Caesar Mukama
Senior Backend Engineer at Tether.io
Kampala, Central Region, Uganda
Summary
🤩
Rockstar🎓
Top SchoolCaesar Mukama is a senior backend engineer with over a decade of web development experience, currently building backend systems at Tether.io after delivering full-stack features for Porsche Digital. He blends strong cloud and backend skills (Node.js, TypeScript, Python, AWS) with front-end experience—evidenced by contributions to the BBC’s popular open-source Simorgh project—allowing him to ship user-facing, production-ready features end-to-end. A Microsoft Certified Solutions Developer and multi-award winner, he has a track record of solving real-world problems across health, water, and productivity domains. Comfortable in fast-paced product teams, he’s worked across startups and enterprises from Thrive Market and ShipStation to the BBC and Porsche, often leading engineering efforts. Based in Kampala, he brings both global engineering experience and a practical, user-centered mindset to scalable, secure systems.
9 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Diploma, E-commerce and web design, Diploma, E-commerce and web design at London School of Business and ComputingBSc., Computer Science, BSc., Computer Science at Makerere University
Github Skills (7)
typescript10
javascript10
typescripts10
react10
typescript-types10
podcast9
nextjs9
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
bbc/simorgh
Mar 2021 - Nov 2021
The BBC's Open Source Web Application. Contributions welcome! Used on some of our biggest websites, e.g.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:92 reviews, 162 commits, 45 PRs in 8 months
Contributions summary:Caesar primarily focused on front-end development tasks, specifically addressing indentation issues within the PhotoGalleryPage component and making updates related to PodcastPromo and PodcastExternalLinks. They made changes to multiple JavaScript and JSX files, indicating a focus on React components. These updates involved the addition of features to the PodcastExternalLinks component.
isomorphic-javascriptreactbiggestsingle-page-applicationjavascript
mukama/mukama.github.io
Jan 2017 - Jul 2017
Contributions:17 pushes, 2 branches in 5 months
Find and Hire Top DevelopersWe’ve analyzed the programming source code of over 60 million software developers on GitHub and scored them by 50,000 skills. Sign-up on Prog,AI to search for software developers.