Vedran Burojevic

Senior Freelance iOS Developer
Award-winning iOS app developer with 10+ years of experience. Recognized for delivering 20+ award-winning apps for clients such as Reddit, Volvo, and IRL.
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Contact Info

  • Zagreb, Croatia
  • linkedin.com/in/vburojevic
  • caffeinatedcode.co
  • vedran@caffeinatedcode.co
  • +38591 626 5588

Skills

  • iOS
  • Swift
  • SwiftUI
  • Objective-C
  • RxSwift
  • Combine
  • Architectural Design
  • MVVM
  • VIPER
  • TCA
  • Team Leadership
  • Code Reviews
  • Cost Estimates

Work Experience

Caffeinated Code

CEO
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Aug 2018 - Current

Design and build advanced applications for the iOS platform for high-profile clients, including Fortune 500 companies. Add new features, build scalable architecture, and improve user experience in the app. Deliver end products matching specified designs across device sizes – implement designs, perform rapid prototyping, and review code to develop enterprise-grade solutions. Experience in driving end-to-end engineering architecture and design for front-end/app.

Clients: Reddit | Volvo | Verb.fm | IRL | Limna | Bunch.io | REWE | Yunar | Poq Studio

Awards & Recognition

  • 5M+ downloads with an average app store rating of 4.5 accomplished by building beautiful high-performance iOS apps; clients see app store rating increases after releasing updates.
  • Named iOS developer of the year from Freelancer.com for creating innovative interface designs with 100% customer satisfaction; award criteria included the speed of delivery, skill, communication, and customer satisfaction.
  • 2019 German Design Award & Red Dot Award won by partnering with a team to create apps with a strong UX/UI focus, considering how users feel about entire app interactions; an acclaimed award for product design, communication design, and design concepts.

User Experience

  • Create seamless and integrated user experiences on iOS by working with world-class designers, top-tier firmware engineers, & server-side API developers.
  • Improve app store performance and user feedback by solving challenging technical problems without known solutions.

Project Management

  • Deliver projects on time and under budget by continuously discovering, evaluating, and implementing new technologies to maximize development efficiency; adhere to deadlines and anticipate challenges.
  • Drive feasible technical solutions by communicating with designers, project managers, data users, engineering peers, and upstream and downstream engineer teams.

Infinum

iOS Team Lead
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Sep 2017 - Sep 2018

Led the project planning and team leadership for five team members across all app development. Worked with the software team to create iOS applications and implement into the business. Performed hands-on development with the app and co-designed architecture to build beautiful high-performance iOS apps.

Select Clients: Eneco | Formula-E

  • 100% staff retention achieved by mentoring and providing technical guidance to team members, helping resolve complex engineering problems; skilled at identifying team member strengths and weaknesses.
  • Agency acquired new clients by highlighting the team’s app work in presentations, website assets, and various marketing collateral showcasing the success of the app development team.

Infinum

Senior iOS Developer
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Feb 2014 - Sep 2017

Developed mobile applications and related architecture for mobile platforms using test-driven development methodology (i.e., iterative methodology that prioritizes creating and checking test cases at every stage of software development).

  • Developed an award-winning smart banking solution in Croatia by building an app from the ground up, including advanced features such as cardless ATM access and opening new bank accounts, allowing the client to cut operating expenses, sell more products, and attract and retain more users.
  • Keynote speaker for iOS development presentations for audiences as large as 100, covering topics from concept to code.

Education

Zagreb University of Applied Sciences, Croatia

Bachelor of Science

Specialized in Programming and Algorithms.

Projects

IRL

Senior iOS Developer

Built new features and maintained a popular social messaging app used worldwide. Worked in collaboration with other developers in the team to fulfill the deadlines and performed regular code reviews.

Reddit (via Toptal)

Senior iOS Developer

Developed new features for the Reddit iOS video player-related experiences. Maintained the app working on bug fixes. Collaborated with other iOS, Android, and Backend developers to implement new features, helped the team plan the rewrite and refactoring of core features, and increased coverage of unit tests.

