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Manish Kumar

Senior/Staff iOS Engineer · 10 yrs Swift · Sole technical owner on 3 products · Built SDKs used by 10 client apps

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8+ years of work experience

Kolo
Sep 20223 yrsAug 2025

India

Built iOS from the ground up as the sole iOS engineer — architecture, delivery, and long-term scalability were entirely mine to own. → Architected a backend-driven feed system rendering 5+ content types (ads, products, UGC, projects) — cut time-to-ship new card types from weeks to under 2 days by decoupling layout from data. → Engineered a unified deep-link and push-notification routing layer bridging web and native — eliminated navigation dead-ends that were the #1 source of drop-off on notification-driven flows. → Built CI/CD pipeline end-to-end (GitLab CI + Fastlane) — turned a multi-day manual release process into automated same-day builds with zero deployment errors. → Instrumented remote configuration and analytics across the app — enabled product to run 3–4 live A/B experiments per sprint with no engineering support. → Profiled and fixed memory/CPU bottlenecks across the feed — achieved consistent 60fps scroll on mid-range devices. Stack: Swift · SwiftUI · Combine · MVVM · CoreData · Fastlane · GitLab CI
MatchMove
Jul 20211 yr 3 mosSep 2022

Bengaluru

White-label fintech platform — high-compliance iOS in a multi-client, regulated payments environment. → Designed and shipped a reusable KYC SDK adopted across 3 client apps — standardized identity verification compliance and cut per-client integration effort by 70%. Built for reuse, security, and regulatory consistency. → Led architectural migration of a legacy financial app to MVVM — restructured 40K+ lines of code, measurably reduced crash rates, and enabled new engineers to ship features within their first week. → Hardened the app against compliance requirements: encrypted local persistence, secure token storage, session management, and biometric authentication — zero findings in post-migration security audit. → Automated build and release with Fastlane + GitLab CI across multiple white-label variants — reduced manual release steps from 12 to 2 and enabled parallel client builds. Stack: Swift · MVVM · KYC SDK · Fastlane · GitLab CI · Secure Enclave patterns · REST APIs
Rizzle, Silverlabs India Private Limited
Dec 20191 yr 8 mosJul 2021

Led iOS for a short-video consumer platform with 100K+ users and a team of 4 engineers reporting to this role. → Built AVFoundation-based video editing pipeline — multi-clip merge, audio overlay, real-time preview — shipped directly to 100K+ active users. → Engineered adaptive AVPlayer playback that maintained under 2s load times on degraded networks — reduced buffering-related complaints by 60%. → Introduced VIPER architecture and mandatory code review across a 4-person team — cut PR cycle time and raised test coverage measurably within one quarter. Stack: Swift · AVFoundation · AVPlayer · VIPER · Realm
Loop
Dec 201811 mosOct 2019

Pune, Maharashtra, India

I designed, architected, and launched two end-to-end healthcare iOS applications, owning the complete lifecycle from concept to App Store deployment. My work focused on building reliable, offline-first experiences and integrating advanced features to improve accessibility and usability for patients and healthcare providers. Developed an offline-first data architecture with RealmDB and optimized background synchronization for poor connectivity. Built background media upload pipelines to Amazon S3 with intelligent compression for faster uploads. Implemented real-time chat functionality using Realm Cloud, along with hospital and doctor profile modules. Integrated Google Places API for hospital discovery and geolocation features. Managed multiple App Store releases with a 99% crash-free rate, ensuring production-grade reliability.
Nihilent Technologies Inc
Sep 20162 yrs 3 mosNov 2018

Pune Area, India

As Senior iOS Developer, I contributed to building native and hybrid mobile applications in an Agile environment, focusing on scalability, reliability, and modern architecture. I worked across iOS, Android, and cross-platform frameworks while driving clean code practices and test-driven development. Refactored legacy Objective-C codebases into Swift with MVVM architecture, improving modularity and maintainability. Achieved 95% unit test coverage, leading test-driven development initiatives and ensuring long-term code reliability.

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Education

Savitribai Phule Pune University

Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Computer Engineering

Savitribai Phule Pune University

20124 yrs2016
university of pune

Bachelor of Engineering, Computer Engineering

university of pune

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Senior/Staff iOS Engineer · 10 yrs Swift · Sole technical owner on 3 products · Built SDKs used by 10 client apps

About

iOS engineer with 9 years building production apps that handle real money, real users, and zero tolerance for failure. I've owned iOS architecture end-to-end across fintech, real estate, and health — from blank Xcode project to scaled, multi-variant platforms. At MatchMove Pay, I designed a KYC SDK deployed across three financial apps, standardizing compliance flows and reducing per-client integration effort by 70%. At Kolo, I built the platform's entire iOS foundation as Founding Engineer — feed architecture, deep linking, CI/CD, analytics, and performance — shipping and maintaining a complex system solo before it scaled. What sets me apart: · Security-first architecture in regulated environments (secure storage, encrypted persistence, biometric auth, zero audit findings) · CI/CD ownership that turns multi-day manual releases into automated same-day deploys · Architectural rewrites that ship — MVVM migration across 40K+ lines without downtime · SDK design: reusable, tested, consumed by multiple teams I'm looking to bring this to a high-stakes iOS team where quality, security, and long-term architecture decisions actually matter.

