Yusuf Kaba
Software Engineer at Meta
London, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolYusuf Kaba is a software engineer with 11 years of hands-on experience building mobile and backend features for high-scale consumer platforms, currently at Meta in London. He has a strong Android pedigree—shipping features from split-screen Quran reading and audio playback improvements in open-source projects to pricing, payments and surge-heatmap experiences at FREE NOW and chat/media sharing at Delivery Hero. He combines individual contributor craftsmanship with technical leadership experience from roles at MIXhalo and Andela, where he mentored engineers and led cross-functional delivery. Practical about impact, he emphasizes doing small, well-executed work that cumulatively improves products and teams. An academic foundation in computer science (First Class BS, MSc pending) complements his iterative “refine, test” development ethos visible in his GitHub activity.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (MSc), Computer Science, Awaiting Results, Master of Science (MSc), Computer Science, Awaiting Results at University of LagosBachelor's Degree, Computer Science, First Class, Bachelor's Degree, Computer Science, First Class at Ahmadu Bello UniversityNational Diploma, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Second Class, National Diploma, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Second Class at Yaba College of Technology
English
Stackoverflow
115reputation
5kreached
3answers
5questions
Github Skills (15)
kotlin10
uid10
front-end-development10
ui-design10
android10
java9
viewpager9
javas9
graphstream6
algorithm6
android-browser6
android-service6
android-mediaplayer6
concurrency6
swing6
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
quran/quran_android
Jun 2020 - Aug 2020
a quran reading application for android
Role in this project:
Mobile Developer (Android)
Mobile Developer (Android)Contributions:2 reviews, 24 commits, 2 PRs in 2 months
Contributions summary:Yusuf primarily contributed to the development of the Android application for reading the Quran. They implemented features such as split-screen mode for displaying Quran and translation views, allowing users to view both simultaneously. The user also addressed bugs and improved the user interface by fixing issues related to switching between Quran and translation modes, and enhanced the audio playback functionality.
kotlinandroidquran
Korogba/math-game
Oct 2018 - Feb 2022
Contributions:24 PRs, 23 pushes, 13 branches in 3 years 5 months
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