I build fast, maintainable, and production-oriented web applications with a strong focus on React, performance engineering, automated testing, and full-stack development.

My work spans from building responsive React applications and optimizing frontend performance to developing REST APIs, authentication systems, database-backed applications, PWAs, and AI-powered features.

I am currently strengthening my backend and system-design skills while exploring AI engineering and AI-powered applications.

• Full-stack development with React, Node.js, Express, and MongoDB
• React performance and frontend optimization
• Automated testing with Vitest, React Testing Library, and Supertest
• Building AI-powered applications
• Backend architecture and API design
• Learning TypeScript, Next.js, and system design

Build it. Test it. Measure it. Improve it.

I prefer evidence over hype — whether that means measuring performance with Lighthouse, verifying behavior with automated tests, or improving an architecture based on real implementation problems.

Based in Ethiopia · Software Engineering @ Bahir Dar University

A production-oriented blogging platform built with React, Node.js, Express, and MongoDB, combining content management, authentication, community features, and administration.

Engineering highlights:

• JWT authentication with HTTP-only cookies
• Google OAuth authentication
• Comments, replies, reactions, and permissions
• Admin dashboard and content management
• Cloudinary media uploads
• PWA with service worker and runtime caching
• SEO metadata, sitemap, and structured data
• Gmail/Nodemailer email automation
• 51 test files and 398 assertions across frontend and backend

Stack: React · Vite · Node.js · Express · MongoDB · Vitest · React Testing Library · Supertest

Live Demo · Source Code

A performance-focused developer portfolio designed to showcase my work while demonstrating frontend engineering, testing, and AI integration.

Engineering highlights:

• Lighthouse performance improved from 78 → 99
• LCP improved from 1.9s → 0.8s
• TBT improved from 820ms → 0ms
• Redat AI assistant powered by Gemini
• Local routing for predictable portfolio questions
• Personal portfolio data as AI context
• Response caching for frequently requested information
• Conversation history and contextual responses
• Vitest frontend testing
• EmailJS contact automation

Stack: React · Vite · Tailwind CSS · Framer Motion · Vitest · Gemini · EmailJS

Live Demo · Source Code

A production-deployed full-stack platform built for Wude Coffee House, combining a customer-facing café website with an administrative system for managing business content and monitoring website activity.

Engineering highlights:

• Production deployment with custom wudecoffee.com domain
• Responsive React café website
• Dynamic menu management
• Admin authentication and protected management operations
• Customer reviews and review management
• Customer message management
• Website analytics and visitor tracking
• Admin dashboard for monitoring total visitors and page activity
• Identify most-visited pages through analytics
• MongoDB data management
• Cloudinary media integration
• Node.js/Express REST API
• Mobile-first experience designed for real-world café customers

Stack: React · Vite · Tailwind CSS · Framer Motion · Node.js · Express · MongoDB · Mongoose · Cloudinary

Live Website · Source Code

A Telegram-based learning platform designed around course content and PDF-based educational material.

Highlights:

• Telegram Mini App integration
• Student and teacher roles
• PDF learning workflow
• Mobile-focused experience
• Designed for real-world usage rather than a static demo

Stack: React · Vite · Tailwind CSS · Telegram Mini Apps

Source Code

A responsive e-commerce application focused on reusable React components, state management, authentication flows, and automated testing.

Features:

• Product browsing and search
• Shopping cart and wishlist
• Authentication flow
• Checkout and order-history UI
• Zustand state management
• Automated frontend testing

Stack: React · Vite · Tailwind CSS · Zustand · Vitest · Firebase

Live Demo · Source Code

An urban safety platform developed during a hackathon to explore emergency response and location-based safety workflows.

My role: Frontend Engineer

Contribution:

• Built responsive React interfaces
• Developed reusable UI components
• Implemented frontend workflows
• Collaborated with the team to deliver the MVP

Stack: React · TypeScript · Tailwind CSS · FastAPI · PostgreSQL

Live Demo · Source Code

React · JavaScript (ES6+) · HTML5 · CSS3 · Tailwind CSS · Vite · React Router · Zustand · Context API · Responsive Design

Node.js · Express.js · MongoDB · Mongoose · REST APIs · JWT Authentication · HTTP-only Cookies

Vitest · React Testing Library · Supertest · Unit Testing · Integration Testing · API Testing · Testable Component Architecture

Lighthouse · Code Splitting · Lazy Loading · Image Optimization · Caching · PWA · SEO · Accessibility · Responsive Performance

Gemini API · AI-assisted applications · Local Response Routing · Context-Aware Responses · Response Caching · Structured Application Data

Git · GitHub · Postman · Figma · MongoDB Atlas · Cloudinary · Vercel · Render · EmailJS

TypeScript · Next.js · Backend Architecture · System Design · AI Engineering

I approach development with an emphasis on measurable results, maintainability, and reliable user-facing behavior.

• Performance: Profile applications with Lighthouse and optimize real bottlenecks
• Testing: Use Vitest, React Testing Library, and Supertest to verify important behavior
• Architecture: Build reusable components and separate application responsibilities
• API Development: Design and integrate REST APIs with validation and authentication
• Security: Use protected routes, JWT sessions, HTTP-only cookies, and backend authorization
• PWA: Work with service workers, caching strategies, installability, and app-like experiences
• AI Integration: Combine application data, local routing, caching, context, and AI models
• Debugging: Investigate root causes instead of relying on temporary fixes
• Deployment: Work with production environments using Vercel, Render, MongoDB Atlas, and Cloudinary
• Documentation: Keep projects structured and documented so they can be understood and maintained

BSc in Software Engineering Bahir Dar University · 2025–2029

• ALX Software Engineering Program
• ALX Professional Foundations
• Ethiocoder — Udacity UAE Sponsored Program

• Cursor Hackathon Recognition Certificate

I'm open to opportunities involving frontend engineering, full-stack development, performance optimization, testing, and AI-powered applications.

• Email: bdu1600905@bdu.edu.et
• LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/amanuel-amare-684234372
• Portfolio: https://amanuel-portfolio-flame.vercel.app
• GitHub: https://github.com/amanuel1221

Built with React, JavaScript, and a continuous focus on performance, quality, and learning.