Elias Nahum is a Venezuelan-born software entrepreneur based in Chile with over 11 years of hands-on experience and more than 20 years engaged in software development and IT management. He blends technical depth—contributing to notable open-source Mattermost projects across backend, frontend, mobile, Redux, and docs—with practical leadership in project and department-level delivery. Comfortable across full-stack, mobile (iOS/React Native), and internationalization work, he has shipped features from API refactors and Spanish translations to push notification and UX fixes. Self-taught in systems engineering after attending multiple universities, he brings an entrepreneurial mindset focused on building high-quality products that improve daily life. Notably, his open-source contributions show both code and documentation fluency, evidencing an ability to drive cross-cutting improvements in large collaborative projects.
11 years of coding experience
Ingeniería de Sistemas, Ingeniería de Sistemas at Universidad Metropolitana (VE)
Next generation iOS and Android apps for Mattermost in React Native
Role in this project:
Mobile Developer (iOS)
Contributions:132 releases, 3462 reviews, 2936 commits in 6 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Elias made contributions focusing on the Mattermost mobile app, specifically for the iOS platform. Their commits introduced enhancements to the channel title display, modifications to post content, and integration with push notifications. The changes involved editing existing React Native components, database schema, database models, and API type definitions for improved usability and functionality within the mobile application.
Contributions:283 commits, 384 PRs, 365 pushes in 3 years
Contributions summary:Elias contributed to both the front-end and back-end aspects of the Mattermost-Redux project. They implemented features such as the ability to flag and unflag posts, and preserved the device token after logout. Furthermore, the user refactored and expanded on existing channel utilities and included the implementation of open graph metadata functionality to be used.
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