Senior Mobile Engineer with 10+ years of experience building fast, smooth, and reliable iOS and cross-platform apps using SwiftUI, Swift, Flutter, and React Native. I specialize in high-quality animations, GPU-powered rendering, and real-time data features. I’ve helped companies ship polished, low-latency mobile experiences by improving performance, integrating native iOS features, optimizing rendering systems, and setting up strong CI/CD pipelines. I’m known for making apps feel faster, more stable, and more visually impressive, especially at large scale.

Michael Schmitt

Senior Mobile Engineer with 10+ years of experience building fast, smooth, and reliable iOS and cross-platform apps using SwiftUI, Swift, Flutter, and React Native. I specialize in high-quality animations, GPU-powered rendering, and real-time data features. I’ve helped companies ship polished, low-latency mobile experiences by improving performance, integrating native iOS features, optimizing rendering systems, and setting up strong CI/CD pipelines. I’m known for making apps feel faster, more stable, and more visually impressive, especially at large scale.

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Senior Mobile Engineer with 10+ years of experience building fast, smooth, and reliable iOS and cross-platform apps using SwiftUI, Swift, Flutter, and React Native. I specialize in high-quality animations, GPU-powered rendering, and real-time data features. I’ve helped companies ship polished, low-latency mobile experiences by improving performance, integrating native iOS features, optimizing rendering systems, and setting up strong CI/CD pipelines. I’m known for making apps feel faster, more stable, and more visually impressive, especially at large scale.

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Work Experience

Senior Mobile Engineer at Ntiva (via Insight Global)
December 1, 2024 - November 1, 2025
Designed next-gen iOS experiences using SwiftUI and Swift Concurrency, including custom animation pipelines, reducing interaction latency by 32% on complex UI flows. Built multi-platform modules with Clean Architecture + Bloc/Redux in Flutter and React Native, accelerating feature delivery by 35%. Optimized Skia rendering, image decoders, and asset caching to achieve 60 FPS on mid-range devices. Architected cross-platform real-time sync via WebSockets and gRPC, cutting data latency by 28% in heavy-interaction modules. Created advanced Flutter UI with CustomPainter, ShaderMask, Lottie, and Rive; integrated native Swift/Obj-C modules via platform channels with 99% reliability. Implemented automated CI/CD with GitHub Actions and Fastlane, reducing release cycle time by 40%. Implemented secure offline mode using Hive/SQLite with delta-sync for 50k+ daily active users.
Senior Mobile Developer at Cognizant (Atom AI)
January 1, 2018 - November 1, 2024
Designed animation-heavy UI with SwiftUI including custom transitions, matched-geometry, and timeline animations, increasing visual smoothness by 42% across iPhone models. Refactored legacy UIKit to SwiftUI using Swift Concurrency, reducing main-thread contention by 30% for animation-intensive screens. Built high-performance Flutter modules with Skia-optimized rendering, shaders, and GPU-friendly components, improving render time consistency by 25%. Developed reusable Flutter UI libraries using Clean Architecture and atomic design, accelerating feature delivery by 40%. Implemented hybrid navigation combining native Swift screens with Flutter/React Native modules, reducing navigation latency by 18%. Improved startup by precompiling Dart kernels, enabling Hermes on RN builds, and lazy-loading heavy modules, cutting cold-start time by 22%. Collaborated with designers on micro-interactions with SwiftUI Canvas and Metal shaders, speeding design sign-off by 50%.
React Native Developer at Rose International (Fortune 500)
September 1, 2013 - December 1, 2017
Optimized cross-platform performance by profiling React Native bridge traffic, trimming JS bundle size, and replacing high-frequency JS animations with native drivers, improving runtime stability by 30%. Implemented RN modules backed by native Swift/Objective-C code for camera, file processing, and secure storage, increasing native interop performance by 20%. Integrated complex gesture systems using React Native Reanimated/gesture-handler to enable high-precision touch interactions for enterprise workflows. Delivered pixel-perfect mobile screens by creating a unified Design System across RN and native iOS, reducing UI inconsistencies by 60%. Implemented C++-based shared logic for image processing and streamed it to iOS RN bridges, decreasing heavy- operation time by 35%. Enhanced mobile CI/CD by adding Fastlane snapshot tests, RN asset bundling optimizations, and automated code-signing, reducing failed builds by 40%. Modernized iOS native modules by migrating to Swift, reducing crashes
Mobile Engineer at AllyDVM
June 1, 2011 - August 1, 2013
Built native iOS components using Swift and Objective-C to support advanced data-sync, offline caching, and background tasks, improving reliability in low-network conditions by 30%. Developed UIKit-driven custom animations and gesture-based UI elements for iOS, increasing feature engagement by 22%. Migrated legacy Objective-C components into modern Swift frameworks, improving maintainability and reducing future development time by 25%. Created in-app logging and performance profiling tools for iOS test builds, enabling faster debugging cycles and reducing QA bottlenecks by 15%. Implemented secure storage for sensitive user data using Keychain and encrypted SQLite, improving mobile security posture.
Senior Mobile Engineer at Ntiva (via Insight Global) – Client
December 1, 2024 - November 1, 2025
Designed next-gen iOS experiences using SwiftUI, Swift Concurrency, and custom animation pipelines; built Flutter and React Native modules with Clean Architecture + Bloc/Redux to accelerate multi-platform feature delivery; optimized Skia rendering layers, image decoders, and asset caching to improve UI smoothness; architected cross-platform real-time data sync (WebSockets/gRPC); integrated native modules into Flutter via platform channels with high reliability; delivered fully automated CI/CD using GitHub Actions and Fastlane; implemented secure offline mode with Hive/SQLite supporting 50k+ daily users.
Senior Mobile Developer at Cognizant – Atom AI (Client)
January 1, 2018 - November 1, 2024
Led animation-heavy UI with SwiftUI, including custom transitions and timeline-based animations; refactored UIKit components to SwiftUI, reducing main-thread contention; built high-performance Flutter modules with Skia optimizations; developed reusable Flutter UI libraries; implemented hybrid navigation combining native Swift (SwiftUI/UIKit) with Flutter/React Native modules; improved startup by precompiling Dart kernels and enabling Hermes with lazy-loading; prototyped micro‑interactions using SwiftUI Canvas and metal shaders; collaborated with designers to accelerate design sign‑off.
React Native Developer at Rose International – Fortune 500 client
September 1, 2013 - December 1, 2017
Optimized cross‑platform performance by profiling React Native bridge traffic, trimming JS bundle size, and replacing high-frequency animations with native drivers; developed RN modules backed by native Swift/Objective‑C code for camera and secure storage; implemented complex gesture systems for enterprise workflows; delivered unified Design System across RN and native iOS to reduce UI inconsistencies; authored C++‑based shared logic for image processing; enhanced mobile CI/CD with Fastlane tests and asset bundling.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science at University of Michigan
January 11, 2030 - May 1, 2011
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science at University of Michigan
January 11, 2030 - May 1, 2011

Qualifications

Google Flutter Developer Certification
January 11, 2030 - December 1, 2025
AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate
January 11, 2030 - December 1, 2025
Microsoft Azure Fundamentals
January 11, 2030 - December 1, 2025
Google Flutter Developer Certification
January 1, 2024 - December 1, 2025
AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate
January 11, 2030 - December 1, 2025
Microsoft Azure Fundamentals
January 11, 2030 - December 1, 2025

Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Professional Services, Media & Entertainment