Experience | Alireza Toghiani

Jun 2024 - Present

Montreal, QC, Canada (Remote)

Led end-to-end development of a personalized checklist feature that analyzes task-completion patterns and pregnancy phase to surface contextual suggestions, with background processing and cross-functional delivery on schedule
Expanded global reach by launching the Community tab for international locales, driving a 5% increase in daily active users from outside the US
Resolved high-impact iOS bugs, boosting crash-free sessions by 0.2% and elevating user satisfaction across a multi-million user base
Extended a custom HTML rendering pipeline, improving how article content is parsed and rendered into native UIKit components

Oct 2023 - Dec 2025

Dubai, UAE (Remote)

Solo-built and shipped a social sports-networking app to the App Store, owning architecture through release across 14 modules and 55+ screens
Set SwiftUI, MVVM, and async/await as the new standard in a hybrid UIKit/RxSwift codebase with a 7-coordinator navigation architecture
Engineered a custom Alamofire networking layer with token injection and automatic session refresh on expiry
Integrated real-time Socket.IO chat, Stripe and Apple Pay payments, HealthKit, and Firebase/AppsFlyer analytics and deep linking

Oct 2022 - Nov 2023

Montreal, QC, Canada (Hybrid)

Built a comprehensive unit testing suite ensuring thorough coverage of critical app functionality, reducing manual testing time by 20%
Systematically refactored legacy Objective-C modules to Swift, preserving existing functionality while improving code maintainability
Debugged and resolved performance bottlenecks using Instruments, fixing memory leaks and optimizing app responsiveness across system layers
Contributed to open-source Jami codebase, collaborating with distributed contributors across platforms on a privacy-focused communications app

Mar 2022 - Oct 2022

Remote

Improved Firebase crash-free rates by 20% within 90 days through thorough debugging and code optimization for enhanced app stability
Developed new features to streamline user navigation and improve app functionality
Worked directly with clinicians to understand workflows and translate domain-specific requirements into mobile features with minimal back-and-forth

Apr 2020 - Jul 2022

Tehran, Iran

Led the iOS team across an 8M user consumer app, promoted from engineer to lead within 9 months
Drove a 1.7% KPI conversion rate improvement collaborating with product and design on core UI features
Made team development 20% faster by implementing a custom-built network system using RxSwift and Alamofire for REST-API requests
Reduced deployment times by 20 minutes by setting up an automated release pipeline with Fastlane and Match for CI/CD
Led and instructed a team of three iOS developers to execute and troubleshoot company goals
Designed a custom delegation protocol to improve view-to-view communication within the app

Aug 2020 - Jan 2021

Remote

Built an in-app chatroom with MessageKit enabling post-match messaging, lifting user retention by 15%
Wrote a Coordinator class that standardized navigation transitions across the codebase for the iOS team
Designed an animated onboarding flow and in-app tutorials that improved first-run engagement

Sep 2019 - Mar 2020

Tehran, Iran

Built adaptive Auto Layout UI with smooth animations for the passenger app of Iran's third-largest ride-hailing platform
Refactored similar view controllers into a shared base class, speeding up team development by 10%

Jul 2017 - Aug 2019

Tehran, Iran

Handled network configuration and computer networking for client infrastructure projects