Bella Mangunsong is a backend software engineer based in Sydney with nine years of experience building reliable services at scale, currently contributing to Canva's backend platform. She brings a strong foundation in computer science from UNSW and hands-on developer relations experience from a Google Sydney internship where she contributed to the open-source Google Maps Android samples in Kotlin. Bella has bridged industry and academia as a teaching assistant for core programming courses and as a research intern at CSIRO Data61 working on tooling for componentized operating systems. Comfortable across mobile, backend, and developer-facing work, she combines practical production engineering with a knack for clear technical communication and developer experience. An often-overlooked strength is her experience translating complex mapping and UI demos into polished, reusable samples that improved onboarding for other engineers.
9 years of coding experience
Foundation Studies, Physical Science, GPA: 9.4, Foundation Studies, Physical Science, GPA: 9.4 at UNSW Australia
Samples demonstrating how to use Maps SDK for Android
Role in this project:
Mobile Developer (Android)
Contributions:18 commits, 4 PRs, 24 comments in 2 months
Contributions summary:Bella primarily contributed to the development of the Android application, focusing on implementing various map demos. They added basic map functionality with markers, UI settings, and a RecyclerView-based lite mode display. Furthermore, the user integrated features such as circle drawing and StreetView navigation, enhancing the application's capabilities and user experience within the Google Maps SDK for Android.
Contributions:5 commits, 4 pushes, 1 branch in 4 months
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Bella Mangunsong - Software Engineer (Backend) at Canva