Issa Jean Marie

Fullstack Engineer, Kigali, Rwanda

jeanmarieissa@gmail.com
issadevs.com, github.com/issadevs

Fullstack engineer who leads with the frontend. Frontend Lead at Awesomity Lab, co-founder of Knowmai, and the person behind DeNotes.

Frontend Lead
Jan 2023 to Present
Awesomity Lab, Full-time
- Plan sprints and break down work to match the team's real capacity.
- Onboard new frontend engineers onto existing projects and our engineering practices.
Frontend Developer
May 2021 to Dec 2022
Awesomity Lab, Full-time
- Built landing pages, e-commerce storefronts, and management systems across multiple client projects.
- Integrated REST APIs using RTK Query.
Task Force Intern
Mar 2021 to May 2021
Awesomity Lab, Internship
- Built two platforms, including a meme-based social app.
- Picked up Redux and Ant Design on the job.
Frontend Web Developer
Jun 2021 to Sep 2021
Deriv, Full-time
- Maintained deriv.com, an online trading platform.
- Fixed SEO issues across page titles and image alt text.

Frontend: React and Next.js, TypeScript, Design systems, Accessibility, Performance, Tailwind CSS, Redux Toolkit and RTK Query, Jest, Cypress and Testing Library, Figma to production
Go and backend: Go, chi and pgx, PostgreSQL, REST API design, Node.js, Strapi and WordPress
DevOps: Docker, CI/CD, Vercel, Release pipelines
AI automation: Loop engineering, AI workflows, Workflow automation, MCP servers

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