Josip Petrić

Zagreb, Croatia

Member since May 31, 2016

As a software engineer with years of experience, Josip has developed a keen sense for building scalable, maintainable and user friendly applications. His platform of choice is iOS for which he has designed and developed a wide range of applications, from simple ones to complex, large scale applications. He is a proven team leader and a team player with great communication and social skills.

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Portfolio

Bit Forest
iOS, Objective-C, Swift, Core Animation, Core Data, GitHub, Facebook API...
NimbleRx (via Toptal)
iOS, Swift 2, Swift 3, Crashlytics, Amplitude, GitHub, Core Animation
Proballers (via Toptal)
Swift, iOS, GitHub, Crashlytics, Fabric.ios Answers, Facebook API, Twitter API

Experience

Object-oriented Programming (OOP), 8 years
Xcode, 5 years
iOS, 5 years
Objective-C, 5 years
Git, 3 years
Swift, 1 year

Availability

Part-time

Preferred Environment

iOS, Xcode, Git, Swift, Objective-C

The most amazing...

...application I have created is Comic Battle, a fast-paced multiplayer game for iOS where I was the only mobile developer.

Employment

Co-Founder | Lead iOS Developer
Bit Forest
2015 - PRESENT
- Created a complex real-time multiplayer iOS game, Comic Battle, from scratch. Was the only iOS developer.
- Developed a large-scale iOS mobile application for a taxi service. Application features: live vehicle tracking, customisable dispatch zones and automatic payment through the application.
- Developed a set of features for a mobile travel guide for sailors in Croatia, Slovenia and Greece.
- Worked as a consultant with a task to introduce a quality insurance system for mobile development projects. The QA system described every project step, from requirements and mock-ups to prototyping and integration testing.
- Worked as a team leader of a small mobile development team.
Technologies: iOS, Objective-C, Swift, Core Animation, Core Data, GitHub, Facebook API, Twitter API, Core Location, Google Maps, Google Places, Payment Gateways, In-App Purchases, Apple WatchKit
iOS Developer
NimbleRx (via Toptal)
2016 - 2017
- Worked on a set of 3 iOS applications.
- Supported and added new features to the NimbleRx application.
- Worked as the lead iOS developer on the NimbleMD application.
- Created the NimbleRx marketing iPad application.
- Developed applications fully in Swift; utilizing protocol-oriented programming concepts.
Technologies: iOS, Swift 2, Swift 3, Crashlytics, Amplitude, GitHub, Core Animation
Lead iOS Developer
Proballers (via Toptal)
2016 - 2016
- Worked as the sole iOS engineer on the project closely collaborating with back-end engineering and project management.
- Developed the Proballers' application from scratch and released it to the App Store in 6 weeks.
- Supported and guided the set up of a source code repository, Apple developer accounts, in-app purchases, analytics, crash reporting, and releasing the app on Test Flight and in the App Store.
Technologies: Swift, iOS, GitHub, Crashlytics, Fabric.ios Answers, Facebook API, Twitter API
Software Engineer | Lead iOS Developer
Amphinicy Technologies
2013 - 2015
- Implemented a set of mobile (iOS and Android) applications for use by operatives of the rapid response team for disaster relief and humanitarian operations.
- Developed a mobile application for configuring satellite antenna (Azimuth, Elevation, and Skew Angles) for appropriate geosynchronous satellite through an augmented reality interface.
- Participated in the whole software development process, from a requirements and design phase to testing, integration, and communication with a client.
- Worked as the technical interviewer of new iOS developer applicants.
- Gained experience leading a small team.
Technologies: iOS, Objective-C, Swift, Android, Appcelerator
Junior Software Engineer
Amphinicy Technologies
2011 - 2012
- Hired by Amphinicy Technologies—the world’s leading software provider for companies operating in the satellite industry.
- Worked as the Java back-end developer on a large in-house CMS product.
- Implemented Android and iOS mobile clients (EPUB and PDF reader) for the in-house CMS.
- Developed the mobile CMS client by customizing, configuring, and adding features to an existing RMSDK client application.
- Gained valuable experience in working and communicating with international clients.
- Worked in both local and distributed teams.
Technologies: iOS, Objective-C, Android, Java, Flex

Experience

Define It (Development)
https://itunes.apple.com/app/define-it-build-your-vocabulary/id1193005136?mt=8
Define It is a minimalist vocabulary builder application featuring speech recognition and optical character recognition. Users can create their vocabulary and expand it by playing various quick and fun word games.

