About

Hello! I am István Balogh Freelance iOS Engineer. My passion lies in creating eye-catching iOS applications with great user experience that makes people life easier.

I have solid experience in Swift and Objective C and its related design and architectural patterns. I'm a fast learner who adapts quickly to new surroundings and methodologies, enjoys taking on new challenges and maintains up-to-date knowledge of new technology trends.

I'm avialable for work wordlwide, so don't hesitate to contact me!

Basic Information
Email:
istvan.balogh AT outlook.com
Phone:
+(41) 78 952 3736
Location:
Zürich, Switzerland
Languages:
English (Fluent), Hungarian (Native)
Eligible to work:
EU & Switzerland (B permit)
Professional Skills
Swift & Objc
100%
iOS SDK
100%
UX & iOS Human interface guidelines
90%
REST, JSON & Swagger
90%
Core Data
80%
CI, Jenkins & Fastlane
70%
Work Experience

2017 - Present

TWINT AG
Senior iOS Engineer - Zürich, Switzerland
  • Designed, built, tested, monitored and maintained high-performance, reusable and reliable code for Switzerland’s No1. Mobile payment application
  • Increased the code coverage by 300% and reduced the reported number of bugs by 35% by developing UI automated tests
  • Reduced the release process time by 50% by automating build and deployment process to the App store using FastLane and Jenkins CI
  • Worked closely with business, design and project teams to develop and ship new features and products

2015 - 2017

Numbrs AG
iOS Engineer - Zürich, Switzerland
  • Translated business requirements into innovative application architectures
  • Led the iOS team during quality improvement sprints and shipped one of the core features of the app 
  • Increased Swift code percentage from 0% to 50% by playing a key role in the migration of the code base from ObjC to Swift

2014 - 2015

QNNECT AG
Lead iOS Engineer - Budapest, Hungary
  • Successfully led a team of three iOS engineers
  • Managed the full mobile development lifecycle of the iOS application

2013 - 2014

Lufhthansa Systems
iOS Engineer - Budapest, Hungary
  • Implemented new features and provided innovative solutions for branding the application in line with the customer’s operational goals

2012 - 2013

SAP Hungary Kft
Junior iOS Engineer - Budapest, Hungary
  • Developed applications and libraries for iPhone and iPad devices
Education

2012

Bsc Degree
Bsc in Computer Science

Eötvös Loránd University, Faculty of Informatics - Budapest, Hungary

The objective is to train Computer Scientists with a professional knowledge based on a solid theoretical background knowledge. The program provides students with a broad education in Computer Science and Software Engineering in combination with specialized work in computer and information processing techniques, programming languages, data structures, information retrieval, operating systems, compiler design etc. The more practical programming courses are aided by several courses in pure and applied mathematics and theoretical computer science courses throughout the curriculum.

References
Contact Me
Feel free to contact me

Location

Zürich, Switzerland

Phone

+(41) 78 952 3736

Email

istvan.balogh AT outlook.com