Charles Mangwa
Development Consultant at Endava
Berlin, Germany
Summary
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Top SchoolCharles Mangwa is a Berlin-based development consultant with 11 years of hands-on experience specializing in mobile engineering, primarily React Native. He has led mobile architecture and mentorship efforts as Mobile Tech Lead at colorfy GmbH and now consults at Endava, focusing on robust type-checking, testing, and CI/CD for Android and iOS. Charles builds end-to-end MVPs and IoT mobile apps and has a track record of shipping production-grade projects from the ground up across startups and scale-ups. An active open-source maintainer, he contributed significant fixes and features to React Native libraries—improving modal behavior, animations, markdown rendering, and cross-platform media support. He combines deep frontend craftsmanship with practical backend integration (GraphQL) and a strong emphasis on documentation and developer experience. Trained in computer software engineering (HETIC), he brings both technical depth and a pragmatic delivery mindset.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Computer Software Engineering, Master's degree, Computer Software Engineering at HETIC
English, French, Spanish, German
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Github Skills (17)
markdown10
javascript10
ios10
react-native10
animation10
modals10
markdown-it10
android10
react10
standard-library9
common-library9
c-library9
react-native-ios6
api6
expo6
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
CharlesMangwa/react-native-simple-markdown
Aug 2016 - Jan 2018
📜 React Native Markdown component (iOS & Android).
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:6 releases, 67 commits, 24 PRs in 1 year 5 months
Contributions summary:Charles primarily contributed to the development of a React Native Markdown component. Their work involved refactoring existing code, bumping versions, and updating documentation. They also implemented new features and enhancements, including support for various elements like mailto, links, videos, and image resize modes, significantly improving the component's functionality and user experience.
reactreact-nativeios-androidandroidios
colorfy-software/react-native-modalfy
Apr 2019 - Mar 2022
🥞 Modal citizen of React Native.
Role in this project:Mobile Developer (Android/iOS)
Mobile Developer (Android/iOS)Contributions:35 releases, 11 reviews, 105 commits in 2 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Charles primarily contributed to the development of a React Native modal library. Their commits focused on enhancing the library's functionality and user experience, including fixing bugs related to modal positioning, implementing support for static modal options, and improving the animation of modal transitions. Additionally, the user addressed remount issues and refactored components.
reactmodalreact-nativeandroidstack
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