Madalitso Simbeye
I build backend systems and digital products for creators, startups, and communities that deserve better tools.
Usually working somewhere between software, culture, and internet experiments, with a soft spot for products that feel useful, local, and alive.
Currently
Shipping creator tools with product depth.
Works With
Go, TypeScript, SQL, cloud infrastructure, and strong product taste.
Looks For
Interesting people, meaningful systems, and ambitious internet ideas.
Why I Build
Technology feels most exciting when it opens doors for real people.
I'm a software engineer who likes building the kind of tools people can actually grow with. The work that pulls me in most sits at the intersection of product, systems, and culture.
That's why I care about creator platforms, startup infrastructure, and software that takes local context seriously. I want the things I build to feel dependable under the hood and human on the surface.
The long-term goal is simple: make technology that helps ambitious people move with more clarity, more ownership, and more momentum.
- Build for real people, not just for demos.
- Make tools feel useful, fast, and alive.
- Treat culture as product strategy, not decoration.
- Leave systems clearer than I found them.
Now
A small snapshot of where my energy is going right now.
MeloSpot and other tools that help creators publish, grow, and earn online.
Backend systems, product thinking, and AI-assisted workflows that make teams faster.
Creative infrastructure, thoughtful startup work, and collaborations with cultural ambition.
Music culture, running conversations, mentoring, and ideas that feel a little weird on the internet.
Projects
A few things I've worked on and continue to care about.
MeloSpot
An ecosystem for creators to build, distribute, and monetize their work.
Next.js • TypeScript • Product Strategy • Creator Tools
melospot.org
Dot
MeloSpot's design system — built from the ground up to define the visual and interaction language across the entire ecosystem.
Design Systems • Tokens • Component Architecture • Figma
dot.melospot.org
Spotkit
MeloSpot's UI component library. Platform-specific components built on top of Dot for consistent, fast product development.
React • TypeScript • Radix UI • Tailwind CSS
melospot.org
Rig
A link-in-bio solution built for the MeloSpot ecosystem — giving artists and creators a home for everything they make.
Next.js • TypeScript • Creator Tools • Link-in-Bio
melospot.org
MeloSpot Tours
An events management and ticketing platform for live music and cultural experiences, part of the MeloSpot ecosystem.
Next.js • TypeScript • Ticketing • Events Infrastructure
melospot.org
MeloSpot Icons
An icon library designed for the MeloSpot ecosystem — consistent, purposeful, and built to scale across products.
SVG • Icon Design • Design Systems
melospot.org
Afrotaxonomy
An open-source structured taxonomy of African music genres with hierarchy, relationships, and tags — built for the ecosystem and the wider community.
Open Source • Data Architecture • African Music • Taxonomy
melospot.org
MeloSpot Atlas
A modern collaborative music metadata platform inspired by MusicBrainz — for cataloguing, enriching, and connecting African music data.
Next.js • PostgreSQL • Collaborative Editing • Music Metadata
melospot.org
MeloSpot Design
A website inspired by Google Design — showing how design is practiced, thought about, and applied across the MeloSpot ecosystem.
Next.js • TypeScript • Design Culture • Editorial Web
melospot.design
76 Drums
A digital home for the Kalindula Afro-Futurist Festival.
Frontend Craft • Storytelling • Cultural Web Design
kalindulafestival.com
Enough history to give context, without turning the homepage into a CV.
Backend Engineer @ Yeah Innovations Limited
Dec 2024 - PresentShipping scalable backend features, test coverage, CI/CD flows, and cloud infrastructure that can hold up in production.
Software Developer @ iZyane InovSolutions
Jul 2024 - Dec 2024Built web products across the stack and worked closely with teams to turn ideas into reliable releases.
Software Engineer @ AgriPredict Solutions
Dec 2023 - Mar 2024Worked on product and API foundations using Go, Next.js, and full-stack tooling for real-world delivery.
I'm currently studying Computer Science at ZCAS University, which keeps me grounded in the fundamentals while I ship work in real environments.
I've also completed FreeCodeCamp certificates in backend development, relational databases, and frontend libraries, but I'd rather show what I build than stack the homepage with badges.
Notes
Ideas I want this site to grow into over time.
What changes when you design software around local creative economies instead of copying global defaults.
Thoughts on reliability, momentum, and why shipping support matters as much as shipping features.
A note on taste, narrative, and why a portfolio should feel like a corner of the internet, not a PDF.
Beyond The Build
The kind of taste and curiosity I want this site to show more often.
- African music ecosystems
- Festival worlds
- Projects that carry a sense of place
- Fast interfaces
- Developer tools with personality
- Products that feel intentional
- Systems design
- Emerging creator business models
- How teams ship with clarity
- Running
- Community storytelling
- Technology that makes local scenes more visible