iOS Software Engineer who has shipped production features to 71,000+ daily active users across two live App Store banking applications, with end-to-end ownership from Swift architecture through release. Deep expertise in Swift and SwiftUI, Swift Concurrency, secure mobile patterns, and Apple’s Human Interface Guidelines. I’m driven by building intuitive, high-reliability native experiences that solve real problems for millions of users—combining strong architecture, performance engineering, and quality practices (testing + profiling) to deliver measurable outcomes.

Martin Wainaina

iOS Software Engineer who has shipped production features to 71,000+ daily active users across two live App Store banking applications, with end-to-end ownership from Swift architecture through release. Deep expertise in Swift and SwiftUI, Swift Concurrency, secure mobile patterns, and Apple’s Human Interface Guidelines. I’m driven by building intuitive, high-reliability native experiences that solve real problems for millions of users—combining strong architecture, performance engineering, and quality practices (testing + profiling) to deliver measurable outcomes.

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iOS Software Engineer who has shipped production features to 71,000+ daily active users across two live App Store banking applications, with end-to-end ownership from Swift architecture through release. Deep expertise in Swift and SwiftUI, Swift Concurrency, secure mobile patterns, and Apple’s Human Interface Guidelines.

I’m driven by building intuitive, high-reliability native experiences that solve real problems for millions of users—combining strong architecture, performance engineering, and quality practices (testing + profiling) to deliver measurable outcomes.

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iOS App Developer (Consultant via Symphony Technologies) at Co-op Bank / YEA!
May 1, 2024 - February 1, 2026
Improved app performance by 30% and achieved a 4.8-star App Store rating across Co-op Bank and YEA! by eliminating expensive main-thread operations and parallelizing data processing using Swift Concurrency based on Xcode Instruments analysis. Reduced authentication user drop-off by 25% by architecting a unified biometrics flow (FaceID, TouchID, M-PIN, AWS Liveliness) with SwiftUI, Keychain, and SSL pinning for 71,000+ active users. Owned end-to-end delivery of 25 production features from prototyping to App Store release with zero critical regressions over a 21-month engagement. Reduced API integration error rate by 35% by defining REST/JSON contract standards and introducing typed-throws error handling across network layers (QA defects reduced from 14 per sprint to under 4). Cut regression bug rate by 20% by introducing XCTest suites for authentication, payment, and navigation modules, raising test coverage from near-zero to 60%.
Mobile App Developer at Co-operative Bank via Symphony Technologies
May 1, 2024 - Present
Developed and maintained secure banking applications serving over 2 million users. Implemented mobile apps (Android and iOS) using SwiftUI and Kotlin, improving performance by 30%. Diagnosed and resolved bugs to ensure seamless functionality across platforms. Collaborated with front-end and back-end teams to deliver scalable solutions. Contributed to apps built for Co-op Bank, including YEA! Co-op Bank and Mco-opCash (New).
Banking and Finance iOS App Developer (Permanent) at Co-operative Bank
March 1, 2024 - Present
Led delivery of 3 core banking modules (MoneyGram, Co-op Remit, Inter-Account Transfers), achieving a 99.91% transaction success rate across 707,207 transactions using MVVM and Clean Architecture with SOLID principles. Reduced onboarding time by 60% for 2 junior iOS engineers via code review standards, reusable SwiftUI components, and architectural guidelines (time-to-first PR reduced from 3 weeks to 5 days). Improved authentication reliability to 98.2% uptime for 71,000+ daily users by redesigning Keychain-based session management with Swift Concurrency (async/await and Actor model) to eliminate race conditions. Delivered crash and usage insights by analyzing 13,500 events with Python (Pandas, NumPy), surfacing 3 high-impact UX improvements adopted in two sprints.

Education

Master of Science in Data Science at University of East London (UEL)
January 11, 2030 - September 10, 2025
Bachelor of Technology in Computer Technology (First Class Honors) at The Technical University of Kenya (TUK)
January 11, 2030 - September 10, 2025
Master of Science in Data Science at University of East London (UEL), United Kingdom
September 1, 2025 - September 1, 2027
Bachelor of Technology in Computer Technology at The Technical University of Kenya (TUK), Kenya
September 1, 2018 - December 1, 2023

Qualifications

Mastering SwiftUI Architecture: Patterns and Best Practices
April 1, 2025 - September 10, 2025
Mastering SwiftUI Architecture: Patterns and Best Practices
April 1, 2025 - July 8, 2026
The Swift Arcade Professional iOS Development Course - UIKit
October 1, 2025 - July 8, 2026

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Financial Services, Software & Internet, Professional Services, Education

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