Kado Damball
Senior Software Engineer at Contentful
Berlin Metropolitan Area Germany
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Top SchoolKado Damball is a Senior Software Engineer based in Berlin with 12 years of experience building web-first products and leading engineering teams. Currently at Contentful, he contributes full-stack migration tooling and front-end AI image-tagging apps, blending practical UI work with backend integrations and unit testing. Previously he scaled Honeypot’s engineering team from 2 to ~10, led due-diligence during an acquisition, and architected systems that reduced churn and sped delivery. A JavaScript-focused generalist and machine-learning hobbyist, he has a knack for shipping pragmatic automation (from web-scrapers to messaging systems) and for improving developer workflows. His background in economics and hands-on consulting work gives him a product-aware perspective on technical trade-offs and team growth.
12 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Economics, Honors in Economics, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Economics, Honors in Economics at Clark UniversityInternational Baccalaureate, International Baccalaureate at UWC Atlantic College
Swahili, English, javascript, German
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Github Skills (12)
contentful10
javascript10
front-end-development10
jestjs10
react10
jtest10
jes10
typescript-types9
typescript9
typescripts9
back-end-development7
testing7
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
contentful/apps
Feb 2020 - Jan 2023
Apps on the Contentful Marketplace and resources to build them
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:115 reviews, 47 commits, 104 PRs in 3 years
Contributions summary:Kado primarily focused on developing the front-end components for an AI image tagging application. They implemented the `AppView` and `AITagView` components, including features for image tag input, display, and AI tag fetching. Their contributions included adding image validation, handling image tag duplicates, and integrating with a backend API to fetch image tags. The user also wrote unit tests to ensure the proper functionality of the front-end components.
cloudinaryimage-focal-pointsmartlingfrontifycapistrano
contentful/contentful-migration
Dec 2020 - Jun 2021
🚚 Migration tooling for contentful
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:2 reviews, 8 commits, 6 PRs in 7 months
Contributions summary:Kado primarily contributed to the migration tooling for Contentful, focusing on features related to editor interfaces. They added support for configuring entry editors, including the implementation of new actions and interfaces. Furthermore, the user updated the code to handle sidebar widgets and ensure the correct argument order and functionality for adding, removing, and updating sidebar widgets. These changes involved modifications across multiple files, demonstrating a full-stack contribution.
contentfulmigrationtooling
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