Résumé

David Deller

david.jobs@horizon-nigh.org http://horizon-nigh.org

Sacramento, CA (or remote!)

iOS Software Engineer

Secondary focus: Backend API servers to support iOS apps

I want to make great software that people will love to use.

Skills

  • iOS Native — 7 years

    Swift, Objective-C, Cocoa, Core Data, Auto Layout, Push Notifications, Core Location, CocoaPods

  • Web — 12 years

    Ruby on Rails, Node.js, RESTful JSON APIs, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Heroku

History

  • TallyGo iOS SDK to get turn-by-turn navigation in your app in <15 minutes (2017 – present)
    • Assumed lead development of existing iOS SDK; released public app on App Store
    • Implemented and released major new SDK features: modern UI overhaul, multi-waypoint routing, Yelp/Foursquare integration, recent searches, snap-to-route
    • Developed, improved and documented public APIs for previously-internal functionality, such as Map and Search; implemented new public APIs to improve developer experience, such as overarching Configuration class
  • TripCraft Mobile apps for the travel & hospitality industry (2012 – 2017)
    • Developed and released two consumer-facing apps, as well as two business-to-business apps, to the iOS App Store
    • Created server backends in Ruby on Rails and Node.js to support iOS apps
  • CRS (now Motus) B2B web service for tracking business expenses (2010 – 2011)
    • Desktop web app — feature expansion & maintenance
    • Mobile web app — new development
  • Terry Precision Cycling bicycles and apparel, made for women (2007 – 2010)
    • E-Commerce web site — storefront and shopping cart
    • Backend systems — web interfaces for internal staff use: customer service, accounting, purchasing, inventory, shipping & receiving, web site CMS

Education

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science; SUNY College at Brockport; Brockport, NY

Philosophy

  1. Start with the user experience first. The architecture must serve the experience, not vice versa.
  2. Complexity is easy; simplicity is hard. Reject complexity, today and every day.
  3. Never be afraid to change everything.