Samuel Franz
IOS Engineer
Excelsior,MN
Summary
Experienced iOS Engineer with close to 11 years of experience in Swift. Excellent reputation for resolving problems, and being recognized for inspiring team members to excel and adopt new methods in development. Each day being led through passion and drive to create something purposeful and beautiful.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Software Engineer
SmartThings
04.2020 - Current
- Worked closely with other teams to deliver type-safe REST APIs to internal and external clients.
- Helped improve SDK code coverage through extensive unit tests and functional tests.
- Managed around 10 projects simultaneously while maintaining strict deadlines and high-quality standards.
- Added multiple SwiftUI examples to help test SDK functionality.
- Helped transition numerous repositories from GitLab to GitHub Enterprise. This process also involved updating their CI/CD process to utilize GitHub Actions.
- Managed and maintained all the Self-Hosted Runners. These were individual instances of MacOS (MacStadium) which ran all of our GitHub Action workflows. This includes updating software, and handling any type of bug or error that would occur.
- Mentored junior developers, fostering professional growth and enhancing team productivity.
iOS Engineer
WHCC
06.2015 - 03.2020
- Created Network models to download and upload via RESTful services; parsing, processing, caching large data sets - including images. Also created some custom processes for downloading images for offline usage on device.
- Integrated with third party APIs for OAuth, Cloud Services, and more.
- Worked closely with Product Designers (UI/UX) to perfect their designs and make them come to life. Often through quick prototyping allowing them to see it before proceeding.
- Worked on creating truly unique experiences; such as, External Screen Support via Airplay (or cabled connection) and also AR support.
- Created numerous private Cocoapods that allowed for reusability of code. Also worked on the process of converting old Cocoapods to Swift Packages.
- Wrote extensive Unit Tests and created mock objects for testing network components.
- Shipped out numerous releases to the App Store and Testflight.
Lead iOS Engineer
Wandr
02.2015 - 08.2017
- Numerous product meetings discussing feasibility of creating UI/UX components. If there were problems, I'd come with solutions.
- Interacted with Map services (Google Maps, MapKit).
- Integrated with Firebase's APIs and services
- Created complex UI to match design docs.
Front-End Developer Intern
WHCC
06.2014 - 06.2015
- Built the front end to display progress of orders through each department on production floor.
- Updated their order tracking application. This needed to integrate with OAuth /API services to pull down user's ordering history.
- Converted many files from Objective-C to Swift
Education
Bachelor of Science - Computer Information Systems
University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point
Stevens Point, WI 05.2001 -
Skills
Swift
Unit/Functional Testing
CI/CD
SwiftUI
Xcode Cloud
HTML/CSS
UI/UX
Timeline
Senior Software Engineer
SmartThings
04.2020 - Current
iOS Engineer
WHCC
06.2015 - 03.2020
Lead iOS Engineer
Wandr
02.2015 - 08.2017
Front-End Developer Intern
WHCC
06.2014 - 06.2015
Bachelor of Science - Computer Information Systems
University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point
05.2001 -