
Marius Gutoi
Verified Expert in Engineering
Senior iOS Developer
Benicàssim, Spain
Toptal member since April 16, 2021
Marius is a Flutter and iOS developer with 15 years in mobile development, specializing in Flutter for the past 3 years. He builds production apps using Clean Architecture and BLoC and owns the Firebase back end alongside them — authentication, Firestore, Cloud Functions, storage, and messaging. Having led migrations from legacy iOS to Flutter in healthcare and media, he is equally at home in Swift and Objective-C codebases when native interop is required.
Portfolio
Experience
- iOS - 8 years
- Leadership - 6 years
- Flutter - 4 years
- Clean Architecture - 3 years
- Firebase - 3 years
- RxDart - 3 years
- Dart - 3 years
- Swift - 3 years
Preferred Environment
MacOS, Xcode, Visual Studio Code (VS Code), Cursor AI, Flutter, Firebase, Claude Code
The most amazing...
...app I've developed is a wound evaluation platform for clinicians, which I migrated from legacy iOS to Flutter with offline-first sync for use in the field.
Work Experience
Senior Flutter Developer
Fueled
- Built the Flutter mobile app for an established media website over a 5-month engagement, delivering its news and social content on iOS and Android.
- Led architectural decisions using Clean principles and BLoC, ensuring scalability and testability.
- Implemented Piano authentication, push notifications, deep linking, and offline support.
Senior Flutter/iOS Developer
Swift Medical Inc.
- Built and maintained a medical app for wound evaluation, migrating from legacy iOS to Flutter.
- Led architectural decisions using Clean principles and BLoC, ensuring scalability and testability.
- Implemented offline-first features with Realm Database, supporting seamless data sync.
Senior iOS Developer
Kesko Senukai Digital UAB
- Maintained and modernized a legacy Objective-C eCommerce iOS application, rewriting critical modules in Swift while preserving existing functionality.
- Supported deployment across multiple stores, each with brand-specific UI styling and business rules.
- Worked within an established codebase to modernize key components without disrupting the live shopping experience.
Senior iOS Developer
See Work Grow, Inc
- Developed EOS, an iPad productivity application designed to streamline the daily workflows of EOS implementers.
- Worked as part of a small agile team, contributing to feature design and implementation throughout the engagement.
- Built the application for iPad using Swift, focusing on task management and process tracking for professional users.
Senior Flutter Developer
Foodlink
- Led complete application development from initial branding and design through deployment to both the App Store and Google Play Store.
- Built a QR menu platform enabling restaurants to create, update, and manage menus, categories, and dishes with real-time synchronization.
- Implemented daily specials, promotional campaigns, QR code generation, and customizable branding to match each restaurant's style.
- Integrated Firebase Analytics to give restaurant owners customer preference and usage insights for menu optimization.
Senior iOS Developer
Whirlpool
- Developed IoT mobile applications connecting with smart appliances across five different Whirlpool brands.
- Worked within a large international agile team spanning the United States, India, and Romania.
- Led features through the full lifecycle, including requirements analysis, estimation, implementation, and unit testing.
- Implemented offline-first architecture with Realm Database and reactive programming patterns using RxSwift.
Co-founder | Senior iOS Developer
Fooder Ltd
- Co-founded this company and took part in all crucial project decisions, including Wonderfood.
- Worked as one of the two developers who built an iOS app and its back end (Parse Server).
- Added analytics events/data to better understand user behavior and maximize conversion rates.
Senior iOS Developer
Hive
- Developed a home-automation solution within an ecosystem integrating both proprietary and third-party smart home equipment.
- Led integration of partner products, including the Philips Hue suite, ensuring connectivity and interoperability across devices.
- Architected and implemented features in both Swift and Objective-C, maintaining compatibility with the existing codebase while modernizing key components.
Senior iOS Developer
Baze Labs
- Implemented different UI flows and performed some fancy animations.
- Developed a network layer (Moya) and persistence layer (Realm).
- Handled complex architecture features like offline support and deep linking.
Senior iOS Developer
YouWowMe Ltd
- Served as a technical reference for all team members and helped to recruit new members.
- Contributed to all decisions regarding the application architecture, especially regarding the application of the best design patterns.
- Implemented many parts of the application that required a range of technical knowledge.
Senior iOS Developer | Team Lead
Telmap
- Led a team of five iOS developers building M8, the company's flagship navigation app with over one million App Store users.
- Served as the primary iOS technical reference and architecture decision-maker for the product.
- Implemented social network integration, advertising systems, and audit functionality for the application.
- Architected refactors of the POI search engine and the content rendering system with external XML resource definition.
Experience
Asclepios
https://asclepios.ioI designed and built this application end-to-end in Flutter, with Firebase as the complete back end: Authentication, Cloud Firestore, Cloud Storage, Cloud Functions, and Crashlytics. The architecture follows Clean Architecture with BLoC state management, using go_router for navigation, get_it for dependency injection, and freezed for immutable models.
Foodlink
I led the development from initial branding and design through to release on both the App Store and Google Play. The app was built in Flutter with Firebase and includes daily specials, promotional campaigns, QR code generation, and per-restaurant branding. Firebase Analytics provides owners with insights into customer preferences to guide menu decisions.
DigiCatch
I composed the proposal based on business requirements, and after approval, I implemented it. I used RxSwift, Moya, Kingfisher, SnapKit to handle the core part of the application. Other technologies were OR code scanning, NFC scanning, MSAL authentication, push notifications, and offline storage.
JennAir
Wonderfood
https://wonderfoodapp.com/Hive | Smart Home
https://www.hivehome.com/I was part of a squad that dealt with integrating partner products, e.g., the Philips Hue suite. This project was developed in both Swift and Objective-C.
Baze App
I was involved in the iOS application design and then was in charge of implementing different features of the application.
WowApp
https://www.wowapp.com/Education
Master's Degree in Computer Science
Politehnica University of Bucharest - Bucharest, Romania
Skills
Libraries/APIs
RxSwift, Firebase iOS SDK, Parse SDK, CocoaPods, Kingfisher, REST APIs, SnapKit, Camera API, Google Maps API, Node.js, Mantle, AVCaptureSession, Stripe
Tools
Auto Layout, Xcode, Fastlane, SwiftLint, Moya, Git, Claude Code, Codemagic, GitHub, PDFtk
Languages
Swift, Dart, Objective-C, TypeScript, C++, Pascal, Assembly
Frameworks
UIKit, Flutter, RealmSwift, iOS SDK, Cocoa Touch, AFNetworking, Core Location, Core Data, Stripes
Paradigms
Cross-platform, Unit Testing, Model View ViewModel (MVVM), Test-driven Development (TDD), RESTful Development, Mobile Development, Reactive Programming, Functional Reactive Programming, Continuous Integration (CI), Agile Product Management, Clean Architecture
Platforms
iOS, MacOS, Firebase, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), AWS Elastic Beanstalk, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Parse Server, Visual Studio Code (VS Code), Android
Storage
Cloud Firestore, Amazon S3 (AWS S3), Realm, Databases
Other
Application State Management, Cross-platform App Development, Flow Coordinators, Software Consulting, Architecture, User Interface (UI), App Store, Push Notifications, Full-stack, API Integration, GitHub Actions, APNs, Networking, Security, HTTP REST, VoIP, Bluetooth, Leadership, Video Capture, User Experience (UX), RxDart, Cursor AI, Google Play Store, CI/CD Pipelines, Home Automation, APIs, iPad
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