Jaba Odishelashvili

An iOS mobile application for yoga and mental health. I worked as a senior iOS developer and my responsibility was building different modules from scratch, like in-person ticketing, OnDemand classes details, etc. I also fixed minor and major bugs; at the beginning of every week, we had meetings and planned what we were supposed to do during the week.

Several years ago, I developed a utility application using Objective-C. The application used the built-in flashlight of a mobile device and provided features such as disco mode, SOS, candle, and lighter. The significance of the product was that it had several million downloads, increasing the popularity of the start-up company I was working for at that time. Apart from generating the idea along with my coworkers, my responsibility in the project was to create software architecture and develop the application from scratch.

Water Planet is a cross-platform game written in the Cocos2d-x game framework using C++. The game consists of several different worlds with various enemies. Users travel with a submarine, which they can modify, namely, reinforce the armor and install different guns. My responsibility in the project was to create the game structure, write game logic, and manage the design team. In terms of hands-on development, I was in charge of optimizing the code to run smoothly on devices with different specifications and operating systems.

Extra.ge is the biggest online marketplace in Georgia, with more than 60,000 offers. The ecosystem allows both businesses (B2C) and individuals (C2C) to sell their merchandise to users. My role was to develop an iOS application integrated with the existing back-end infrastructure used by the website. During the development, I led the team, which consisted of iOS and Android developers, project managers, and designers. Apart from working on the development side, I collaborated with business analysts and designers to implement best practices and improvements to increase user generation and retention.

I developed and linked several UI components into the iOS framework for one of the biggest mobile banks in Georgia. The project was very challenging because we had several limitations from the client, namely, our team was not allowed to (1) create UI from storyboards, (2) XIB files, or (3) use third-party libraries. This meant that we developed every component from scratch. For the project, I implemented UI components such as a calendar, charts, and action sheets.

The application is a combination of a social network and digital wallet where users can send and request money from friends, create group payments to split bills or crowdfund a trip or gift, or transfer money to and from their own bank accounts. The app also allows users to make instant transfers using a QR scanner and interact with other users using a chat, emojis, or gifs. When I joined the project, the app had already been developed by another team. My responsibility was to redesign the application and solve major issues that hindered the performance and user attraction. I changed architecture from MVC to MVVM, updated the Swift version, and used best practices to solve performance issues.