Johnathan Reid
Verified Expert in Engineering
iOS Developer
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Toptal member since April 22, 2025
Johnathan is a senior iOS developer with 6+ years of experience crafting high-performance, user-centric apps using SwiftUI for companies like CommBank and Luxury Escapes. He specializes in intuitive UI/UX, clean architecture, and maintainable code. Passionate about elegant design and efficient development, Johnathan delivers pixel-perfect features with precision and care.
Portfolio
Experience
- Software Development - 8 years
- Algorithms - 8 years
- Data Structures - 8 years
- Agile - 6 years
- Scrum - 6 years
- Swift - 6 years
- UIKit - 6 years
- SwiftUI - 4 years
Preferred Environment
SwiftUI, Swift, iOS
The most amazing...
...thing I've worked on is the CommBank app—Australia's Number one banking app used by 6+ million active customers.
Work Experience
Lead iOS Developer and Designer
Vanilla Code Co.
- Designed and developed a physics-based dice rolling simulator for iPhone and iPad for tabletop RPGs and D&D. It's the best available app in its niche.
- Created the Neumorphic UI library to offer an extremely easy-to-use framework that any iOS developer can implement to uplift their UI with minimal experience.
- Collaborated with the City of Gold Coast to introduce new discovery features for their app with 150,000+ users.
Senior iOS Engineer
Akcelo
- Developed two apps under budget and before the deadline for two large Australian clients.
- Re-architected our prototype from UIKit-based navigation architecture to SwiftUI-based, leading to faster development iteration speed, better developer experience, and a more robust, performant, future-proof end user experience.
- Collaborated with the design team and clients to offer insight into app-specific design practices and Apple's Human Interface Guidelines, creating a much better end user experience.
iOS Software Engineer
Luxury Escapes
- Rebuilt the app from the ground up in SwiftUI for a completely new customer experience, leading to a huge increase in users and sales.
- Created the most intuitive and performant mobile map view in the travel industry, with a faster and smoother experience than Airbnb, Booking.com, and Google Maps.
- Mentored three new starters, getting them up to speed with our working methods, guiding their learning, and reviewing their code.
Software Engineer (iOS)
Commonwealth Bank of Australia
- Developed the Number one banking app in Australia with 6+ million active users.
- Mentored three new starters and graduates, getting them on board with the team and helping them up-skill.
- Oversaw the launch of the iOS features for StepPay, CommBank's big new buy-now-pay-later product available to 6+ million active app users.
Experience
Vanilla Dice
http://vanillacode.coEducation
Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology and Software
Macquarie University - Sydney, Australia
Skills
Libraries/APIs
SpriteKit
Languages
Swift, Objective-C
Frameworks
SwiftUI, UIKit
Paradigms
Agile, Scrum, Test-driven Development (TDD)
Platforms
iOS
Other
Software Development, Algorithms, Data Structures, Software
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