Ebou Jobe
Software Engineer at Microsoft
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Summary
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Senior🎓
Top SchoolEbou Jobe is a Software Engineer with nine years of experience building large-scale front-end systems and native mobile apps, currently shipping features at Microsoft from his Vancouver base. He blends deep React Native and native iOS/Android expertise with frontend architecture skills, having contributed UI and type-system improvements to the well-known open-source Zulip mobile app. A McGill-trained software engineer, Ebou progressed from internships and early React Native roles to a full-time engineering position at Microsoft, demonstrating consistent growth in product-grade engineering. He’s recently exploring machine learning and AI, bringing curiosity about emerging tech to his pragmatic, user-facing work. Colleagues would describe him as a hands-on implementer who balances UI polish with robust type/flow correctness.
9 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
WASSCE, Science, 12, WASSCE, Science, 12 at Nusrat Senior Secondary SchoolBachelor of Engineering - BE, Computer Software Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Computer Software Engineering at McGill University
wollof, English, mandinka
Github Skills (12)
flowtype10
work-flow10
react-native10
flow-control10
control-flow10
ui-design9
front-end-development9
android9
ios9
uid9
javascript8
react7
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
zulip/zulip-mobile
Mar 2018 - Apr 2018
Zulip mobile apps for Android and iOS.
Role in this project:
Mobile Developer (Android/iOS)
Mobile Developer (Android/iOS)Contributions:9 commits, 20 PRs, 35 comments in 7 days
Contributions summary:Ebou primarily contributes to the Zulip mobile app, focusing on type definitions and user interface elements. The commits fix and update Flow types for various components such as `EditMessage`, `SettingsState`, `Recipient`, `Subscription`, `Presence`, and `RealmState`. Furthermore, the user introduces a search functionality for adding new groups and modifies UI components such as `GroupCard` and `GroupScreen`, indicating an active role in feature implementation and UI improvements.
zulipreact-nativeandroidmobile-appsios
ebouJ/contribution
Oct 2017 - Oct 2017
Contributions:720 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
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