# Dawit Tekeste

> SWE @ L3Harris | Ex-SWE @ Atlassian, IBM |  24' Apple Pathways | Computer Science(SE)

Location: Arlington, Virginia, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/dawit

Aspiring Experienced Software Engineer concentrating in Full Stack Web Development, Backend Software Development, Natural Language Processing, and Android app development. I am challenging myself in software development in various fields, I am working on strengthening my skills in Machine Learning with Large Language Models 

The learning never stops!!!

## Work Experience
### Chief Technology Officer @ FlickUp
Jan 2024 – Present | Arlington, Virginia, United States
I lead the vision and execution of building scalable AI systems that power real-time image and video generation.

Collaborating with teams across continents, I foster technical excellence and innovation to drive our mission forward.

### Software Engineer @ L3Harris Technologies
Jan 2025 – Present | Chantilly, Virginia, United States

### Undergraduate Mentor @ The Tech Cadets
Jan 2024 – Jan 2025

### Consumer Insights and Market Intellegence @ Beats by Dre
Jan 2024 – Jan 2024 | Remote
Conducted extensive research on consumer preferences in audio devices, specifically on speaker features, through interviews with 10 individuals.

Shared valuable insights with Beats engineers to inform future product development strategies.

### Software Engineer Intern @ Atlassian
Jan 2024 – Jan 2024 | Seattle, Washington, United States
Created a full-stack software feature to support Jira custom fields for Atlassian analytics.

By generating dynamic SQL queries using Django and utilizing React to generate charts, I enhanced the feature for ~3000 enterprise customers.

Constantly improved based on customer feedback and ensured a seamless user experience and data visualization.

### Software Engineer Intern @ L3Harris Technologies
Jan 2023 – Jan 2023 | Chantilly, Virginia, United States
Space Superiority Division
Created an Orbit Visualizer to track satellites' position across their orbit path.
Used Springboot for Restful API calls, Orekit to calculate satellite path along its orbit, Angular for frontend design along with Cesium and AstroUX JS, and Python for handling satellite's order of battle.
Learned Agile Scrum to build my project and added bonus features along the way.
Used Atlassian Suite to use the agile method along with documenting my code, decisions, retrospectives, and Bitbucket for version control

### UI/UX Research Assistant @ Virginia Commonwealth University - College of Engineering
Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | Richmond, Virginia, United States
Finding and testing features on open-source Android applications to help students understand how to use Android Studio, Java, and Open-source contribution

### Natural Language Process Research Assistant (Vertically Integrated Project) @ Virginia Commonwealth University - College of Engineering
Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | Richmond, Virginia, United States
Use machine training to accurately and precisely predict treatment and medications for patients using their genetical and physical information. Working in collaboration with the bioinformatics department at VCU

### Undergraduate Research Assistant @ Virginia Commonwealth University - College of Engineering
Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | Richmond, Virginia, United States
Created a program using Python, C++, and Machine Learning to use a trained model to extract relevant data and split it into text, tables, complex chemical formulas and reactions, and images from research papers.
Used a model to annotate data from the text to get relevant data from crop research papers to later be available for farmers in a large database

### Robotics Programming Research Assistant @ Virginia Commonwealth University - College of Engineering
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | Richmond, Virginia, United States
Worked on research to find out the best way to help students better understand C and also help them learn about cloud computing using AWS and Linux environment

### Accelerate Software Intern @ IBM
Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | United States
Developed modern websites using React.js securing data transmission and storage, and hosted them using Kubernetes.

### Director Of Public Relations, Housing Rhoads Hall @ Virginia Commonwealth University
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | Richmond, Virginia, United States
Worked on setting up events, addressing issues in halls, and create policies to make dorms safer and have a smooth workflow

### IT Development Assistant @ Hillside School
Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Worked in creating a test system that was used during the COVID-19 pandemic and created a website and database for books and handouts for the school

### IT Department Manager @ Education For Needy People Association
Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Worked in network distribution, computer maintenance, and setting up new computers collected from
donations


## Education
### Bachelor's degree in Computer Science
Virginia Commonwealth University

### High School Diploma in High School/Secondary Diplomas and Certificates
Hillside School


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/dawit-tekeste21
- Website: https://dawittekeste.com

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Last updated: 2026-04-05