Engineering Manager
2021 - PRESENTZalando- Led an iOS team of eight developers at Zalando Lounge for the past 1.5 years, providing technical leadership and managing the members, project delivery and release, and stakeholders.
- Designed and drove the adoption of a completely new Jira workflow and project structure for the whole department and introduced Jira roadmaps, enabling us to switch to a single tool from a multiple tool setup.
- Conducted technical interviews for iOS positions for over five years and recently started acting as a talent champion, assisting hiring managers in their decisions. I also hired two new engineers as the hiring manager for our team.
- Established SwiftUI as a relevant technology in the company and set up a hackathon to help developers engage with the framework and experience how it can enable them.
- Convinced the senior leaders to use SwiftUI as a high-fidelity prototyping tool.
Technologies: iOS, MacOS, Swift, Firebase, Google Analytics, Stakeholder Management, Scrumban, Delivery Management, Release Management, Fastlane, Technical Leadership, Code Architecture, Technical Hiring, Architecture, Git, JSON, Software Project ManagementSenior Software Engineer, iOS
2018 - 2021Zalando- Led the first modularization of the Zalando Lounge app, including the adoption of VIPER in the whole codebase, significantly improving the build times, especially since the Swift compiler was not efficient at the time.
- Conducted technical interviews for iOS positions, including screening, coding, general tech, and system design interviews.
- Acted as the tech lead, filled in for the engineering manager who had to leave under short notice, and helped onboard the new head of engineering who came as a replacement.
Technologies: iOS, Fastlane, Swift, UIKit, APNs, Delivery Management, Stakeholder Management, Code Architecture, Technical Leadership, Swift 5, Architecture, Git, JSONSoftware Engineer, iOS
2015 - 2018Zalando- Built and launched the first version of the Zalando Lounge iOS app as the first full-time developer on the project, together with two freelancers.
- Contributed as the main driver from Engineering to grow the app to having millions of users throughout the years.
- Acted as the go-to person for many stakeholders in almost all areas of the app, including product management, product design, data analytics, app messaging, and content creation.
- Led the team that won three different prizes in a Zalando hackathon, including a golden ticket for working on the project for a longer period. The project was related to optimizing the clothing donation process.
Technologies: iOS, Firebase, Swift, Fastlane, UIKit, APNs, Swift 5, React Native, Git, JSONMobile Application Developer
2013 - 2015Obss- Built and launched the minimum viable product (MVP) of Tazedirekt, an e-grocery app tailored for quality groceries. The app was sold to Migros and still uses the same design I implemented back then.
- Started and drove the implementation of Webnak, an iOS app that connected freight givers and truck owners.
- Delivered the MVP of Webnak and regularly updated the app until version 1.5.
- Contributed to refactoring and adding new features to an in-house iOS for Jira named MyJiraClient.
Technologies: iOS, Objective-C, UIKit, APNs, Git, JSON, Bluetooth