# Gadisa Kanchora

> Full Stack Engineer based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Available for freelance contracts and full-time remote roles focused on backend-heavy, AI, and cloud infrastructure projects.

## About

[Gadisa Kanchora](https://gadisa-portfolio.vercel.app) is a Full Stack Engineer with experience building production SaaS platforms, AI pipelines, and freelance client systems. He works primarily with FastAPI, Next.js, TypeScript, and Python. Since August 2025 he has been freelancing on [Upwork](https://www.upwork.com) delivering end-to-end systems for international clients. From November 2025 to May 2026 he served as a Full Stack Engineer (Backend-Leaning) at [Digital Balance](https://gadisa-portfolio.vercel.app) in Luanda, Angola (remote).

## Services

- Full Stack Web Development (Next.js, React, TypeScript, Tailwind CSS)
- Backend API Engineering ([FastAPI](https://fastapi.tiangolo.com), Python, PostgreSQL, REST)
- AI / LLM Integration ([OpenAI API](https://platform.openai.com), RAG, vector search, OpenCV)
- DevOps and Cloud Infrastructure (Docker, CI/CD, DNS, SPF/DKIM/DMARC, [Mailcow](https://mailcow.email))
- Freelance project delivery through [Upwork](https://www.upwork.com)

## Skills

FastAPI, Next.js, TypeScript, React, Python, PostgreSQL, Docker, CI/CD, OpenCV, OpenAI API, REST API design, system design, AWS, Mailcow, DNS, Tailwind CSS, AI-assisted development workflows (Copilot, Cursor, Codex, Claude, Gemini), root-cause debugging.

## Experience

- [Upwork](https://www.upwork.com) — Full Stack Engineer (Freelance), Remote, Aug 2025 – Present
- Digital Balance — Full Stack Engineer (Backend-Leaning), Luanda Angola (Remote), Nov 2025 – May 2026
- ReiSearch — Web Developer, United States (Remote), Dec 2024 – May 2025
- [A2SV (Africa to Silicon Valley)](https://a2sv.org) — Software Engineer, Addis Ababa (On-site), Nov 2023 – Dec 2024

## Projects

- [ReiSearch](https://gadisa-portfolio.vercel.app/#works) — US real estate platform; ~30% faster page load, AI image filtering with OpenCV
- [Legal Assistant](https://gadisa-portfolio.vercel.app/#works) — RAG-powered legal Q&A system
- [Pipa](https://gadisa-portfolio.vercel.app/#works) — Production SaaS for Digital Balance
- Traffic Management System — Microservices architecture for the Ethiopian Federal Police
- Email Infrastructure — Self-hosted Mailcow with SPF/DKIM/DMARC

## Contact

- [Email](mailto:gadisakan@gmail.com) — gadisakan@gmail.com
- [LinkedIn](https://linkedin.com/in/gadisa16) — linkedin.com/in/gadisa16
- [GitHub](https://github.com/Gadisa16) — github.com/Gadisa16
- [Portfolio](https://gadisa-portfolio.vercel.app) — gadisa-portfolio.vercel.app
- Location: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (Remote, UTC+3)
- [Resume PDF](https://gadisa-portfolio.vercel.app/Gadisa-Kanchora-Resume.pdf)
- [About page](https://gadisa-portfolio.vercel.app/about)

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