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Jean Amukwatse
Kampala, Central Region, Uganda
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linkedin.com/in/jean-amukwatse-a75821182
Summary
Experienced Software Engineer with a demonstrated history of working in the non-profit organization management industry. Skilled in Engineering, Machine learning, Software Project Management, Software testing, Software development, Linux, XML, and Quality assurance. Strong engineering professional with a Bachelor of Science in software engineering focused on Artificial Intelligence and Machine learning from Uganda Technology and Management University.
Experience
QA Automation Engineer
BPOSeats
Jun 2022 - Present (1 year)
• Web automation testing using Selenium, python.
• Mobile automation testing using robot framework, Appium.
• Create, and review test cases, test scenarios, and reports for different features of the web and mobile applications.
Software Engineer
Living Goods
Jan 2022 - Present (1 year 5 months)
• Join Engineering team tasked with Continuous development of LG Platform producing clean and efficient code and documentation.
• Contribute to code reviews, testing and bug fixing.
• Identify, prioritize, and execute tasks in the software development life cycle.
• Analyze features and programs to improve their functionality.
• Work with QA Engineers to Perform validation and verification testing on LG software products
• Contribute to Design, Development and Maintenance of features on the LG Platform, including new feature development, code reviews, bug fixing as well as scalability testing.
• Report in daily Scrums on Milestones, progress towards tasks, barriers needing attention, etc. Log all development activities inside LG issue and project tracking system.
• Automate tasks through appropriate tools and scripting.
• Collaborate with the engineering team to improve the performance, efficiency, and scalability of our tools
Sponsorship & Welfare chair
IndabaX Uganda
Aug 2019 - Present (3 years 10 months)
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I lead the sponsorship team to source for funds and possible partnerships from potential institutions to partner with for a successful conference and in charge of the welfare during the Indaba conferences.
Volunteer
ICLR
May 2023 - May 2023 (1 month)
* Assisting with registration and check-in for attendees
* Helping with setup and teardown of conference rooms and equipment
* Directing attendees to conference sessions and activities
* Providing general information and assistance to attendees
* Crowd control – manage crowds and prevent congestion in busy areas of the conference, such as near popular booths or exhibits or session rooms.
* Emergency response – in the event of an emergency, assist with directing attendees to safety and providing first aid if necessary.
* Act as session hosts for conference presenters/organizers, helping to introduce speakers and facilitating Q&A sessions.
Super volunteer
(WiMLDS) Women in Machine Learning & Data Science
Dec 2022 - Dec 2022 (1 month)
I led a group of volunteers to deliver on specific tasks like registration, accommodation, and meals during the Women in Machine Learning 2022 Conference held in New Orleans, Louisana USA. Quality Assurance Tester
BPOSeats
Dec 2021 - May 2022 (6 months)
• Review and analyze software requirements specifications.
• Collaborate with leaders and developers to develop effective acceptance criteria
• Help investigate issues, identify bugs, and report them.
• Report bugs and errors to development teams
• Work with cross-functional teams to ensure quality throughout the software development lifecycle
• Write, Review, and Execute test cases and summary Reports.
• Conduct testing to ensure products perform according to user requirements and within established guidelines.
• Testing layout and interface usability, giving feedback to the development.
• Manual functional, regression, and acceptance testing of web / mobile applications, giving feedback to the development team.
• Testing mobile and web applications for the organization Consultant Software Engineer
Living Goods
Mar 2020 - Jan 2022 (1 year 11 months)
• Maintaining coding standards and participating in peer code reviews.
• Post Deployment Product Support: Support end-users and stakeholders (internal and external) on any arising technology issues/bugs working alongside tech support team follow up to resolution. Jean Amukwatse - page 3
• Document and demonstrate solutions by developing documentation, flowcharts, layouts, diagrams, charts, code comments, and clear code.
• Software testing and quality assurance
• Troubleshooting and debugging of software.
• Front end graphical user interface design
Graduate Trainee
Living Goods
Aug 2019 - Mar 2020 (8 months)
1. Back-office migration support for Smart Health: Configuration
Account management
Zoning
Form tagging
User migration
2. Document on the Knowledge (Confluence) and learning management systems (LMS/moddle) procedures to:
Setup the smart health for support environments on Linux and windows. Account creation, transfer, zoning, and form tagging Maintenance including Password resetting Muting migration and purging users Known issues, incidents and Problems during the migration and upgrade. Education
Uganda Technology and Management University
Bachelor of Science in software engineering, Artificial Intelligence and Machine learning
Sep 2018 - Nov 2022
Makerere University
Training, Fundamentals of Artificial intelligence, and machine learning 2019 - 2019
Bweranyangi Girls School
UACE, BCM/ICT
Jan 2015 - Dec 2016
Uganda Technology and Management University
Master's degree, Artificial Intelligence
Jan 2022 - Sep 2024
Licenses & Certifications
Certificate of attendance - NeurIPS
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Certificate of attendance - NeurIPS
Innovations Management - Coursera
GitHub for Data Scientists - LinkedIn
Artificial Intelligence for Project Managers - LinkedIn Angular: Creating and Hosting a Full-Stack Site - LinkedIn Managing Python Projects - LinkedIn
Using Python for Automation - LinkedIn
Artificial Intelligence Foundations: Machine Learning - LinkedIn Artificial Intelligence Foundations: Neural Networks - LinkedIn 15 Mistakes to Avoid in Data Science - LinkedIn
Cerificate of Participation - Nelson Mandela African Institute of Science and Technology (NM-AIST)
UgandaEMR Bootcamp, Certificate of completion - Ministry of Health - Uganda Skills
Data Validation • SQL • User Acceptance Testing • Test Planning • Project management • Automation • Web Testing • Test Automation • Agile Methodologies • Regression Testing Honors & Awards
First class Honors Degree of Bachelor of Science in Software Engineering - Uganda Technology and Management University
Sep 2021
Degree of Bachelor of science in software engineering in recognition of demonstrated masterly of theory and practice prescribed by Uganda Technology and Management University (UTAMU) Senate for such a degree on the 24th day of September 2021 during the 6th congregation under the seal of UTAMU. Best undergraduate student, school of computing and engineering - Uganda technology and management university
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Sep 2021
This is an award as the best undergraduate student in the school of computing and engineering of Uganda technology and management university at the 6th Graduation ceremony held on 24th September 2021
Overall best undergraduate student
Sep 2021
This is an award as the overall best undergraduate student of Uganda technology and management university at the 6th Graduation ceremony held on 24th September 2021 REFEREES
LIVINGSTONE KAGGWA
Projects Coordinator, Living Goods
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Kampala, Uganda
ELIZABETH NYAKWERA
HR, BPOseats
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Kampala, Uganda
ALLAN NINYESIGA
Dean School of Computing and Engineering, UTAMU
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