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Marcela Kashiwagi Silveira, Software Developer in San Francisco, United States
Marcela Kashiwagi Silveira

Software Developer in San Francisco, United States

Member since June 20, 2012
Marcela is an experienced web and mobile developer from Brazil currently living in Silicon Valley. She has a very strong understanding of software architecture and also a very strong mathematical background. She was selected by ZDNet as one of ten most influential female tech innovators in Brazil, as well as mentioned on Mashable, Forbes, and others several times.
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Portfolio

  • Calm.com
    SwiftUI, Swift, Swift 5, Objective-C, Xcode, Mobile App Design, UIKit...
  • Toptal Clients
    Cocoa Touch, UIKit, OAuth, REST, Core Data, Parse, Firebase, Swift, iOS...
  • Cabe na Mala
    Ruby on Rails (RoR), Ruby

Experience

Location

San Francisco, United States

Availability

Part-time

Preferred Environment

REST APIs, Firebase, Parse, Swift, Objective-C, iOS, Xcode, SwiftUI

The most amazing...

...Thing I’ve built is my own startup, Cabe na Mala, which was acquired in 2016.

Employment

  • Senior Software Engineer, iOS

    2021 - PRESENT
    Calm.com
    • Led different projects and worked in a cross-functional team to brainstorm ideas, build new features, and maintain existing ones.
    • Created new experiments using LaunchDarkly and tracked success through Amplitude.
    • Used different technologies and proposed ideas to improve code quality and unit tests.
    Technologies: SwiftUI, Swift, Swift 5, Objective-C, Xcode, Mobile App Design, UIKit, LaunchDarkly, Amplitude

  • iOS Software Engineer

    2012 - PRESENT
    Toptal Clients
    • Contributed to the development of iOS projects using Objective-C and Swift.
    • Used different APIs and SDKs to create apps from scratch and submit them to the App Store.
    • Maintained and added new features to existing apps.
    Technologies: Cocoa Touch, UIKit, OAuth, REST, Core Data, Parse, Firebase, Swift, iOS, Objective-C, iOS SDK, Mobile App Design

  • CTO

    2013 - 2016
    Cabe na Mala
    • Helped create this startup from scratch to exit.
    • Managed the technical team, a team of 20+ people based in the US and Brazil.
    • Planned, executed, and measured growth strategies, partnerships, and product development.
    Technologies: Ruby on Rails (RoR), Ruby

  • Lead Software Engineer

    2011 - 2012
    Zign Marketing Digital
    • Developed applications and games for the iOS platform using Cocos2D, Box2D and, Chipmunk frameworks, Game Center API, Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn Connect.
    • Integrated with native web applications using JSON, SOAP, and REST web services.
    • Integrated with live TV streaming.
    • Developed web applications.
    Technologies: LinkedIn API, Twitter, Facebook, GameKit, OpenGL ES, Chipmunk, Box2D, Cocos2d, Objective-C

  • Researcher

    2010 - 2011
    Signal Processing Laboratory (COPPE/UFRJ)
    • Contributed to the NeuralTB project, which produces software supporting the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis through neural networks.
    • Developed a solution for checking, transmitting, and synchronizing the databases on mobile devices, in clinics, and in hospitals.
    Technologies: Mobile, Databases

  • Software Engineer

    2010 - 2011
    UPlay Mobile
    • Developed applications and games for iOS using Cocos2D, Box2D, and Chipmunk frameworks, Game Center API, Facebook, and Twitter Connect.
    Technologies: Twitter API, Facebook, GameKit, Chipmunk, Box2D, Cocos2d

  • Software Engineer

    2007 - 2010
    Stone Age Tech
    • Developed and integrated data mining algorithms, including decision trees, linear regression, and logic regression into the company’s applications.
    • Developed a CCore database management system with an architecture that ensures high performance even with large volumes of data and compatible with leading market solutions.
    • Collaborated with the engineering team for a data mining application in the Object Pascal programming language, including neural network algorithms, genetic algorithms, and automatic extraction of association rules (MBA - Market Basket Analysis).
    • Collaborated with the engineering team on an application made in the Object Pascal programming language to create, visualize, and distribute reports used by a number of financial institutions: Itaú, Bradesco, Unibanco, Citibank, Credicard, and BV Financeira.
    Technologies: Object Pascal

Experience

  • Reddit

    As an engineer in the consumer safety team, I have been working with both Objective-C and Swift, integrating with different RESTful APIs and GraphQL to develop new features and fix bugs for Reddit's iPhone and iPad applications. That has given me a lot of experience with large scale applications, how to automate the deployment process and do continuous testing.

    Reddit has reported 430 million active users (2019) and is the third-most downloaded news app in the United States.

  • HairLooks
    https://apps.apple.com/us/app/hairlooks/id1401003479?ls=1

    HairLooks is a platform that curates images of work done nearby on hair like yours. Think of us as a cross between Instagram and Bumble for your hair. The user profiles their hair type, cut, color, and style; specifies a service they need; then views a grid of pictures of that service done on hair like theirs. The pictures shown are based on the user's proximity to nearby hairstylists. They can click into anyone to see the hairstylist that provided the service and how to book with them.

    I developed the app from the ground up and submitted it to the app store, working as a full-stack engineer. I used Swift for the iOS app and Parse for the back end, and worked with a designer

  • Dandelin

    Dandelin is democratizing access to health care by allowing everyone to have unlimited consultations at the lowest price on the market.

    I developed the app from the ground up and submitted it to the App Store. For this one, I developed the iOS app using Swift and worked with a back-end engineer who used Firebase. There was also an Android developer and a designer on the team.

  • In/Spree

    An iOS app using Swift.

  • Lookwiz

    An iOS app using Swift.

  • Esporte Interativo

    An iOS mobile application.

  • Pilar na Grécia

    An iOS mobile application.

  • Band News

    An iOS mobile application.

  • Burger Mania

    An iOS mobile application.

  • Vikings x Chickens

    An iOS mobile application.

  • Frog Jump

    An iOS mobile application.

Skills

  • Languages

    Swift 3, Swift, Swift 4, Swift 5, HTML5, Objective-C, HTML, CSS, Swift 2, CSS3, Object Pascal, Ruby, JavaScript, PHP

  • Libraries/APIs

    Google AdWords, REST APIs, Facebook API, OpenGL ES, LinkedIn API, Twitter API

  • Tools

    Xcode, Sublime Text, LaunchDarkly

  • Paradigms

    Object-oriented Programming (OOP), Scrum, REST, Mobile App Design

  • Platforms

    iOS, Mobile, Parse, Parse Server, Firebase, Twitter

  • Other

    Software Development, Facebook, OAuth, Amplitude

  • Frameworks

    UIKit, SwiftUI, Cocos2d, Box2D, Chipmunk, GameKit, Core Data, Cocoa Touch, Ruby on Rails (RoR), iOS SDK

  • Storage

    MongoDB, MySQL, Databases, PostgreSQL

Education

  • Executive Education Degree in Project Management
    2011 - 2011
    Fundacao Getulio Vargas - Brazil
  • Executive Education Degree in Business
    2011 - 2011
    Babson College - Massachusetts, US
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Compter Science
    2006 - 2011
    Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro - UFRJ - Brazil

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