Kaiser Dandangi is a Principal Software Engineer with 11 years of experience building user-focused, scalable software across startups and large product teams, now leading engineering efforts at Atlassian. Trained as a mechanical engineer, he brings a systems-thinking approach to software design—breaking complex problems into testable components and automating where it saves time. His background spans front-end architecture, backend services, and stakeholder-driven product delivery from roles at Instacart, PagerDuty, and FreshBooks, with a habit of shipping practical tooling and process improvements. Known for combining hands-on coding with mentoring and risk-managed delivery, he also spends his free time on personal programming projects and learning new engineering concepts, reflecting a continuous curiosity that drives incremental innovation.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Applied Science Mechanical Engineering, Bachelor of Applied Science Mechanical Engineering at University of Toronto
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