Jovan Ssebaggala
Software Developer (Volunteer) at OpenMRS
Kampala, Central Region, Uganda
Summary
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Top SchoolJovan Ssebaggala is a pragmatic software engineer with nine years of experience building and maintaining enterprise and open-source healthcare systems across Uganda and East Africa. He blends full-stack .NET and Python backend expertise with modern React/TypeScript frontends, contributing to the OpenMRS platform and the OHRI HIV reference app used in multiple countries. Comfortable shipping end-to-end features—from patient registration and stock management modules to performance-tuned UIs—he also writes tests, documentation, and trains users to ensure adoption. His background includes government-facing systems at the Uganda Revenue Authority and leadership roles mentoring interns and guiding R&D at a local systems firm, reflecting strong delivery and people skills. Outside code, he serves as a gospel minister, a detail that underscores his community-oriented approach to technology and collaboration.
9 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Post Graduate Diploma, Project Planning and Management, Post Graduate Diploma, Project Planning and Management at Uganda Management InstituteBSc, Software Engineering, 2nd Class Upper, BSc, Software Engineering, 2nd Class Upper at Makerere University
English, Bantu
Github Skills (11)
typescript10
javascript10
frontend10
microfrontend10
react10
webpack10
openmrs9
form-builder8
json-schema7
etl1
compiler1
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
kajambiya/openmrs-form-engine-lib
Mar 2023 - Sep 2024
A React based Forms Engine for OpenMRS 3.X
Contributions:85 pushes, 36 branches in 1 year 5 months
kajambiya/openmrs-esm-ohri
Mar 2022 - Sep 2024
ESM Module for OHRI
Contributions:138 pushes, 110 branches in 2 years 6 months
eslintjavascriptesmes6nodejs
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