Sawan Kumar

GN

Current

Principal Software Engineer

Current

Gen Digital (Norton)

Mar 2025 - Present (1 year 7 months)

Owns iOS development for Norton VPN, Avast SecureLine VPN, and HMA VPN, focusing on code quality, architecture, feature delivery, and production stability. Reduced high-priority bugs from over 100 to fewer than 5 within a month and regularly uses Xcode Instruments to identify performance bottlenecks.

iOS Swift Objective C SwiftUI UIKit Combine Swift Concurrency Core Data Core ML Vision AVFoundation Core Animation Core Graphics Core Image Computer Vision AI ML Integration MVVM Clean Architecture VIPER Dependency Injection Modular Architectures Micro App Architecture Server Driven UIs Design Systems Framework and Package Development Interface Stability Semantic Versioning Scalable Mobile Platforms Performance Optimization Performance Monitoring Runtime Diagnostics Memory Management Memory Optimization Battery Optimization Application Launch Time Optimization Xcode Instruments XCTest XCUITest Test Driven Development Crash Analysis and Debugging Root Cause Analysis REST APIs GraphQL URLSession Authentication Secure Token Handling WebSockets Fastlane Jenkins TeamCity Swift Package Manager CI CD Pipelines Release Engineering Release Automation App Store Releases Technical Leadership Engineering standards Architecture Reviews Code Review Mentorship Cross Functional Collaboration Agile Delivery GitHub Co Pilot ChatGpt Claude Code AI Code Generation AI Assisted Code Review AI assisted Documentation AI Assisted Refactoring AI assisted Testing

PL

Engineering Lead

Pluang

Apr 2022 - May 2024 (2 years 1 month)

Led the iOS platform for Pluang and managed a team of 8 mobile engineers. Owned end-to-end development of the IDSS stock trading module and improved release reliability by optimizing Fastlane and Jenkins pipelines, reducing release cycle time by 30%.

iOS Swift SwiftUI UIKit Combine Swift Concurrency Core Data Core ML Vision AVFoundation Core Animation Core Graphics Core Image Computer Vision AI ML Integration MVVM Clean Architecture VIPER Dependency Injection Modular Architectures Micro App Architecture Server Driven UIs Design Systems Framework and Package Development Interface Stability Semantic Versioning Scalable Mobile Platforms Performance Optimization Performance Monitoring Runtime Diagnostics Memory Management Memory Optimization Battery Optimization Application Launch Time Optimization Xcode Instruments XCTest XCUITest Test Driven Development Crash Analysis and Debugging Root Cause Analysis REST APIs GraphQL URLSession Authentication Secure Token Handling WebSockets Fastlane Jenkins TeamCity Swift Package Manager CI CD Pipelines Release Engineering Release Automation App Store Releases Technical Leadership Engineering standards Architecture Reviews Code Review Mentorship Cross Functional Collaboration Agile Delivery

IN

Senior Software Engineer

INDMoney

Aug 2019 - Apr 2022 (2 years 8 months)

Joined as one of the early engineers and helped build the INDMoney iOS app from the ground up, working on architecture, platform foundations, feature development, and production releases. Built a micro-app architecture and a Server-Driven UI framework that reduced development costs by $100K annually.

iOS Swift SwiftUI UIKit Combine Swift Concurrency Core Data Core ML Vision AVFoundation Core Animation Core Graphics Core Image Computer Vision AI ML Integration MVVM Clean Architecture VIPER Dependency Injection Modular Architectures Micro App Architecture Server Driven UIs Design Systems Framework and Package Development Interface Stability Semantic Versioning Scalable Mobile Platforms Performance Optimization Performance Monitoring Runtime Diagnostics Memory Management Memory Optimization Battery Optimization Application Launch Time Optimization Xcode Instruments XCTest XCUITest Test Driven Development Crash Analysis and Debugging Root Cause Analysis REST APIs GraphQL URLSession Authentication Secure Token Handling WebSockets Fastlane Jenkins TeamCity Swift Package Manager CI CD Pipelines Release Engineering Release Automation App Store Releases Technical Leadership Engineering standards Architecture Reviews Code Review Mentorship Cross Functional Collaboration Agile Delivery

SL

iOS Developer

Smartivity Labs

Feb 2018 - Aug 2019 (1 year 6 months)

Built the Smartivity Magico iOS app using Core ML, Vision, AVFoundation, and OpenCV. Solved a challenging problem involving real-time finger tracking and handwriting validation, and built an on-device AI pipeline that achieved 95% object recognition accuracy.

iOS Swift Objective C Core ML Vision AVFoundation OpenCV Computer Vision AI ML Integration Performance Optimization Real time processing

XT

iOS Developer

Xperia Technologies

Jul 2015 - Jan 2018 (2 years 6 months)

Built and launched the Mobi-Hub marketplace app, which increased user engagement by 50% through better navigation and overall app experience. Designed and developed the Xperia travel app, integrating location-based services to increase user engagement by 40% and achieve 30% growth in active users within the first year.

iOS Swift Objective C UIKit CoreLocation MapKit REST APIs App Store Release