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Hello! Thank you for visiting my personal website. I’m an experienced software engineer with several years of expertise in building large-scale, consumer-facing, production iOS apps. Currently, I'm working at TextNow, helping democratize reliable phone service.
I’m passionate about crafting intuitive and performant apps that delight users. I’m open to opportunities with dynamic and collaborative teams — feel free to reach out if you’re hiring! Please note that I’m only open to remote-first roles.
🌐 Availability: Remote-First Only — Based in Ontario, Canada — North American timezones
🎓 Education: BASc in Nanotechnology Engineering from the University of Waterloo
👤 Contact Info: [email protected] — LinkedIn Profile — GitHub Profile
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📱 Professional Experience
Apr 2025 – Present (Remote)
**Faire — iOS Engineer**
Feb 2023 – Jan 2025 (Remote)
- Core contributor to Faire’s retailer app (4.9 stars, 50K+ ratings).
- Re-architected the legacy search results screen to a modern app architecture, resulting in a +0.26% GMV increase.
- Collaborated with backend engineers to optimize the search endpoint, resulting in an 11% latency reduction for the search results screen.
- Performed regular on-call duties that included testing and releasing the app.
**Ritual — Senior iOS Engineer**
Nov 2020 – Jan 2023 (Remote)
- Core contributor to Ritual’s food ordering app (4.8 stars, 20K+ ratings).
- Modernized legacy codebase to follow SOLID principles, increasing quality, testability, and maintainability of code.
- Expanded coverage of UI automation testing for core app flows, improving the efficiency of running smoke tests before release.
**Ritual — iOS Engineer**
Mar 2019 – Apr 2020
- Localized app to 5 languages, supporting expansion into Europe & Asia.
- Implemented real-time in-app messaging features.
Oct 2017 – Mar 2019
- Managed 6 engineers in addition to being an individual contributor.
- Standardized engineering management practices across the organization.
- Lead engineer on client travel and radio apps with 300K+ and 800K+ MAU, respectively.
Nov 2015 – Oct 2017
- First hire that was instrumental in helping build company to 100+ employees in 2 years.
- Lead engineer on idea-to-market MVP releases for client travel and ticketing apps.
🎯 Skills Summary
Native iOS Development
- Languages & Frameworks: Swift, SwiftUI, Swift Concurrency, UIKit, Combine, XCTest, Objective-C
- Tools: Xcode, App Store Connect, Instruments, CocoaPods, Carthage