Paul S.

Paul S.

Senior Software Engineer

Kyiv, Ukraine
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About Me

I've been an iOS application developer, for over eight years, and am specialized in architectural development, UX, and iOS development. I am a client-focused developer committed to open and honest communication from inception through completion of project. I am an avid learner and am passionate about creating user-friendly, creative, appealing, and useful applications for a broad range of business needs.

Work history

UpStack
UpStack
iOS Developer
2017 - Present (7 years)

Create numerous innovative business applications for a diverse range of clients.

Firefly Development
Founder and Lead iOS Developer
2016 - Present (8 years)

Create and develop numerous iOS applications for clients.

Svitla Systems Inc,
Senior IOS Developer
2014 - 2016 (2 years)

Serve as a senior lead developer for a broad range of iOS applications.

Independent Consultant
iOS Developer
2010 - 2013 (3 years)

Create and develop innovative iOS applications.

iPolecat
iOS Developer
2009 - 2010 (1 year)

Create and develop innovative iOS applications.

Portfolio

Lead Developer, Project Manager
Lead Developer, Project Manager

Recapify Programming Languages: Objective-C; Overview: The application development took two years starting from a prototype. Features were added in agile manner, the look and feel of the application were changing constantly, including the application complexity. It first started with a support of iOS 6-8, then changed to iOS 7-9 and final version was submitted with support of iOS 8-10. Those changes were made according to the iOS usage statistics and target audience. Initially there were a local CoreData with iCloud syncing, but we’ve decided to transfer to the universal cloud service (Parse initially); Frameworks involved: Parse/Firebase (we’ve migrated the app to Firebase, but the migrated app was never submitted), Fabric, Social, Calendar, Contacts, AVFoundation, Multithreading CoreData, StoreKit (Auto-renewable subscription), SalesforceSDK, EvernoteSDK Features: The application allows syncing meetings from Calendar and creating stylish recaps in just one tap.

Lead Developer, Project Manager
Lead Developer, Project Manager

ReviewPush Programming Languages: Objective-C; I was working as a team leader and main iOS developer with other 2 iOS developers and an Android developer. Some of the usability improvements were proposed to a customer and made by me also. The application design and functionality were constantly changing during the development process; Frameworks involved: Parse, AFNetworking, Fabric, Pop (for animations), MapKit, Social. Features: Allows users to create and submit reviews of places and products using REST API.

Lead Developer, Project Manager
Lead Developer, Project Manager

Philtered Programming Languages: Objective-C; I was working as a team leader and main iOS developer with other 2 iOS developers and an Android developer. There were a lot of issues with the application flow as it was made from a prototype and features being added in agile manner, but we’ve managed to deal with them in time; Frameworks involved: Parse/Firebase (we’ve migrated the app to Firebase, but the migrated app was never submitted), AFNetworking, Fabric, Social Features: The application allows to pick a photo using Camera or Album and add a sticker to it. The list of stickers is acquired using REST API. Pictures with stickers are saved to remote Parse server;

Lead Developer, Project Manager
Lead Developer, Project Manager

ReviewPush for Business Owners: Programming Languages: Objective-C; I was working as a team leader and main iOS developer with other 2 iOS developers. The task was to combine two different apps into one. The original app was written by a third party developer, who was learning programming using this project. We had to clean up all his code and add missing functionality; Frameworks involved: Parse, AFNetworking, Fabric Features: Allows users to manage reviews submitted with ReviewPush application;

iOS Developer
iOS Developer

Harvey’s Financial Glossary: Programming Languages: Objective-C; Overview: Complex glossary with a local database with back-end update via REST API. Search optimization and update mechanism were implemented using SQLite and raw SQL queries. A couple of years later the application was rewritten from scratch using CoreData and optimized for iOS 10 support; Frameworks involved: UIKit, SQLite, CoreData, ASIHTTPRequest, AFNetworking, StoreKit; Features: Local database implementation with update via REST API;

Lead Developer, Project Manager
Lead Developer, Project Manager

My Vinyasa Yoga: Programming Languages: Objective-C; Overview: I was working in a team with Android developer under my control. The iOS application was made by me. Some of the usability improvements were proposed to a customer and made by me also. The application has a complex architecture with custom class implementation. The main target was to implement the complex tree structure of objects, which represents the free editable sequence constructor; The application was made for iOS 5 with a backward compatibility, so I had to create editable collection view by myself. Frameworks involved: CoreData, QuartzCore, AVFoundation, Memory Management (non-ARC). Features: Custom calendar, dynamical scroll view, image processing, playing of audio and video, custom class implementation, singleton implementation.

iOS Developer
iOS Developer

Safari Fit: Programming Languages: Objective-C; Overview: Fitness application with a scoring system and levels. Basic animation was implemented. Core Video used to implement video guidance for the exercises; Frameworks involved: CoreData, QuartzCore, AVFoundation, CoreAnimation, Memory Management (non-ARC); Features: Score statistics, levels animation, custom class implementation, singleton implementation;

Developer

Smashtastic: Programming Languages: Unity (C#); Overview: Simple 2D Whac-A-Mole type game; Frameworks involved: Unity

Education

Education
Master Degree in Computerized Systems, Automation and Control
Sevastopol National Technical University, Sevastopol, Ukraine
2001 - 2006 (5 years)