Admas Kebede

Engineer.
Builder.
Systems thinker.

I build from 0 → 1 — across the web, mobile, and the infrastructure underneath. Small teams, real users, things that have to work on Monday morning.

Currently founding engineer at Whale, a proptech + fintech platform.

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About

I like the whole stack.

I’m a software engineer most at home at the edges of a system — the part where a product meets a user, and the part where a service meets the network. Web, mobile, infra — I move between them because that’s where the interesting tradeoffs live.

I care about shipping. I care about boring reliability. And I care about the small, warm details in a product that tell someone — a real person — that a human made this with them in mind.

Right now I’m focused on 0 → 1 work: getting new things from sketch to live, from prototype to paying users, from zero to the first hundred people who can’t live without it.

  • Full-stack web (Next.js, TypeScript, Postgres)
  • Mobile & product engineering
  • Systems, infra, and deployment
  • Going from zero to something real

Selected work

Things I’ve shipped.

A few of the products I’ve helped build — as a founding engineer, as a solo builder, and everything in between.

  • 2023 — Now

    Whale

    Founding engineer

    Proptech + fintech platform. Shipped a security-deposit product that integrates directly with property management systems (PMS), and a fintech layer for managing escrowed funds and the interest that sits on top of them. Joined at zero; helped take both products from first commit to production.

    Next.jsTypeScriptPythonFastAPIPostgresRedisAWS
    gowhale.com
  • 2024 — Now

    Korka

    Solo build · iOS

    An iOS app for Ethiopian rotating savings circles (equub) — a centuries-old way neighbors pool money, brought into a modern, group-native mobile experience. Currently in Apple Store preview, in beta.

    SwiftSwiftUI
  • 2024

    Keba

    Solo build · full-stack

    A booking and customer management tool for hotels in Ethiopia. Syncs inventory with Booking.com and other channels, handles guest records end-to-end. Live and in use by hotels today.

    Next.jsTypeScriptPostgresAWS
  • 2024 — 2025

    Shaya

    Lead engineer · internal product

    An internal clinic management system for a multi-branch healthcare client. End-to-end patient records, follow-up workflows, visit tracking, and the operational glue the clinic staff actually use day to day.

    Next.jsTypeScriptPythonPostgresAWS
  • Side project

    Note on the go

    Solo build · macOS

    A frictionless notes and todos app for Mac. Hit spacebar, type the thought, move on. Organizes notes and tasks by priority and lets you set reminders to check back in throughout the day.

    ElectronTypeScriptReact

Stack

Tools I’ve shipped with.

Not a checklist — things I’ve actually put into production, picked up the pieces from, and reached for again on the next project.

Languages06

  • TypeScript
  • Python
  • Go
  • Java
  • C++
  • Swift

Frameworks05

  • Next.js
  • React
  • FastAPI
  • SwiftUI
  • Electron

AWS & infra16

  • EC2
  • ECS / Fargate
  • Lambda
  • S3
  • RDS
  • DynamoDB
  • CloudFront
  • Route 53
  • API Gateway
  • SQS
  • SNS
  • CloudWatch
  • IAM
  • VPC
  • Secrets Manager
  • KMS

Databases & data07

  • Postgres
  • Redis
  • DynamoDB
  • MongoDB
  • MySQL
  • Elasticsearch
  • BigQuery

Contact

Let’s build something.

I’m always happy to hear from folks working on hard problems, 0 → 1 ideas, or teams looking for a full-stack builder who can also go deep on infra.

adteshe@gmail.com·LinkedIn
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