Vladimir Lyukov
Verified Expert in Engineering
iOS Developer
Tbilisi, Georgia
Toptal member since August 7, 2015
Vladimir is an expert iOS developer with 15+ years of programming experience, a strong back-end background, and extensive front-end knowledge. He is a great communicator and a talented and dedicated software engineer. Vladimir is a strong advocate of delivering top-quality, high-value products that ensure success. The code he writes is very well-structured and clean.
Portfolio
Experience
Availability
Preferred Environment
Git, Terminal, Xcode, OS X
The most amazing...
...software I've built is a mobile application for Raiffeisen Bank Russia used by thousands of people, allowing them to pay bills and manage expenses digitally.
Work Experience
Freelance Senior iOS Developer
Toptal Clients
- Created an iOS CRM for health insurance agents across the USA, with push notifications, meeting scheduling, and lots of other features.
- Built an iOS app for P2P money transfer in Indonesia. Lots of tests for stable work and rich UI.
- Created a quick demo app for a large Indonesian bank to show an MVP for investors.
- Developed dozens of small and large iOS apps of excellent quality.
Senior iOS Developer
Riess Group
- Created the largest custom iOS storefront for Shopify that has been featured on the App Store several times. The app also has been featured by Shopify in official events with Tim Cook and Justin Trudeau.
- Coordinated the work with the back-end developers to build the largest custom iOS Shopify app. Coordinated work with the external team to add ARKit features to the app.
- Estimated and created from scratch Sacred Acoustics app for the company client.
Senior iOS Developer
e-Legion, Ltd.
- Implemented a universal iOS application for Raiffeisen Bank Russia. Now it's used by thousands of people.
- Implemented a universal (iPhone/iPad) application for Yota (russia mobile carrier) as lead developer in a team of 3.
- Implemented an iPad app for interneturok.ru.
- Managed development workflow: splitting requirements into tasks, assigning tasks to developers, code review, setting up a continuous integration server.
- Managed a company branch (office with five developers) in Krasnodar city for a year.
Senior Web Developer
e-Legion, Ltd.
- Helped the company to migrate from PHP to Python. It resulted in increased code quality and increased development speed.
- Helped to test and integrate best programming practices like TDD, continuous integration, and code review.
- Automated deployment processes for all Python and Ruby projects. Created scripts and documentations to ease deployment of new projects.
- Participated in programming challenges and encouraged colleagues to do the same. My best attempt was 4th place at Django Dash (48-hour Django hackathon).
- Created a Python module for generating API documentation from inline comments. It was used in all later internal projects.
Web Developer
CDP Profi
- Created several PHP shopping websites.
- Created and supported CMS for web shops created by our studio. The CMS was in use for several more years after I left the company.
Experience
Custom iOS App for a Shopify Store
Mein HALLE Unterwegs
https://apps.apple.com/de/app/mein-halle-unterwegs/id1635131406Cinema Subtitles
https://apps.apple.com/ru/app/cinema-subtitles/id6470454975• OpenSubtitles API for retrieving subtitles.
• OMDB API and ip-API are used to display the "now in cinemas" list.
• UI, unit tests, and Xcode cloud for continuous integration.
• SwiftFormat, SwiftLint, and R.swift are used for code quality control, and Mint is used for managing CLI Swift dependencies.
Xendit
Yota Self-care App
My role in the project: Team lead (three iOS developers, including me)
Curatum (via Toptal)
Technologies: Swift (1.2, 2.0), iOS (8.0, 9.0), Apple Pay, Stripe Payments, Parse.com, Forecast.io, Localytics
R-Mobile
Features: ATMs near the user (with search), bank news, currency exchange rates, credit calculator, personal information for bank clients—accounts and credit card information (including transaction list), credit (including payment history), UITs, special offers for the user, and bill paying.
My role in the project: Developer and, later, lead developer supervising a team of three.
InternetUrok
My role in the project: Team lead (three iOS developers, including me)
Happlink
My role in the project: Developer
Stay'n'tell
Technologies used: Django, jQuery, Google Maps API, Sphinx full-text search, OpenID.
My role in the project: Team lead (three Django developers, including me).
Education
Progress Toward a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science and Applied Mathematics
Saint Petersburg State University - Saint Petersburg, Russia
Skills
Libraries/APIs
Firebase iOS SDK, Shopify API, CocoaPods, jQuery, Parse SDK, Node.js
Tools
AppCode, Xcode, Jenkins, Terminal, Git
Languages
Python, Swift, Objective-C, JavaScript, Ruby, PHP, GraphQL
Frameworks
UIKit, Django, Cocoa Touch, Ruby on Rails, XCTest, Core Data, SwiftUI, ARKit, StoreKit
Paradigms
REST, Continuous Integration (CI), Agile Development, Agile Development, Functional Reactive Programming, Agile Development, Agile Development, Mobile App Design, Unit Testing, Clean Architecture
Platforms
iOS, Magento, OS X, Firebase, Shopify, Linux, Mapbox
Storage
SQLite, Memcached, MySQL
Other
Software Architecture, Mobile Apps, Native Mobile Apps, E-commerce marketing, Computer Science, Mapbox SDK, Shaders, Graphics, UI Development, Mobile App Design, Localization
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