Yacob A.

Software Engineer · Technical Lead

Mobile · Web · Backend · Applied AI

About Me

Software engineer and technical lead with 8+ years of experience building mobile, web, backend, and AI-native products. I work best at the intersection of product, platform, and AI: taking ambiguous problems, designing the system, and shipping reliable tools people actually use.

Competencies

AI-Native Products

Agentic Systems

AWS Platforms

Backend Systems

Data Pipelines

Full-Stack Web Apps

Cross-Platform Mobile Apps

Technical Leadership

Work Experience

Libretto.fm

Lead Engineer

2024-2025 · Fairfax, VA · Remote

Led product engineering for a video podcast recording and editing platform across mobile and web.

  • Built AI-assisted workflows that made recording, editing, and publishing easier for creators.
  • Created the mobile app experience and led a web interface refresh focused on clarity and speed.

Zabal Media

Technical Product Manager

2023-2024 · San Jose, CA · Remote

Owned technical delivery across client projects that needed tight coordination between product, engineering, and business stakeholders.

  • Managed complex, multi-stage work for a diverse client portfolio, including enterprise customers.
  • Closed $100k+ in deals by translating technical tradeoffs into clear product and business decisions.

6irdview

Co-founder • Software Engineer

2019-2023 · San Jose, CA · Remote

Co-founded a software studio delivering mobile and web products for startups, enterprise teams, and large-scale consumer platforms.

  • Led and contributed to 35+ applications across Flutter, React Native, web, and backend systems.
  • Delivered software work for organizations including IGAD and Unilever East Africa.
  • Contributed to Nubank's strategic migration from native iOS and Android to Flutter for a platform serving 65M+ users.

Projects

2023-Present

Memrbl

A book reading app for capturing and revisiting ideas from favorite books.

Built around the reading experience: helping readers keep track of what they read, remember key ideas, and return to meaningful notes over time.

BooksReadingMobile

2022-2023

laba.school

AI tutoring app for Ethiopian students preparing for school and national exams.

Helped build an AI-driven learning product that reached 60k users, giving students a simple way to ask questions and get study support.

EdTechAI Tutor60k Users

Education

University of Kentucky

2019 - Bachelor of Science in Computer Science

University of Kentucky

2022 - Master of Science in Financial Mathematics

Certifications

deeplearning.ai

Deep Learning Specialization

2022

Microsoft

Object-Oriented Programming in Java

2018