Limna

Lead iOS Developer

Developed the AI-powered art advisor iOS app from scratch for the limna.ai platform. Made use of augmented reality and machine learning frameworks to implement real-life measurements of artworks and achieved high unit test code coverage.

Bunch.io

Lead iOS Developer

Led the complete iOS app rewrite project for the AI leadership coach app. Enabled users to improve their leadership skills. Helped the team with a time plan for feature development and release of the new app while maintaining the old app.

Verb.fm

Lead iOS Developer

Charted the successful development of a social podcasting app that lets users voice their minds in podcasts. Enabled users to enjoy a smooth experience of the voice-first app by building a robust audio engine.

REWE Euro 2020 Scrapbook (via CodeControl)

Lead iOS Developer

Utilized augmented reality and machine learning frameworks to implement scanning of real-life scrapbook cards and collecting them inside the digital scrapbook inside the app. Worked in collaboration with other iOS, Android, and Backend developers in the team to fulfill clients’ expectations.

Yunar

Senior iOS Developer

Helped the team build new features and maintain a popular loyalty card app used in stores in Germany—mentored and codereviewed other team members.

Volvo Car Protection (via CodeControl)

Lead iOS Developer

Charted the development of an on-demand insurance feature for the Volvo cars iOS app. Implemented features that allow drivers to purchase third-party driver, traveler accident, travel and sports baggage, trailer risk, car rental protection, and international health insurance.

Poq Studio (via Toptal)

Senior iOS Developer

Helped the team utilize and improve the POQ SaaS platform to empower retailers to create highly effective and fully-customized native apps by offering rich functionality to launch a transactional app with a wide array of customer-facing features. Worked on a core shared framework that powered all client apps.

Formula-E (via Infinum)

Lead iOS Developer

Developed the FIA Formula-E iOS app that lets users know what races are coming up, get instant updates on all the action, and look back over all the highlights. Implemented dynamically created maps with polygons and other race and guest-related information.

mHPB (via Infinum)

Lead iOS Developer

Played a key role in developing Croatia’s most advanced mobile banking app, with the ability to open accounts via in-app video calls and a Touch ID login option. Utilized SSL pinning and other security measures to ensure secure communications with the backend system.

Eneco (via Infinum)

Lead iOS Developer

Worked with Eneco to develop an iOS application providing an overview of user electricity, gas, and heat usage. Incorporated an in-app bill pay option and the ability to control home thermostats from the dashboard widget.

Slovenian Lottery (via Infinum)

Lead iOS Developer

Developed key application features, including the ability to scan deposit checks, check winnings, and set alerts for game drawings. Implemented highly custom designs, transitions, and animations.

Erste mBanking (via Infinum)

Lead iOS Developer

Allowed users to execute all financial transactions via smartphone. Prioritized security by implementing a Touch ID login feature.

Oxxio (via Infinum)

Lead iOS Developer

Succeeded in developing an iOS app allowing users to gain insight into energy consumption, manage energy bills, and redeliver energy to the network with solar panels. Developed a feature that could set the room temperature directly from the app.

Abamobi (via Infinum)

Lead iOS Developer

Created an iOS app with features permitting users to search for nearby bank and ATM branches, view exchange rates, utilize an in-app calculator to determine savings with Abanka bank, review bank accounts, conduct financial transactions, and scan deposit slips. Implemented SSL pinning to ensure better security.

Truck Parking Europe (via Infinum)

Lead iOS Developer

Simplified the daily search and addition of parking facilities on European highways by developing an iOS app to provide official parking space data on quality parking spaces away from long-distance highways through the personal experience of a pan-European community. Developed a custom dynamic driving mode that showed points of interest while driving.

WhoWeUse (via Infinum)

Lead iOS Developer

Assisted customers in identifying socially-vetted services and aided services in finding word-of-mouth customers by connecting friends and neighbors to share recommendations for local services. Mentored junior team members.