Zack Atama
Software Engineer at Springboard | Code First Girls
Kampala, Central Region, Uganda
Summary
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Top SchoolZack Atama is a seasoned software engineer based in Kampala with a decade of professional experience building web and backend systems across startups and ed-tech organizations. He has shipped full-stack features for fintech, tourism, and data-collection platforms using diverse stacks from PHP/CodeIgniter and Lumen to Python/Django and modern frontend frameworks. Beyond product work, Zack mentors and teaches—shaping curricula and guiding learners at Code First Girls, Springboard, and other bootcamps—bringing a rare blend of hands-on engineering and pedagogy. He’s led technical teams and code review efforts that improved hiring and product quality, and has repeatedly taken early-stage apps from prototype to market-ready. Comfortable switching between backend architecture and UI-focused development, he combines practical delivery with a commitment to growing talent in Africa’s tech ecosystem.
9 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's of Science in Information Technology, Bachelor's of Science in Information Technology at Sikkim Manipal University - Distance Education
English
Github Skills (17)
dojo7
store-management3
vendor2
javascript2
react2
nodejs2
flask-sqlalchemy1
python1
redux1
flask-application1
testing1
react-redux1
flask-api1
marshmallow1
flask1
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
ZackAtama/profylz
Sep 2020 - Feb 2024
Contributions:2 pushes, 4 branches in 3 years 5 months
AtamaZack/iReporter
Nov 2018 - Jan 2019
iReporter enables any/every citizen to bring any form of corruption to the notice of appropriate authorities and the general public. Users can also report on things that need government intervention
Contributions:16 PRs, 49 pushes, 24 branches in 2 months
authoritiescorruptionireporterreportcybersecurity
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