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Hi, I’m Drasko Vucenovic, a Lead Mobile Engineer with 10+ years building native iOS apps and full-stack solutions. I design scalable, reliable mobile experiences and mentor teams to ship high-quality products.
I’ve led across Indigo, Interac, Spok, Cronometer, and The Weather Network, delivering apps for fintech, healthcare, and media. I excel at turning complex problems into polished, user-focused software and collaborating with product, design, and backend teams to deliver impact.
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Work Experience
Lead Mobile Engineer at AQSACOM
January 1, 2024 - PresentBuilding an emergency evacuation native mobile app in iOS using Swift/Xcode; Architecting the entire mobile solution for all business use cases following latest best practices and standards while ensuring features are effective, reliable, and scalable; Integrated MappedIn SDK to provide location updates and evacuation safety zones during emergencies; Location Services tracking and iBeacon ranging to monitor GPS, Beacon, and other critical user information; Created Proof of Concept applications in React Native to demonstrate cross-platform performance; Communicating with team members including Web, Backend, Research, Product, and CEO in an Agile Scrum team; Self-managing and setting up tasks in Jira following Agile methodologies.
Lead Mobile Engineer at Indigo
May 1, 2022 - January 31, 2024Led a team of iOS and Android developers to completely rebuild the native Indigo retail app in an Agile Scrum team environment; Coordinated closely with other team leads, UX designers, and product owners to ensure software design and architecture complies with expectations and best practice standards; Conducted code reviews, scrum meetings and 1:1s with mobile team members; Hands-on built full Auth0 authentication and session management for WebViews in XCode/Swift; Architected the complete rebuild through research and cross-team collaboration; Leveraged Confluence and Jira for documentation and task management; Demonstrated app progress and provided reports regularly to company stakeholders.
Lead iOS Engineer at Interac Corp
April 1, 2020 - February 28, 2022Built a native iOS SDK Framework which encrypts and stores digital forms of user identification including biometrics, driver’s licenses, and health cards; Interviewed and helped hire a team of iOS and Android developers; Built a Digital ID Wallet app in XCode, Swift; Used CryptoKit for Elliptic Curve and RSA cryptographic solutions; Designed and implemented an encoder/decoder for SubjectPublicKeyInfo formats in Swift; Integrated CI/CD pipelines for the app and Framework with Jenkins; Overcame challenges integrating a low-level Objective-C/C++ library into a modern Swift solution; Used Confluence and Jira in an Agile Scrum team environment.
Senior Mobile Engineer at Spok Holdings Inc.
April 1, 2018 - February 29, 2020Developed a HIPPA compliant native iOS app named Spok Go for instant messaging, data exchange, and task management; Integrated Analytics and authentication with AWS; Researched and integrated cryptographic solutions for sensitive data exchange; Helped lead a team of junior and intermediate iOS and Android developers; Worked heavily with RESTful APIs with JSON as well as MQTT; Managed tasks using Jira and documented technical solutions in Confluence.
Lead iOS Engineer at Cronometer Inc.
September 1, 2016 - October 31, 2018Converted a native iOS app from Objective-C to Swift for iPhone and iPad; Later re-implemented the same app in Flutter with a team of developers; Fixed bugs and added many new features throughout the app as the sole iOS developer on the team; Designed and implemented the entire codebase using Swift, growing the app from 30k daily active users to over 300k within two years; Gained experience working alone, self-managing, and gathering requirements directly from the company owner in a small startup environment.
Senior Software Developer at The Weather Network
May 1, 2015 - September 30, 2016Rebuilt The Weather Network iPhone app in XCode, Swift with a team; Worked closely with other iOS and Android developers, researched best practices, and ensured high-quality code was maintained throughout solution design; Dictated standards for development best practices as part of The Weather Network technical Steering Committee; Managed tasks using Jira and documented in Confluence in an Agile Scrum team; Personally created a complex custom alerts feature for various weather activity, gaining experience with Swift and Objective-C.
Education
Bachelor of Engineering, Software Engineering at McMaster University
January 11, 2030 - April 1, 2012Orange Belt, Full Stack Software Engineer at Coding Dojo Bootcamp
July 1, 2023 - April 16, 2026Bachelor of Engineering, Software Engineering at McMaster University
January 11, 2030 - April 1, 2012Qualifications
Developed many native iOS apps in Objective-C, Swift UIKit, and SwiftUI for 10+ years
January 11, 2030 - April 16, 2026Built checkout with credit and Paypal at Indigo for guest and signed in users
January 11, 2030 - April 16, 2026Created multiple full stack apps in Python, using Flask, SQL
January 11, 2030 - April 16, 2026Built two native evacuation apps for AQSACOM using SwiftUI and UIKit
January 11, 2030 - April 16, 2026Communicated effectively with technical leadership and non-technical management
January 11, 2030 - April 16, 2026Constantly improving to ensure features are cutting-edge, responsive, and scalable
January 11, 2030 - April 16, 2026Orange Belt - Coding Dojo Bootcamp (Full Stack Software Engineer)
July 20, 2023 - April 16, 2026Industry Experience
Software & Internet, Professional Services, Healthcare, Media & Entertainment, Retail
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