Serxhio Gugo

iOS Engineer

About Me

My name is Serxhio Gugo and I am a highly motivated iOS Engineer with over 6 years of experience in Swift programming. I specialize in creating user-friendly applications that enhance mobile experiences, focusing on reliability, quality, and thorough testing.

My work at Caesars has reached millions of users, underscoring my commitment to understanding and integrating user feedback into my development process. I am passionate about the profound impact mobile technology has on our daily lives and eager to continue improving how we interact with technology through well-designed iOS applications.

Contact

Email:

gugoserxhio@gmail.com

Phone:

+1(203-819-1259)

Residence:

West Hartford, CT

Status:

US Citizen

Work Experience

iOS Engineer at Caesars Sportsbook

Sept, 2020 - Present | Caesars Sportsbook

• Led the development of Login/Registration and Account Management with 13+ features including Deposit, Withdraw, User Info, Responsible Gambling, and Self-Exclusion using UIKit and later SwiftUI.

• Developed Homepage and Event Details using reusable UI, URLSession with Codable and Combine for odds, live score updates, and bet authentication, with real-time syncing via WebSockets.

• Expertly managed data using CoreData, and lately SwiftData, ensuring efficient storage and retrieval of user and app data, on places such as the “Bet Slip”, which was crucial for maintaining performance in data-intensive applications.

• Implemented a rewards system (Caesars Rewards) that incentivizes user engagement through personalized offers and points accumulation, using RESTful APIs for backend communication.

• Applied MVVM to structure the app's codebase, making it scalable and maintainable, which was key during large-scale feature rollouts and Unit Testing.

• Mastered the integration of RESTful APIs with URLSession and Codable, ensuring efficient data exchange between the app and server, which was pivotal for features like user authentication and data synchronization.

• Implemented Caesars Rewards system for point accumulation, introducing GraphQL to the project.

• Leveraged Swift's async/await, actors, and structured concurrency for efficient background task management, enhancing performance. Used GCD for multithreading control and applied memory management best practices for optimization.

• Created Unit Tests for all features using XCTest and mocks increasing code coverage from 60% to 85%. Integrated New Relic, FB Analytics and FullStory for performance monitoring and user experience insights

iOS Engineer at Gesture

June 2020 - Sept 2020 | https://gesture.vip/

• Worked closely with the back-end team to design and develop Gesture - Happiness Delivered.

• Developed Event Planning feature using Firebase Cloud Messaging/Functions and NotificationCenter.

• Integrated Twilio for phone number authentication feature.

iOS Engineer at AppCrunch (Contract)

Jan 2019 - June 2020

• Worked closely with the back-end team to design and develop Lollipop App.

• Developed the chat functionality of the app using UIKit and RESTful APIs.

• Implemented camera functionality using AVFoundation.

• Refactoring of the base code from Objective-C to the latest Swift syntax.

Education

iOS Developer Bootcamp from BrainStation Bootcamp

Sept 2018 - Jan 2019

• Completed an intensive 4-month project-based iOS Development curriculum designed by engineers from Facebook, Microsoft, Spotify, and Google. Topics included: Swift, iOS SDK, REST API’s, Persistence, Git, tech principles, culture.

• Graduated from a highly competitive software engineering program whose graduates have been hired at leading companies

Computer Science from CUNY BMCC

2019 - 2021

Technical Skills

• Languages & Technologies: Swift, SwiftUI, RESTful APIs, JSON, GraphQL, WebSockets

• Frameworks & Libraries: UIKit, Combine, RxSwift, URLSession, Async/Await, GCD, AlamoFire, XCTest, CoreLocation, CoreAnimation, AVFoundation, NotificationCenter, SDWebImage, MapKit, Diffusion etc.

• Architectural Patterns: MVVM, TCA, MVC, Modularity via SPM, OOP Principles

• Databases: Core Data, SwiftData, Realm, SQLite, Firebase Realtime Database

• Tools: Xcode, CI/CD (Fastlane, GitLab), App Store Connect, TestFlight, NewRelic, FB Analytics, Fullstory, Instruments, Profiler, Jira/Confluence, Agile/Scrum, Accessibility, Git, Postman, Charles Proxy, Slack.

Personal Projects

CINEMATOR - App Store link: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/cinemator/id1502196280
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