Jonathan Mercandalli
Lead Product Engineer Color Pop (50M Downloads) at Team Mercan
Paris, Ile-de-France
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Top SchoolJonathan Mercandalli is a Lead Product Engineer with 12 years of experience building and shipping high-impact mobile apps, currently leading the Color Pop team at MWM (50M+ downloads) while still contributing hands-on to Android, iOS and web code. He grew with MWM from a small startup to a 150-person scale-up that collectively exceeds 500M downloads, balancing 50% management with 50% individual engineering contributions. Deeply pragmatic, he has driven Kotlin migrations, early adoption of Compose, JNI audio loops and monetization strategies across multiple top-ranked apps. Outside work he publishes Android utilities, maintains a Kotlin-based home server portfolio, and actively contributes to open source on GitHub, signaling a maker mentality that feeds product decisions. Based in Paris, he blends product-focused leadership with developer craftsmanship and a long-term commitment to the mobile ecosystem.
12 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Math sup / Math spé - Classe préparatoire aux grandes écoles, Math sup / Math spé - Classe préparatoire aux grandes écoles at Benjamin Franklin - OrléansEngineer's degree Computer Science, Engineer's degree Computer Science at ESIEE PARIS
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Github Skills (88)
firebase-remote-config10
android-browser10
ktor10
browser10
firebase-realtime-database10
android-tv10
firebase-database10
kotlin-android10
localstorage10
java10
file-manager10
android-app10
android10
firebase-inappmessaging10
jetpack-compose10
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
Mercandj/presentation
Jul 2018 - Feb 2021
Android developer presentations/talks on techno (Kotlin, Room, Picture in Picture...)
Contributions:127 commits, 32 PRs, 279 pushes in 2 years 7 months
android-developerkotlin
Mercandj/mac-config
Mar 2018 - Nov 2022
Contributions:93 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 9 months
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