Hello 👋

I am Gadisa Kanchora

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Full Stack Engineer building scalable web applications, AI-powered systems, and production-ready infrastructure. Strong across frontend, backend, DevOps, AI-assisted development workflows, and deep debugging.

430+
Problems Solved
4+
Years Coding
10+
Projects Shipped
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WORKS

My Works

Real-world systems built from architecture to deployment.

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Open Gallery
1/5
Productivity Platform

FocusBear Dashboard

ReactTypeScriptRedux ToolkitViteAxiosi18next
Live Dashboard
Open Gallery
1/5
Operations Portal

Sitexcell (Co-siter) Portal

WordPressElementorGravity FormsZohoWP EngineFileZillaSFTP
Live Portal
Open Gallery
+11
1/19
AI Platform

Full-Stack Marketing & AI Platform (PIPA)

FastAPINext.jsFirebaseGCPRailwayGitHub ActionsRAG
Live Product
Open Gallery
1/4
AI / RAG

AI Legal Assistant (RAG on Azure)

PythonFastAPIAzure OpenAIRAGOCRDocker
Live Demo
Open Gallery
+19
1/27
Operations Platform

Traffic Management System

FastAPIReactReact NativeSupabaseAlembicQR
Live Demo
Open Gallery
1/5
Productivity App

AI Focus Training App

ReactTypeScriptRedux ToolkitViteAILighthouse
Live Demo
Open Gallery
+11
1/19
Infrastructure

Custom Email Infrastructure (Mailcow)

MailcowEC2Node.jsDNSMailgunSMTP/IMAP
Open Inbox
Open Gallery
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1/21
Web Platform

ReiSearch — Real Estate Platform

ReactFlaskAWSOpenCVPythonAgile
Visit Platform

SKILLS

My Skills

Production-level experience across the full stack — from pixel-perfect frontends to high-throughput backends, AI pipelines, cloud infrastructure, and AI-assisted development workflows.

Frontend
React logoReact
Next.js logoNext.js
JavaScript logoJavaScript
TypeScript logoTypeScript
Tailwind CSS logoTailwind CSS
Redux Toolkit logoRedux Toolkit
WordPress logoWordPress
Elementor logoElementor
Backend
Node.js logoNode.js
FastAPI logoFastAPI
Express.js logoExpress.js
Flask logoFlask
Python logoPython
Stripe logoStripe
Mailgun logoMailgun
Resend logoResend
Mailcow logoMailcow
Gravity Forms logoGravity Forms
Zoho logoZoho
Databases & Cloud
PostgreSQL logoPostgreSQL
MongoDB logoMongoDB
Redis logoRedis
Supabase logoSupabase
Firebase logoFirebase
AWS
AWS
Azure
GCP logoGCP
Railway logoRailway
Docker logoDocker
GitHub Actions logoGitHub Actions
WP Engine logoWP Engine
Cloudflare logoCloudflare
Bonohost
SFTP
FileZilla logoFileZilla
AI Productivity Tools
GitHub Copilot logoGitHub Copilot
Cursor logoCursor
Codex (ChatGPT) logoCodex (ChatGPT)
Claude logoClaude
Lovable logoLovable
V0
Tempo Labs logoTempo Labs
Gemini logoGemini
AI & Systems
RAG / LLMs
Vector Search
Linux logoLinux
System Design
Debugging & Root Cause Analysis
Video Editing (Basic)

WORK

Experience

Production systems, real users, real impact — here's the journey so far.

Nov 2025 – Present
Digital Balance
Luanda, Angola · Remote

Full Stack Engineer (Backend-Leaning)

Own backend-heavy development for a production SaaS platform. Build APIs and services using FastAPI, handle system design, integrations, and production releases.

  • Own backend development for production SaaS
  • FastAPI + Next.js architecture
  • System design, integrations & releases
  • Real-world deployment & reliability
  • AI-assisted delivery with Copilot/Cursor/Codex/Claude/Gemini + strong root-cause debugging
Aug 2025 – Present
Upwork
Remote

Full Stack Engineer (Freelance)

Delivered full-stack systems end-to-end for international clients: design → development → deployment → support. Built email systems (Mailcow), APIs, and cloud-ready infrastructure.

  • Full ownership: design → deploy → support
  • Mailcow email infrastructure (SMTP/IMAP)
  • DNS config: SPF, DKIM, DMARC
  • Docker, CI/CD, third-party API integrations
Dec 2024 – May 2025
ReiSearch
United States · Remote

Web Developer

Frontend Developer on a US real estate platform. Improved page load speed by ~30%, reduced route load times by ~35%, and implemented AI-based image filtering with OpenCV.

  • ~30% faster page load via lazy loading
  • ~35% route load time reduction
  • AI image filtering with OpenCV
  • Figma → high-quality UI (15% faster dev)
Nov 2023 – Dec 2024
A2SV (Africa to Silicon Valley)
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia · On-site

Software Engineer

Competitive engineering program mentored by engineers from Google, Amazon, Bloomberg. Solved 430+ algorithmic challenges, built real-world applications in agile teams.

  • 430+ algorithmic problems solved
  • Mentored by Google, Amazon, Bloomberg engineers
  • Built bank dashboard & job-listing app
  • ~30% API call reduction via caching

BLOG

Insights

Technical deep dives, engineering lessons, and things I wish someone had told me.

6 min read

Single VM vs. Kubernetes: When You Don't Need the Complexity

When do you actually need Kubernetes? A practical comparison for small-to-mid scale deployments. Spoiler: a single well-configured VM handles more than you think.

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8 min read

How Naive Async/Await Chains Stall the Node.js Event Loop

Understanding the hidden performance cost of chaining awaits and how to fix it with Promise.all. Real benchmarks included.

By Gadisa Kanchora
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10 min read

Building RAG Pipelines That Actually Work in Production

Lessons from shipping a citation-grounded AI legal assistant. Document ingestion, chunking strategies, vector search tuning, and avoiding common RAG pitfalls.

By Gadisa Kanchora
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7 min read

Email Deliverability 101: SPF, DKIM, DMARC, and Why It Matters

Setting up Mailcow from scratch taught me more about DNS and email infrastructure than any tutorial. Here's everything you need to hit inbox reliably.

By Gadisa Kanchora
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Contact

Get In Touch.

Let's Build Something

Whether it's a production system, AI integration, or a side project you want to ship — I'm available for full-time roles, freelance projects, and collaborations.

Location

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (Remote)

Open to opportunities

Full-time remote roles • Freelance contracts • AI/backend-heavy projects • Full-stack web apps