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Sylus Abel

@sylusabel

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I build native iOS and cross-platform mobile products for fintech and consumer experiences.

Kenya

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What I'm looking for

I'm looking to build scalable mobile products with clean architecture and exceptional user experiences, especially across fintech and consumer applications. I value collaborative remote teams, meaningful product ownership, and opportunities to work across mobile, web, APIs, and developer tooling.

I've shipped Unitrack, a native iOS wealth-management app built in Swift and SwiftUI, with real-time portfolio analytics, custom visualisations, offline caching, and TestFlight delivery.

At Stratosphere Network, I led UI/UX redesign work across React Native and React.js, helping secure $5M in funding and expanding Sphere Wallet through mobile money, Apple Pay, and Google Pay support. I also built tokenisation platform features that onboarded 10 Amazon store owners.

At Mentorlst, I helped build a peer-to-peer mentoring platform for 200+ mentors and mentees, including real-time chat and Twilio video streaming for 50 concurrent users. I improved responsiveness with TanStack Query, reducing wait times by 50% and unnecessary database calls by 70%.

I'm equally comfortable building mobile products, APIs, and developer communities: I've trained 1,000+ developers in dApp development, contributed to open source, and work across clean architecture, testing, DevOps, and cross-functional remote teams.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

iOS Developer (Independent)

Current

Unitrack – Intelligent Wealth OS

Oct 2024 - Present (1 year 10 months)

Architected and shipped a fully native iOS wealth management app using Swift and SwiftUI, following MVVM architecture and Apple Human Interface Guidelines. Managed end-to-end delivery pipeline including TestFlight beta distribution and App Store submission.

Swift SwiftUI MVVM Core Animation Core Graphics JSON TestFlight XCode

Software Engineer

Stratosphere Network

Jan 2025 - Jan 2026 (1 year)

Led UI/UX redesign using React Native and React.js, contributing to securing $5M in funding. Redesigned Sphere Wallet mobile experience and built tokenisation platform UI, onboarding 10 merchants.

React Native React UI UX Design Google Pay

Software Engineering Intern

Mentorlst (SpaceYaTech)

Jun 2024 - Dec 2024 (6 months)

Built a peer-to-peer mentoring platform serving 200+ mentors and mentees, including real-time chat and video streaming UI using Twilio. Implemented Tanstack Query for data-fetching, reducing wait times by 50%.

React Native Expo Tanstack Query Twilio Framer Motion JavaScript

Developer Relations Intern

ICP Hub Kenya

Dec 2023 - Jun 2024 (6 months)

Trained 1,000+ developers across Kenyan universities on building decentralised applications. Conducted technical workshops and mentored developers on TypeScript and blockchain fundamentals.

TypeScript Blockchain DApp Development Mentor

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

Dedan Kimathi University of Science & Technology

Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering

2021 - 2025

Activities and societies: Web Dev Lead, Tech Lead Community; AWS Campus Ambassador; Microsoft Learn Student Ambassador (MLSA).

Pursued a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering with relevant coursework in programming and microprocessors. Served as Web Dev Lead and Tech Lead Community, and was an AWS Campus Ambassador and Microsoft Learn Student Ambassador.