Hi, I'm Alireza Toghiani

Master of Information Systems Security

Concordia University

Sep 2022 - Apr 2025

Montreal, QC, Canada

• Field of study: Computer Science — focus on security principles and cryptographic systems

Bachelor's Degree, Computer Science

Amirkabir University of Technology — Tehran Polytechnic

Sep 2017 - Feb 2022

Tehran, Iran

Senior iOS Engineer

Everyday Health Group

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

Senior iOS Engineer · Contract

VIN.Meet

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

Senior iOS Engineer · Contract

Savoir-faire Linux

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

Senior iOS Engineer · Freelance

Mesh AI

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

iOS Team Leader

EBCOM (همراه کسب و کارهای هوشمند)

Apr 2020 - Jul 2022

Tehran, Iran

• Improved KPI conversion rate by more than 1.7% on average for 8 million iOS users through Firebase-driven in-app experimentation
• 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

Junior iOS Engineer · Freelance

Boonoob

Aug 2020 - Jan 2021

Remote

• Developed a chatroom using MessageKit to let users communicate after matching, increasing retention by 15%
• Created an onboarding process with smooth animations to gain user attention and improve retention rates
• Built in-app tutorials that facilitated user learning and improved overall customer experience

Junior iOS Engineer · Internship

Carpino

Sep 2019 - Mar 2020

Tehran, Iran

• Contributed to the Carpino Passenger App, the third online taxi platform in Iran
• Designed clean UI with smooth animations to support a wider range of devices and users
• Consolidated similar View Controllers into a shared base class, making development 10% faster for the team

Computer Network Technician

ICAN Engineering Group

Jul 2017 - Aug 2019

Tehran, Iran

• Handled network configuration and computer networking for client infrastructure projects