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Open to internships

Abdellah
Shafi.

Backend Developer building Django APIs,
RAG systems & LLM integrations.

CS student at Addis Ababa University & A2SV G7. I build things that solve real problems — from blood bank APIs for Ethiopian hospitals to LLM evaluation platforms connecting 5 AI providers under one roof.

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Abdellah Shafi 👋
About me

Building real things
in Addis Ababa.

I'm a 3rd-year CS student at Addis Ababa University, an ALX ProDev Backend Engineering graduate, and currently in A2SV's G7 cohort — a program that's placed alumni at Google, Palantir, and LinkedIn.

My backend work is deep: Django REST APIs, PostgreSQL with pgvector, Docker, CI/CD, and lately LLM orchestration with LangChain and LiteLLM. I'm drawn to problems that matter locally — blood bank management for Ethiopian hospitals, regulatory navigation for FinTech founders, tools that developers actually want to use.

1,514 GitHub contributions in the past year. Daily DSA training. Still learning, building as I go.

Python
Django
React
Docker
PostgreSQL
pgvector
LangChain
LiteLLM
Redis
CI/CD
GraphQL
Linux
Timeline

My journey

2023
Started CS at AAU
Addis Ababa University · CGPA 3.5
Enrolled in Computer Science, started learning Python and building my first small projects. Realized I wanted to build real things, not just pass exams.
Mar 2025
ALX Professional Foundations
ALX Africa · Certificate
Completed an intensive professional development program covering software engineering practices, collaboration, and professional skills.
Jun 2025
ALX ProDev Backend Engineering
ALX Africa · Certificate · 4 months
Completed an intensive backend engineering program: Django, Docker, GraphQL, Redis, CI/CD pipelines, and professional deployment workflows. Shipped multiple production-ready projects.
Feb 2026
Joined A2SV — Generation 7
Africa to Silicon Valley · In-Person · Addis Ababa
Selected for A2SV's competitive in-person G7 cohort. Daily rigorous training in Data Structures & Algorithms alongside daily project work. Program alumni have joined Google, Palantir, LinkedIn, and more.
Now
Building, learning, shipping
Pivoting toward AI engineering
Building RAG systems, LLM evaluation tools, and backend APIs. Looking for my first software engineering internship. Open to remote and on-site opportunities.
Work

Things I've built.

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NBE Navigator

AI chatbot API that lets FinTech founders and compliance officers ask plain-English questions about National Bank of Ethiopia directives — instead of digging through dense PDFs. Custom PDF-to-Markdown ETL pipeline, pgvector embeddings, history-aware RAG retriever. Entire stack runs at $0 using free-tier APIs.

Python Django LangChain pgvector Gemini Groq Docker
↗ GitHub
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EvalBoard

Full-stack LLM evaluation platform integrating 5 AI providers through a unified LiteLLM abstraction. Live analytics dashboard with 6 chart views. BYOK architecture — API keys never touch the database.

Django React LiteLLM Docker SQLite
↗ GitHub
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Virtual Blood Bank

REST API for Ethiopian healthcare professionals to manage blood inventory and donation requests across facilities. CI pipeline with GitHub Workflows automates testing on every push. Fully containerized with Docker.

Django DRF PostgreSQL Docker CI/CD
↗ GitHub
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E-Commerce REST API

Scalable shopping platform API with user auth, product management, and order processing. Integrated Chapa payment gateway for real transactions. Containerized and deployed to a live host — full dev-to-deployment cycle.

Python DRF PostgreSQL Docker Chapa
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Contact

Let's work
together.

I'm actively looking for internship opportunities. Whether it's a quick hello or a project idea — my inbox is open.

✉ abdellahshafi7@gmail.com in LinkedIn ⌥ GitHub ✈ Telegram