Adonyas Argaw

Computer Science Student, University of Washington (Seattle) • Building toward AWS Cloud / DevOps • Seattle, WA

Seattle, WA adonyasa@uw.edu LinkedIn GitHub

I’m Adonyas Argaw, an undergraduate Computer Science student at the University of Washington in Seattle. I’m building toward an AWS-focused career and developing hands-on experience with cloud infrastructure, troubleshooting, and deployment through practical projects. My current focus is on core AWS services, IAM, networking fundamentals, and serverless application design, while also preparing for the AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate (SAA-C03) certification. I’m looking for an entry-level role where I can grow quickly in cloud, support, DevOps, or infrastructure engineering and contribute with strong ownership, documentation, and a reliable execution mindset.

AWS Projects Experience Education Skills

AWS Projects

AWS Hosted Portfolio Website (S3 + CloudFront + Route 53 + ACM)
Completed

Personal portfolio site hosted on AWS with static content delivery, HTTPS, and custom domain configuration.

  • Configured Amazon S3 as the origin and used CloudFront for secure global delivery.
  • Connected a custom domain with Route 53 and HTTPS through AWS Certificate Manager.
  • Handled content updates through versioned file changes and CloudFront invalidations.
Live GitHub Repo
Serverless Personal Expense Tracker (S3 + API Gateway + Lambda + DynamoDB)
Completed

Serverless web application for recording expenses, viewing transaction history, and calculating monthly spending totals.

  • Built a static frontend hosted in Amazon S3 and connected it to a backend API using API Gateway and AWS Lambda.
  • Used DynamoDB to store expense records and support queries for listing transactions and calculating monthly totals.
  • Configured IAM permissions and CORS to allow secure communication between the frontend, API, and database layers.
Live Demo GitHub Repo

Experience

AI Trainer (Contract)
Scale AI • Contract • Remote
Jun 2025 – Present
  • Complete AI training and evaluation tasks focused on response quality, accuracy, and policy compliance.
  • Write clear feedback and follow rubric-based requirements while handling edge cases.
  • Work independently with consistent delivery and strong attention to detail.

Relevant Coursework

Selected UW CSE courses from your academic background.

CSE 452 - Distributed Systems CSE 444 Database Systems Internals CSE 484 Computer Security CSE 473 Artificial Intelligence CSE 446 Machine Learning CSE 447 Natural Language Processing CSE 442 Data Visualization CSE 344 Intro Data Management CSE 331 Software Design & Implementation

Skills

Amazon Web Services (AWS) Serverless Architecture API Gateway AWS Lambda DynamoDB S3 CloudFront IAM Git Linux Networking (basics) Debugging Java

Focused on building AWS projects that demonstrate deployment, permissions, troubleshooting, and practical cloud architecture decisions.

Education

University of Washington
Sep 2021 – Jun 2026
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science
University of Washington College of Engineering
Jan 2023 – Jun 2026
Computer Science (UW)

Certs / Training

AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate (SAA-C03)
In progress

Currently preparing for the SAA-C03 certification while building hands-on AWS projects across storage, networking, IAM, and serverless services.