• Built entirely in Swift using clean MVVM architecture and protocol-oriented programming concepts.
• Implemented speech recognition and optical character recognition (text recognition from image) features.
• Added the Today extension (widget), WatchKit extension.
Proballers (Development)
https://itunes.apple.com/app/proballers-connecting-basketball/id1175503346?mt=8
Proballers is the first app connecting basketball players to their fans, all over the world. Professional players engage with their fans by publishing various content on their timeline. Fans can interact with their favorite players and browse through various statistics presented in a user friendly way.

• Fully developed in Swift in a modular and reusable fashion utilizing custom controls and protocol-oriented concepts.
• Implemented Auto-renewable subscriptions system, Social networks integration, Facebook-like timeline, and player verification system via video recording.
Comic Battle (Development)
https://itunes.apple.com/app/comic-battle/id1015928663?mt=8
A fast-paced, multiplayer iOS game where players train a team of fighters and challenge other players worldwide to a real-time duels.

• Developed using Cocos2d-iPhone and native UIKit components.
• Implemented a custom network communication library using TCP stream and TCP socket connection to avoid unnecessary overhead in communication with the server.
• Implemented a connection error handling mechanism for user friendly re-connection and state perseverance, which is especially important when the player is in the middle of a duel with another player.
• Created a modular architecture which makes it easy and painless to add new game resources (new characters, items, skills or side effects).
• User analytics, crash reporting, easy content adding mechanism
• Was the only mobile developer on the game and product manager.
Honk Rides (Development)
https://itunes.apple.com/hr/app/honk-rides/id1046583852?mt=8
An iOS client for an advanced taxi service provider.

• Was the team leader of the iOS development team.
• Mobile client features: live vehicle-tracking on a map, a payment system via credit card, price and route estimation, and a complex order status tracking mechanism with an automatic payment upon ride completion.
mySea (Development)
https://itunes.apple.com/app/mysea/id802375798?mt=8
mySea is a an interactive cruising guide for Greece, Croatia and Turkey (Mediterranean coast) as well as an online reservation system for berths.

• Added a set of new features: berth search, booking and payment, boats configuration and validation manager, user tutorial and booking history.
• Payment gateway integration.
Set of Utility Mobile Applications for Field Operatives (Development)
• Implemented the iOS and Android mobile applications for configuring solar panels to achieve maximum usability for a specified period of time.
• Implemented iOS and Android applications for configuring satellite antenna to point to a specified geosynchronous satellite.
• Configured, rebranded, and added additional features to a VoIP application to meet project requirements and to use specific audio codecs.
• Gained knowledge and experience in VoIP technology.
• Utilized device sensors to calculate appropriate azimuth, elevation and skew angles required to setup satellite antennas.
How to Write Automated Tests for iOS (Publication)
https://www.toptal.com/ios/how-to-write-automated-tests-for-ios
In this tutorial, you will learn how automated testing works for the iOS platform and how to implement it in your project.
Swift Best Practices and Tips by Toptal Developers (Publication)
https://www.toptal.com/swift/tips-and-practices
This resource contains a collection of Swift best practices and Swift tips provided by our Toptal network members.

Skills

Languages
Swift 3, Swift, Swift 2, Objective-C, Java
Frameworks
Cocoa Touch, Core Data, Cocos2d
Libraries/APIs
UIkit, AFNetworking, Fabric, Core Animation
Tools
Trello, Git, Crashlytics, Xcode, Confluence, JIRA, Android Studio
Paradigms
REST, Object-oriented Programming (OOP), Agile Software Development
Platforms
iOS, Firebase, Android
Storage
JSON

Education

Master's degree in Software Engineering and Information Systems
Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, University of Zagreb - Zagreb, Croatia
2009 - 2011
Bachelor's degree in Computing
Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, University of Zagreb - Zagreb, Croatia
2006 - 2009

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