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AI stack

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Work experience

Founding & sole iOS engineer at Kolo, Sep 2022 - Aug 2025 · 3 yrs, India, Built iOS from the ground up as the sole iOS engineer — architecture, delivery, and long-term scalability were entirely mine to own. → Architected a backend-driven feed system rendering 5+ content types (ads, products, UGC, projects) — cut time-to-ship new card types from weeks to under 2 days by decoupling layout from data. → Engineered a unified deep-link and push-notification routing layer bridging web and native — eliminated navigation dead-ends that were the #1 source of drop-off on notification-driven flows. → Built CI/CD pipeline end-to-end (GitLab CI + Fastlane) — turned a multi-day manual release process into automated same-day builds with zero deployment errors. → Instrumented remote configuration and analytics across the app — enabled product to run 3–4 live A/B experiments per sprint with no engineering support. → Profiled and fixed memory/CPU bottlenecks across the feed — achieved consistent 60fps scroll on mid-range devices. Stack: Swift · SwiftUI · Combine · MVVM · CoreData · Fastlane · GitLab CI

Senior iOS Engineer at MatchMove, Jul 2021 - Sep 2022 · 1 yr 3 mos, Bengaluru, White-label fintech platform — high-compliance iOS in a multi-client, regulated payments environment. → Designed and shipped a reusable KYC SDK adopted across 3 client apps — standardized identity verification compliance and cut per-client integration effort by 70%. Built for reuse, security, and regulatory consistency. → Led architectural migration of a legacy financial app to MVVM — restructured 40K+ lines of code, measurably reduced crash rates, and enabled new engineers to ship features within their first week. → Hardened the app against compliance requirements: encrypted local persistence, secure token storage, session management, and biometric authentication — zero findings in post-migration security audit. → Automated build and release with Fastlane + GitLab CI across multiple white-label variants — reduced manual release steps from 12 to 2 and enabled parallel client builds. Stack: Swift · MVVM · KYC SDK · Fastlane · GitLab CI · Secure Enclave patterns · REST APIs

Lead iOS Engineer at Rizzle, Silverlabs India Private Limited, Dec 2019 - Jul 2021 · 1 yr 8 mos, Led iOS for a short-video consumer platform with 100K+ users and a team of 4 engineers reporting to this role. → Built AVFoundation-based video editing pipeline — multi-clip merge, audio overlay, real-time preview — shipped directly to 100K+ active users. → Engineered adaptive AVPlayer playback that maintained under 2s load times on degraded networks — reduced buffering-related complaints by 60%. → Introduced VIPER architecture and mandatory code review across a 4-person team — cut PR cycle time and raised test coverage measurably within one quarter. Stack: Swift · AVFoundation · AVPlayer · VIPER · Realm

iOS Engineer at Loop, Dec 2018 - Oct 2019 · 11 mos, Pune, Maharashtra, India, I designed, architected, and launched two end-to-end healthcare iOS applications, owning the complete lifecycle from concept to App Store deployment. My work focused on building reliable, offline-first experiences and integrating advanced features to improve accessibility and usability for patients and healthcare providers. Developed an offline-first data architecture with RealmDB and optimized background synchronization for poor connectivity. Built background media upload pipelines to Amazon S3 with intelligent compression for faster uploads. Implemented real-time chat functionality using Realm Cloud, along with hospital and doctor profile modules. Integrated Google Places API for hospital discovery and geolocation features. Managed multiple App Store releases with a 99% crash-free rate, ensuring production-grade reliability.

Senior Software Engineer - iOS at Nihilent Technologies Inc, Sep 2016 - Nov 2018 · 2 yrs 3 mos, Pune Area, India, As Senior iOS Developer, I contributed to building native and hybrid mobile applications in an Agile environment, focusing on scalability, reliability, and modern architecture. I worked across iOS, Android, and cross-platform frameworks while driving clean code practices and test-driven development. Refactored legacy Objective-C codebases into Swift with MVVM architecture, improving modularity and maintainability. Achieved 95% unit test coverage, leading test-driven development initiatives and ensuring long-term code reliability.

Education

Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Computer Engineering, Savitribai Phule Pune University

Bachelor of Engineering, Computer Engineering, university of pune