Misheck Siwela
Senior Software Engineer at The Rank Group plc
Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
Summary
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Top SchoolMisheck Siwela is a software developer based in the Western Cape with nine years of hands-on experience specializing in React and MERN-stack front-end engineering. He has built and maintained production UIs using React, Material-UI, Gatsby, Storybook and SASS across sectors from e-commerce (Oracle Commerce Cloud) to NGO web apps, and currently works on MERN projects at +OneX. A former lecturer and coach, he combines practical development with mentorship experience—teaching JavaScript, Vue, Node and responsive design to professionals and students. His background in sales, hospitality and SEO gives him a user-focused perspective and strong client-facing communication skills that inform design and implementation choices. Ambitious about expanding into React Native, system design and full-stack architecture, he’s actively pursuing mastery of design patterns and cross-platform tooling to round out a MERN-focused full-stack profile.
9 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Associate's Degree Computational Science, Associate's Degree Computational Science at University of the PeopleComplete Web Development Course, Complete Web Development Course at CodeSpace AcademyUniversity of South Africa
Github Skills (17)
treasury8
portal8
open-data5
python4
react4
javascript3
valid-url3
vue2
sasl1
textinput1
render1
webview1
react-native1
bootstrap1
state-management1
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
mishs/TDD-React-Project
Jan 2020 - Sep 2025
Test Driven Development practice in React App
Contributions:2 PRs, 2 pushes, 2 branches in 5 years 8 months
reacttest-drivenjesttestingdevelopment-practice
mishs/profile-cv
Jan 2018 - Jan 2020
Contributions:4 PRs, 40 pushes, 6 branches in 1 year 11 months
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