# Tsion A. > Senior Software Engineer at Arete Incident Response Location: New York, New York, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/tsion Software engineer and a tenacious advocate for coding with passion & compassion. ## Work Experience ### Senior Software Engineer @ Arete Jan 2023 – Present ### Full Stack Engineer @ Arete Jan 2021 – Jan 2023 ### Software Engineer @ NexTravel Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | Los Angeles Metropolitan Area ### Data Engineer @ Stanford Computational Policy lab Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 - Built recursive server side code to parse SQL data objects into user friendly code. - Replaced the old SQL based search with faster and efficient text search using Elasticsearch. - Utilized Google Cloud BigQuery to analyze, extract, and manipulate data for research work on measuring Patent Prosecution. ### Software Engineer @ GraphQL Designer Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Venice, california - Developed a React web application to allow users to automatically generate and export GraphQL schemas, mutations and queries that are compatible with SQL and NoSQL databases. - Implemented React-Redux application with components connected to a single store, preventing state mutation by separating application concerns into seamlessly scalable modules - Deployed application using AWS (Gateway, Lambda, S3, DynamoDB) with custom SSL certificates using Route53 and CloudFront to securely serve the web application, integrating dynamic load balancing and scalable servers to ensure lower overhead costs and improve responsive load time. - Enhanced standardized component styling with React Transition Group and Material UI to ensure uniformity and save on development time while implementing fluid component-rendering that gets triggered when mounted or unmounted. - Utilized Node’s file system for a fast and scalable way to generate and deliver zipped files containing users’ code-based schemas and queries. - Developed parsing algorithms to dynamically generate deeply nested code and create database types and field inputs, while preventing the application's main thread from being blocked when writing files to the end user. +Technologies: ES6, Node, AWS, React, GraphQL, Apollo ### President @ Bryn Mawr College, Global Medical Brigades Jan 2012 – Jan 2015 | Greater Philadelphia Area - Coordinated the efforts of the leadership team to create a strong, sustainable chapter. - Recruited members to work with medical professionals and health workers in rural communities with no/little access to healthcare. ### Teaching Assistant @ Bryn Mawr College, Chemistry Department Jan 2010 – Jan 2015 | Greater Philadelphia Area - Worked with course professors to revise course curriculum - Assisted in teaching Introductory and Organic Chemistry to undergraduate students and students in the Post-baccalaureate program - Independently planned and conducted student review sessions that prepare students for the final examinations ### Global Health Intern @ United Nations Foundation, Department of Global Health Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 | Washington D.C. Metro Area - Coordinated Nothing but Nets, a grassroots program aimed to save lives by providing bednets to families in need so as to prevent malaria in Sub Saharan Africa - Conducted research and data analysis of UNHCR annual reports; collected primary and secondary data on the overpopulation of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in refugee camps in Africa - Consolidated and presented research findings weekly in organized, comprehensible reports for the Global Health ### Mental Health Aide, Internship @ Ministry of Health Jan 2011 – Jan 2012 | Addis Ababa Ethiopia - Developed and launched the first National Mental Health Strategy currently adopted by the Ministry of Health and funded by stakeholders from the W.H.O. - Attended and analyzed meetings with USAID, WHO, EU, John Hopkins University and Harvard Medical School - Compiled and developed case files and conducted interviews with inpatients and outpatients at Amanuel Mental Hospital. - Presented case study findings during stakeholder meetings - Designed and conducted mental health-training programs for community health officers in rural areas of Ethiopia ### Intern @ Ministry of Health Jan 2009 – Jan 2009 | Khartoum Sudan - Participated in the Onchocerciasis mass treatment campaign; facilitated the disbursement of the Ivermectin drug - Carried out inventory exercises on the use of medications; trained health workers and local communities on health sanitary activities ## Education ### Bachelor of Arts - BA in Neurobiology and Neurosciences Bryn Mawr College ### Computer Software Engineering CS labs ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/tadefres --- Source: https://flows.cv/tsion JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/tsion/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-29