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rakesh rai

@rakeshrai19

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Lead iOS engineer with 14+ years building Swift/SwiftUI apps for IoT, healthcare, and consumer experiences.

India

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What I'm looking for

I’m looking for an iOS leadership role where I can own architecture and delivery end-to-end, build reliable experiences, and partner across cloud/analytics/IoT to ship revenue-impacting features with strong engineering standards.

I’m a Lead iOS Engineer with 14+ years of experience building iOS apps across IoT, Healthcare, Retail, and Entertainment. At Cradlewise, I owned the iOS app end-to-end—from architecture to App Store releases—supporting a product used by 50K+ families each month, and shipping 20+ App Store releases.

I work well across the stack, combining Swift/SwiftUI with real-time streaming and IoT communication (WebRTC, CocoaMQTT), while modernising cloud integration through migrations like AWS SDK to AWS Amplify. I lead architecture and reliability improvements, build analytics and remote diagnostics pipelines, and deliver revenue-impacting subscription features—bringing crash-free sessions from 97% to 99.3% through Swift Concurrency migration and log-driven production debugging.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Lead iOS Developer

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Cradlewise Inc.

Sep 2022 - Present (3 years 10 months)

Owned the iOS app end-to-end for an IoT smart crib, including architecture, App Store releases, feature development, bug prioritisation, and TestFlight beta distribution. Integrated WebRTC and CocoaMQTT, modernised AWS integration to Amplify, and built analytics and remote diagnostics to improve reliability and monetisation outcomes.

Swift SwiftUI WebRTC CocoaMQTT AWS Amplify Amplitude AWS Lambda TestFlight

iOS Lead

SpanIdea System

Jan 2022 - Sep 2022 (8 months)

Built an Activity Tracker module from scratch, owning feature planning and architecture decisions for a project with a Clean Architecture approach. Integrated GraphQL, adopted Swift Concurrency (async/await, Task, withCheckedContinuation), and improved unit/UI test coverage while guiding code reviews.

Clean Architecture Realm GraphQL Async Await WithCheckedContinuation Unit Testing UI Testing

Senior iOS Developer

URfeed

Sep 2020 - Jan 2022 (1 year 4 months)

Migrated an app architecture from MVC to VIPER to improve testability and maintainability. Developed a high-performance Video Comments feature using AsyncDisplayKit, implemented Mixpanel analytics, and set up Bitrise CI/CD for automated builds and deployments.

VIPER MVC AsyncDisplayKit Mixpanel iOS Video Features

iOS Developer

Landmark Group

Feb 2017 - Aug 2020 (3 years 6 months)

Owned payment-related iOS features including Gift Card, Card Offer, and EMI for e-commerce brands within Landmark Group. Partnered with Product Managers to design and ship A/B tests via Monetate, and provided live production support during high-traffic sale events with emergency fixes.

Gift Cards Monetate A B Testing

Senior Software Engineer

CodeCraft Technologies

Oct 2011 - Feb 2017 (5 years 4 months)

Shipped 10+ iOS apps across Healthcare, Entertainment, Enterprise, and Sports Analytics, using Objective-C (2011–2014) and Swift (2014–2017). Led iOS architecture decisions and integrated frameworks including Apple Health, Microsoft HealthVault, Salesforce iOS SDK, Core Data, OpenCV, Facebook Graph API, Crashlytics, and Cocos2D.

Objective C Swift Microsoft HealthVault Core Data OpenCV IOS Architectures