Isaac Kasongoyo
Senior Software Engineer at BrightBee
Dar es Salaam, Coastal Zone, Tanzania
Summary
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Top SchoolIsaac Kasongoyo is a Senior Software Engineer with 11 years of experience building user-focused web applications and leading technical teams across startups and international organizations. Based in Dar es Salaam, he blends front-end expertise in React and UI/UX design with hands-on systems work, previously contributing to open-source GIS tooling like MapStore2 where he improved mapping UI components and geospatial interactions. His career spans product and engineering roles—from technical lead positions to engineering posts at the World Bank and growth-stage startups—demonstrating a knack for shipping practical features under evolving requirements. Isaac is also a tech entrepreneur and mentor, often bridging product design and engineering to turn concepts into polished user experiences. Notably, he maintains active cross-border collaboration experience, having contributed to global open-source projects while driving local product initiatives.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (Hons.) in, Computer Engineering and Information Technology, Bachelor of Science (Hons.) in, Computer Engineering and Information Technology at University of Dar es SalaamPCM, PCM at Minaki Secondary School
Swahili, English
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Github Skills (19)
javascript10
ui-components10
gis10
react10
leaflet9
mapster9
openlayers9
mapr9
react-testing-library9
jestjs9
casting6
express-session6
stripe-payments6
typescript6
jquery6
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
geosolutions-it/MapStore2
May 2019 - Dec 2019
The solution to create and share maps, dashboards, geostories with 3D support on the web. And it is open-source too!
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:87 commits, 95 PRs, 85 comments in 6 months
Contributions summary:Isaac primarily contributed to the front-end development of the MapStore2 project. Their commits focused on fixing bugs and improving existing user interface components, including a date/time picker and annotation features. They also addressed issues related to the display and functionality of various UI elements such as the cross layer filter, measure tool, and map card. The user demonstrated proficiency in React and related front-end technologies while working within the context of a GIS web application.
leafletwebmappingreactgeoserverwfs
kasongoyo/mongoose-errors
Apr 2019 - Sep 2022
A simple mongoose plugin that normalize mongoose errors
Contributions:7 PRs, 12 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 6 months
mongoose-pluginmongonodejsmongoosesneakers
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