a centralized CRM platform for small Auto Service Centers.
Key Technologies: Java, Swagger UI, JWT, Springboot
iOS & Web frontend interfaces to pair with the Bandera API for a unified end user experience.
Key Technologies: Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Terraform