MariusSerban iOSAppdeveloper
[email protected]|London,UK|uk.linkedin.com/in/maserban
SummaryI’vebeenbuildingiOSappsoverthelastsixyears,althoughIhavewrittencodeforAndroidonanumberofoccasionsinthepast.I'vebeenpassionateabouttechnologyforaslongasIcanremember.Iwrotemyfirstcommerciallinesofcode10yearsagoasawebdeveloperandtransitionedtomobileappsalongtheway.Iamapractitionerofuser-centricproductdevelopment,Ibelievethatstayingleanandbeingagileisthewaytocreatevalueforyourusers.
Frameworksandtools-AVFoundation,CoreAudio,CoreAnimation,CoreData,Realm,RxSwift,UIKit,MapKit,MapBox,Security-Git,Xcode,Instruments,Fastlane,Jenkins,Bots,Charlesproxy,mitmproxy,Wireshark,Paw,Zeplin,Sketch,PaintCode,Dash
Employmenthistory
Independentcontractor
iOSDeveloper,London,UK July2016-present
AtExpedia,IworkedontheHotels.comapp,deliveringnewfeaturesandhelpingoutwithlegacycode.IhelpedTouchSurgeryfixabacklogofbugsaheadoftheir5.0majorrelease,thisiswhereIgotachancetoworkwithRxSwiftinproduction.WhileworkingwithLondonbasedagencyTheAppBusiness,IhelpeddeliverarangeofrailandbustransportationappsforFirstGroup;duringmycontractIwasalsopartoftheteamthatdevelopedtheofficialtouristguideofLondonfor2017.TheappswerewrittenentirelyinSwift,weemployedanMVVMarchitecture,usedRealmforpersistenceandTeamCitywithfastlanetoolsfordeployingbuildstoHockeyApp.DuringthesamecontractIworkedonenhancingthesecurityofanexistinginternalappforUnileverandrefreshingtheUIoftheMetOfficeWeatherapp.
iOSDeveloper,London,UK December2014-March2016
IwasinchargeofdevelopingandmaintainingtheiOSapp.DuringmytimethereI’veincreasedunittestcoverageby50%,replacedtheaudioengineintheappwithanopen-sourceimplementation,addednewUIinuniversalstoryboardswithauto-layoutandwrittenallnewcodeinSwiftandmaintainedandmigratedpartsoftheexistingObjective-Ccodebase.Additionally,atComposedweworkedasacrossfunctionalteamandwereallalsoinvolvedinproduct-relatedtaskssuchasanalyticsreview,userinterviews,productsteeringsessionsorfeaturesketchsessions.
iOSDeveloper,Cluj-Napoca,Romania September2012-July2014
MariusSerban iOSAppdeveloper
[email protected]|London,UK|uk.linkedin.com/in/maserban
IwasmainlyinvolvedindevelopingnativeappsforiPhoneandiPad.IalsoperformedcodereviewsforAudiAG,analyzingcodebasesofmorethan20internalandconsumeriOSapps.AdditionallyIofferedtohelpoutonAndroidprojectswhenneeded.HerearesomeappsthatIbuildfromscratch:-Tanke:alocationbasedmobileappthathelpselectriccarownersinViennafindchargingstationsaroundthem.-mobiLEOS:producttargetingthehealthsectorinGermany.Ithelpshealthserviceprovidersmanageappointmentswithpatientsanddealwithpaperworkinvolvingtreatmentandpayment.-De-Touro:productoperatingintheGermanhealthmarket.Itenablescabdriverstobidonpatienttransportjobsofferedbyhealthinsurancecompaniesusingtheirmobiledevices.
SmallFootprint,Inc. MobileAppDeveloper,Cluj-Napoca,Romania November2011-August2012
StartedoutworkingonanappbuiltwithTitaniumAPIbutrealizedthistechnologywasbecomingaperformancebottleneck.ThenswitchedtonativeiOSdevelopment,learningalongtheway,Ibuilttwoenterpriseapps,onesupportingiPhoneandtheotherforiPad.Mylastprojectatthiscompanywasdevelopingasimple2DpuzzlegameforAndroidphonesandtablets(Java)fromscratch.
OSFGlobalServicesJavaScriptDeveloper,Cluj-Napoca,Romania October2010-August2011
IworkedwithJavascriptbothontheserver-sideandinsidethebrowser(jQuery)whileintegratingcustome-commercesolutionsbasedontheDemandwareplatform.IalsoworkedondevelopingafewmobileapplicationsforAndroidandBlackberryusingthenativeAPIs(Java)andAppcelerator’sTitaniumAPI(Javascript).
OgreCore.com-selfemployedWebDeveloper,Cluj-Napoca,Romania April2005-August2010
DevelopmentofwebapplicationsusingPHP/MySQL/HTML.Developede-commercewebsites,CMS,Wordpresscustomization,variousfront-endwork.
EducationBachelor’sdegree–Electronics,TelecommunicationsandIT 2006–2010TechnicalUniversityofClujNapoca
Wrotemybachelor’sthesisatVrijeUniversiteitBrusselaspartofanErasmusProgramme.Myprojectinvolveddevelopingasound-basedlocalizationmethodfordeterminingthepositionofwirelesssensornodes.Idevelopedanalgorithmthatwoulddeterminethepositionofawirelesssensorinacartesiansystemofcoordinatesbyusingsoundviaon-boardspeakersandmicrophone.WirelesssensornodeswererunningTinyOS,areal-timeoperatingsystemandthecodewaswritteninnesC.
Interests-sports:basketball,tennis,golf,table-tennis-readingaboutcomputerscience,softwarebusiness,startupsanddesign