Kato J
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Full Stack Developer Preferred Title
$27.50 /hr $ 45.0K /yr Hourly Rate and Yearly Salary
Overview
Basic Summary
LD Talent History - Average Response Time 12.0 hours
- Average Count of Messages/Day 0.8
- Project Completion Rate 2/4
- Interview Acceptance Rate 4/6
- Timezone Overlap 25h PST, 49h UTC
- Code Quality 60%
- Soft Skill Attributes 60%
- Expertise 2/3
- Coding Challenges 60%
- No. of Lifelong Learning Projects 2
- No. of Coding Challenges Completed 2 More details
- Software Engineering Process 3.0/5
- Technical Breadth 3.0/5
- Algorithmic Thinking 3.0/5
- Technical Strength 3.0/5
- Teamwork 3.0/5
- Intellectual Merit 3.0/5
- English Communication 3.0/5
- Desktop Mac
- Phone Android
- Member Since Mar 31, 2023
- Profile Last Updated Mar 28, 2023
- Last Activity May 16, 2023, 8:59 a.m. UTC
- Location Uganda
Profile Summary
Creative and efficient Full stack developer, with experience in front-end, back-end, and hybrid mobile development technology. I possess a strong desire for solving complex challenges with a customer-centric approach while leveraging standard software development principles. I am a reliable team player and I love helping companies achieve their technological goals.
Skills
Total Experience: 10+ years
Python (2E, 8Y)
2 experiences, across 8 yearsRaspberry Pi (1E, 8Y)
1 experience, across 8 yearsiOT (1E, 8Y)
1 experience, across 8 yearsDjango (1E, 8Y)
1 experience, across 8 yearsDrupal (1E, 2Y)
1 experience, across 2 yearsJenkins (1E, 2Y)
1 experience, across 2 yearsPHP (1E, 2Y)
1 experience, across 2 yearsNuxt.js (1E, 1Y)
1 experience, 1 yearTypescript (1E, 1Y)
1 experience, 1 yearVue.js (3E, 1Y)
3 experiences, 1 yearLaravel (3E, 1Y)
3 experiences, 1 yearStripe API (1E, 1Y)
1 experience, 1 yearREST (2E, 1Y)
2 experiences, 1 yearFirebase (1E, 1Y)
1 experience, 1 yearIonic (1E, 1Y)
1 experience, 1 yearBootstrap (1E, 1Y)
1 experience, 1 year
Weekly Availability
Timezone Overlap with 06 - 21 per Week: 25h PST, 49h UTC
Day
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
UTC
09 - 18
09 - 18
09 - 18
09 - 18
09 - 18
09 - 13
PST
02 - 11
02 - 11
02 - 11
02 - 11
02 - 11
02 - 06
Vetting
- Interview Data
- Agile Development Process
- Productivity and Responsiveness
- Teamwork
- Software Engineering
- Logical Thinking
- Technical Strength
- Intellectual Merit
- English Communication
- Documentation
- System Design
- Coding Challenges60%
- Algorithms Score60%
- General Score60%
- Easy Algorithm
- Correctness60%
- Performance60%
- Medium Algorithm
- Correctness60%
- Performance60%
- Hard Algorithm
- Correctness60%
- Performance60%
- Expertise2/3
- Design Patterns and Architectures2/3
- Debugging2/3
- Stack Traces2/3
- Testing2/3
- System Administration2/3
- Soft Skill Attributes60%
- Entrepreneurial60%
- Whole Brained60%
- Divergent Thinking / Creativity60%
- Design Ability60%
- Empathy60%
- Project Management Ability60%
- Security60%
- Code Quality60%
- Complex Logic60%
- Models60%
- Controllers60%
- Templates60%
- APIs60%
- Training/Testing Data Models60%
- Code Readability60%
- Ongoing Evaluation
- Number of Lifelong Learning Project2
- Number of Coding Challenge Completed3
Experience
Developer
Passion Project
May 2015 - Mar 2023
Afrodjango Initiatives Company
Project: Promoting Computer Science among Scholars in Africa
- Django
- Raspberry Pi
- iOT
- Python
- Promoted computer science among learners and scholars in Uganda and Rwanda by introducing Python programming training in secondary schools and universities.
- Provided training to marginalized communities in Uganda and Rwanda including unemployed youth, people with disabilities, and refugees.
- Provided training for Django, IoT, and Raspberry Pi to university students working on their final year academic projects as part of supporting and promoting the use of Python programming language.
Full Stack Developer
Contract
Sep 2021 - Jan 2023
Dasuns Company
Technology Industry
Project: Professional Disability Support System
- Stripe API
- Nuxt.js
- Typescript
- Laravel
- Vue.js
- Developed a professional disability support service web application to give disabled people access to well-trained support service providers and caregivers.
- Created a component-based Frontend that is manageable and easy to scale using Vue.js, Nuxt.js, Typescript, and Inertia.js.
- Built a secure modern monolithic backend using Laravel and Inertia.js for server-side rendering.
- Integrated Stripe API and Mobile money payment gateways.
Software Developer
Employment
Nov 2021 - Jan 2023
Uganda Performing Rights Society Company
Arts and Entertainment Industry
Project: Music User Licensing App
- Vue.js
- Firebase
- REST
- Laravel
- Ionic
- Built web and mobile applications to support loyalty management in the creative industry. The application registers users and performs assessments, licensing, and reporting.
- Created a progressive web and Android application using Vue.js, Ionic, REST, and Capacitor.
- Developed a secure authentication and real-time update backend using Firebase cloud services.
- Used Laravel to develop the backend and integrated the application with mobile money API.
Web Developer
Contract
Sep 2021 - May 2022
Ministry of Education and Sports Uganda Company
Education Industry
Project: Education Information Management System (EMIS)
- Laravel
- Bootstrap
- Vue.js
- REST
- Developed a government system to track learners across education institutions in Uganda.
- Implemented Mobile First UI design for the web application Frontend using Vue.js and Bootstrap.
- Developed a secure backend to process, store, and serve the frontend with data using Laravel framework and Rest API endpoints.
- Integrated SMS gateway to enable the web application to send text messages to subscribers using different electronic devices.
Developer
Passion Project
May 2017 - Feb 2020
Python Software Foundation Company
Technology Industry
Project: Ambassadorial Role
- Python
- Represented the Python Software Foundation and extension of Python to scholars and developers in Africa.
- Organized Python training, conferences, and seminars and supported the python user community.
- Contributed to organizing the first Pan-African Python user conference Pycon Africa.
QA Engineer
Contract
Mar 2013 - Dec 2014
Mountbatten Limited - Unicef Uganda Company
Technology Industry
Project: DevTrac and MTrac
- Jenkins
- PHP
- Drupal
- Developed a knowledge management system to track and report the distribution of medical supplies by the ministry of health and Unicef Uganda.
- Created modules and wrote automated tests for Drupal CMS using PHP and Jenkins.
- Performed functional tests, usability, performance, and usability tests for both DevTrac and MTrac.
Qualifications
Education
Makerere University
Aug 2009 - Feb 2013
B.sc (Information Technology)
Courses
Vue.Js
Jan 2019 - Aug 2023
Vue School
- Laravel
- Nuxt.js
- Vue.js
Web development with Laravel
Feb 2017 - Aug 2017
Laracast
- Laravel