Michael Tsige Cherenet

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia • B.Tech Computer Science and Engineering (GPA 9.38/10)

Software engineer building full-stack web applications, real-time systems, and AI-powered developer tooling using Node.js, Python, React, and PostgreSQL. Currently a Technology Associate at V-Tech Solutions PLC. Co-author of two NLP conference papers presented on Amharic Transformer models and RAG architectures.

github.com/michaeltsige / linkedin.com/in/michael-tsige / michaeltsigecherenet@gmail.com / / download-cv (.pdf) ↗

Experience

Technology Associate — V-Tech Solutions PLC

Nov 2025 – Present

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Developed and maintained an internal Next.js, React, and Flask application with PostgreSQL for session management and content delivery APIs. Conducted RFP technical proposals and vendor solution integrations across WAF, DLP, SIEM, SD-WAN, and Private Cloud security. Participated in Oromia Bank Cloud WAF migration and optimization.

Independent Full-Stack Developer

2024 – Present

Remote / Client Work

Built responsive corporate and service web applications including an SEO-optimized logistics showcase (Next.js), a dental clinic portal with an integrated online appointment scheduling system, and a high-concurrency real-time interactive system using WebSocket communication with a Telegram Mini App frontend.

Conference Papers

Gig Marketplace Application Using Retrieval-Augmented Generation

ICSIE 2025

Conference paper presentation on a semantic gig discovery engine architecture powered by RAG pipelines and vector retrieval.

Classification & Generation of Amharic Literature Using Transformers

ICCMAMT 2024

Conference paper presentation on designing a custom Amharic script tokenizer, BERT-based authorship classifier, and generative Transformer models.

Selected Projects

7 complete projects

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Education & Honors

Hindustan Institute of Technology and Science (Chennai, India)

B.Tech Computer Science and Engineering • GPA: 9.38 / 10 • First Class with Distinction (2021 – 2025)

Focus: Algorithms, Database Systems, AI & Deep Learning, Distributed Networks.

Study in India (SII) Scholarship Recipient

Awarded by the Government of India for academic excellence.

Certifications & Training

• AWS Cloud Practitioner Essentials (Dec 2025)

• Introduction to AWS Cloud: Builder Labs Learning Plan (Dec 2025)

• The Ultimate MySQL Crash Course (March 2025)

• Cognizant AI Virtual Experience (April 2024)

• JPMorgan Chase & Co. Software Engineering Virtual Experience (August 2022)