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Alexander Barinov

Freelance iOS Developer

Verified Expert in Engineering

United States

Toptal Member Since April 24, 2025

Alex is a senior iOS developer passionate about creating amazing mobile applications and providing incredible user experiences. He has over 19 years of software development experience, including 11 years of iOS development experience. Alex is also well-versed in leading teams and creating application architecture from a valuable and rich perspective.

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Ibrahim Khalil

Freelance iOS Developer

Verified Expert in Engineering

United States

Toptal Member Since September 25, 2023

Ibrahim Khalil is a QA automation expert with 12+ years of experience. He's led a migration from Selenium to Playwright, cut test time from three hours to under one, and reduced flakiness by 95%. He’s built frameworks for web, API, mobile (Detox), and performance testing, as well as optimized CI/CD pipelines to reduce costs and speed up delivery.

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Leah Sapan

Freelance iOS Developer

Verified Expert in Engineering

United States

Toptal Member Since August 31, 2015

Leah is a product-minded software engineer with over 15 years of professional software development experience. She has an extensive background in tech lead and architect roles with various clients spanning healthcare, fintech, eCommerce, and more. Leah takes pride in building products that delight users and exceed her client's expectations.

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Charles Cook, Ph.D.

Freelance iOS Developer

Verified Expert in Engineering

United States

Toptal Member Since July 29, 2014

Charles has a Ph.D. in aerospace engineering and spent three years developing custom data processing and analysis programs for NASA. He specializes in scalable, enterprise-level application development and engineering solutions for exceptionally high throughputs. He is also the founder and owner of GreatVocab.com, for which he developed the core system using novel concepts in data analysis and control theory.

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Anthony Alesia

Freelance iOS Developer

Verified Expert in Engineering

United States

Toptal Member Since June 25, 2024

Anthony is a results-oriented mobile software engineer with over 14 years of experience and a record of constructing and spearheading robust teams to create exemplary cross-platform iOS and Android mobile applications. Skilled in modern architectures like Kotlin Multiplatform, he excels at streamlining development processes and delivering high-caliber solutions. Anthony aspires to apply his profound technical prowess and leadership acumen to foster innovation at a progressive organization.

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Chady Kassouf

Freelance iOS Developer

Verified Expert in Engineering

Canada

Toptal Member Since February 17, 2017

Chady is a full-stack web and iOS developer. He is fully fluent in Objective-C and Swift, and has a very long record of shipping products with the LAMP stack. He has solid experience with all things front-end and can collaborate closely with designers and UX teams.

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Michael Hasenfratz

Freelance iOS Developer

Verified Expert in Engineering

Canada

Toptal Member Since May 10, 2017

Michael is an accomplished tech executive with success in consulting and digital publishing industries. Most recently, he built the entire technology platform a multimillion-dollar digital publisher uses to deliver its content and services to millions of people worldwide. He has experience conceptualizing, designing, developing, maintaining, and analyzing innovative and high-quality technology and products.

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Avaaj Gyawali

Freelance iOS Developer

Verified Expert in Engineering

Nepal

Toptal Member Since August 29, 2022

Avaaj is a software engineer with 8+ years of professional experience. He specializes in the Flutter ecosystem and Firebase packages and has developed, delivered, and published 50+ applications with excellent ratings and millions of happy users. Avaaj is an accomplished freelancer and a frequent contributor to the open-source community. His industry experience is backed by a bachelor's degree in computer science.

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Justin Kent

Freelance iOS Developer

Verified Expert in Engineering

United States

Toptal Member Since June 20, 2022

Justin's start in software dates back to the mid-90s, building websites with HTML and Flash ActionScript. Soon after iPhone launched, he started developing for mobile, focusing on the Apple technology stack. Since then, he's grown and established over 40 apps for name-brand Fortune 500 companies, including on iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch.

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Dusan Stanojevic

Freelance iOS Developer

Verified Expert in Engineering

United States

Toptal Member Since November 29, 2021

Dusan is a software engineer at heart who loves programming and problem-solving. He's been writing code constantly for the last nine years and doesn't plan on stopping any time soon. Dusan has been in charge of overseeing all of the engineering efforts in a bay area startup for over four years, and he'd love to share his experience helping other companies grow and implementing incredible products.

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John Coates

Freelance iOS Developer

Verified Expert in Engineering

United States

Toptal Member Since January 11, 2018

John has over ten years of experience developing for Apple platforms. He strives to communicate well and effectively, has worked in teams of varying sizes from large-scale one-person projects to projects with up to a dozen developers. John has many open source contributions, including creating one of the most popular Swift projects on GitHub.

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