lencho.dev
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Applied AI Engineer

Hi, I'm Lencho Mengistu. I build AI-powered products, full-stack TypeScript & Python apps, and the automation systems behind them, from LLM/RAG features to production deployment.

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Skills

Languages
TypeScriptJavaScriptPythonGoRustHTMLCSS
Frontend
ReactReact NativeExpoNext.jsTailwindCSSTanStackReduxFramer
Backend
Node.jsBunExpressHonoNestJSFlaskFastAPIDjango
Databases
PostgreSQLMongoDBPgvectorRedisMySQL
DevOps & Tools
DockerKubernetesKafkaGitVercelCloudflareAWS
AI
OpenAIAnthropicGoogleGroqLangChainLangGraphOpenClaw

Selected Projects

Pullora homepage screenshot

Pullora

Full-stack AI document platform for planning and organizing documents, with background processing and collaboration workflows.

Next.jsHonoPostgreSQLBackblaze B2Inngest
Laptops homepage screenshot

Laptops

AI-powered laptop-shopping platform; an Expo mobile app with chat-based product discovery, similar-item recommendations, cart and checkout flows, and push notifications, backed by a Hono API.

ExpoReact NativeHonoNeonDBSanityAI SDK
Pupilfy homepage screenshot

Pupilfy

Document-sharing and discovery platform with AI-generated descriptions, embeddings, and semantic search.

Next.jsNeonDBGeminiBackblaze B2Pgvector
Clipboard homepage screenshot

Clipboard

Fast, keyboard-driven clipboard history for Linux. Tracks text and images, recalled through a Raycast-style overlay.

RustTauri 2ReactSQLite
AI Business Agent homepage screenshot

AI Business Agent

Telegram-based AI agent that answers questions over users' own documents through RAG, with subscriptions, rate limiting, and background jobs.

TypeScriptgrammYDrizzleNeonDBInngestAI SDK
plx homepage screenshot

plx

Natural-language shell assistant that converts user requests into POSIX commands with risk ratings, or executes multi-step goals in agent mode.

TypeScriptCLIAI SDKnpm

Experience

Feb 2026 - Aug 2026

Phoenix Gaming

Remote

Fullstack Developer

  • I built and shipped fullstack features across the web platform and backend services.
  • I integrated AI-driven functionality into player-facing product surfaces.
  • I owned features end to end, from data model and API design through UI and deployment.
2022 - Present

Freelance

Remote

Fullstack & Automation Developer

  • I build websites and fullstack web apps for clients, scoping requirements and shipping to production.
  • I write automation tools, bots, and data pipelines that replace manual, repetitive work.
  • I work directly with clients, turning loose ideas into working software on their timelines.
2025

EaglePoint AI

Hybrid, Addis Ababa

Contract Fullstack Engineer

  • I prepared and curated the training data that code-generation models were fine-tuned on.
  • I authored and reviewed high-signal supervised fine-tuning examples across multiple languages.
  • I partnered with ML engineers to raise model output quality through better training data.

Contact

Get in touch

Have a project in mind, a role to fill, or just want to say hi? Drop a message and it lands straight in my inbox. I usually reply within a day.