Dmitriy Zharov

Software Engineer who knows Swift & Objective-C and uses UIKit, AppKit, and SwiftUI

Almaty, Kazakhstan
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Dmitriy Zharov

About

Over 7 years of experience across a wide range of projects. Proven ability to lead and scale engineering teams. Driven by a passion for delivering high-quality software and exploring modern technologies. Currently self-employed.

Work Experience

Alfa-Bank JSC
Remote

2022 - 2023

iOS Tech Lead

• Proposed and developed an interactive constructor for new screens in a mobile banking app, utilizing Server-Driven UI. This innovation saves working time for managers, designers, QAs, and developers.
• Resolved key architectural issues that were independently addressed by developers within each feature flow. This required attention to carefully eliminate hundreds of quirks.
• Mentored developers. Taught student groups. Guided product teams in selecting efficient paths for feature development.
• Continued to be recognized for my contributions even a year after leaving the organization.

PJSC Sberbank

2017 - 2022

Junior iOS Engineer → Lead iOS Engineer

• Developed three enterprise mobile apps from scratch, transitioning each for maintenance to teams I organized myself. Consistently met deadlines that were considered impossible.
• Developed a biometric framework for facial and voice recognition for a mobile banking app with 38 million MAU.
• Mentored nine interns to a proficient programming level. Recognized by a certificate of appreciation.

Skills

Team Leadership
Swift
Objective-C
UIKit
AppKit
SwiftUI
System Design
Networking
Security
Reverse Engineering
App Distribution

Projects

Alfa-Online

Mobile app of the largest private bank in the Eurasian Economic Union

Tech Lead
System Architecture
Clean Swift (VIP)
CI/CD

Finances Pro

The app for managing spending across different countries and currencies

Side Project
SwiftUI
SwiftData
Observation
MVC

SwiftSecurity

The framework for secure data management with compile-time checks

Open Source
Swift
Cryptography
Keychain API

Sberdisk

Cloud storage aggregator with second encryption layer and collaboration features

Lead Engineer
Enterprise
AppKit
Objective-C
MVVM

Sberdocs

The client for an enterprise document management system

Lead Engineer
Enterprise
UIKit
SwiftUI
Needle DI
Clean Swift (VIP)

Lexi

Productivity utility for automatic keyboard layout switching

Lead Engineer
Carbon
Cocoa
Combine
Redux

Senat

Decision-making platform for organizations with real-time voting and automated distribution of directives

Middle Developer
Enterprise
Objective-C
Swinject
VIPER
CI/CD

Sberbank

The biometric framework for facial and voice recognition in a mobile banking app

Middle Developer
Objective-C++
OpenCV
Accelerate

Languages

English

Professional working proficiency

Russian

Native proficiency