Philimon Ayalew

Software Engineer

Berlin, Berlin, Germany

About

I am a highly motivated individual with an enthusiastic love for researching and working with new and complex technologies that strive for continuous learning and career growth.

Experience

  • Associate Software Engineer in Test at Dataiku
    Mar 2026 - Present · 5 mos

  • Software Test Engineer Intern at Mozilla
    Jan 2025 - Jan 2026 · 1 yr 1 mo

    • Built and maintained a test harness for Firefox’s Credential Management features, enabling coverage across 80+ sites and up to 10 regional variations each. • Developed a triage web app used by QA to review hundreds of test cases, retrieve relevant TestRail data, assign accurate automation suitability statuses, and automatically generate structured Bugzilla tickets cutting triage time by 90%. • Led the refactor of major smoke suites and object models, writing and implementing the team’s refactor guidelines and improving stability, and readability of the codebase. • Automated TestRail reporting to Confluence with BigQuery & Looker. • Led bi‑weekly engineering learning sessions for the QA team, helping my teammates strengthen software engineering skills.

  • Teaching Assistant for Introduction to Python Programming at Constructor University
    Sep 2024 - Dec 2024 · 4 mos

    • Served as a Teaching Assistant for Intro to Python, mentoring over 70 students through weekly tutorials, one‑on‑one support, and programming assignments. • Delivered personalized tutoring sessions to assist students with Python fundamentals.

  • Software Engineer at Everest Systems
    Feb 2023 - Nov 2024 · 1 yr 10 mos

    • Developed and optimized the platform's Authentication System, contributing over 50% of its functionality, enhancing security and user access by streamlining authentication. • Restructured the platform's page rendering by integrating a presentation layer, improving dynamic information fetching and rendering efficiency by 30%, enhancing user experience. • Collaborated with an external team to integrate a proprietary validation language and improved our evaluation system by adding an additional authentication enforcement through policy conditions. • Boosted the authorization system's test coverage by 90% leading to improved system reliability.

  • Google Developer Student Club Technical Lead at Google Developer Student Clubs
    Sep 2022 - Jun 2023 · 10 mos

    • Coordinated student project preparation for Google Challenges and managed the development of a full‑stack web application that secured participation in the Hult Prize Global Semi‑Finals in Tunis. • Organized and facilitated workshops aimed at introducing students to various Google technologies and frameworks.