Hey, I'm Pol
Freelance iOS Software Engineer and Content Creator based in Barcelona, Spain, with 6+ years of experience. I specialize in building unique app experiences on Apple platforms.
My Indie Apps
I actively ship and build these apps that have been featured on the App Store multiple times.
Public Speaking
I have been fortunate enough to speak at a number of events around the world. Here are some of the places I have spoken at in the past.
2024
2023
2022
Exploring the power of Swift beyond app development
Arc remote engineering job fair LatAm
Nov 17, 2022
Work Experience
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Developer Relations - Contract
Runway (Runway.team)
As part of my responsibilities at Runway, I am in charge of creating content for the company's blog, creating video content on Mobile Release Management and be actively involved in the community by speaking at events and conferences. I also do some product work and I am in charge of building the public API for their build distribution platform in Golang. - •
Content Creator
polpiella.dev & iOS CI Newsletter
I write about Apple development on my personal blog to over 7,000 monthly readers and have over 10,000 mothly page views. I also curate a fortnightly newsletter about CI/CD and mobile devops that reachers over 1,200 subscribers. - •
Senior (L4) iOS Engineer
Glovo
Individual contributor in both the Courier and Customer iOS apps for Glovo, a food delivery platform. Along with developing new features and maintaining the existing codebase, I am responsible for mentoring junior engineers, making sure the app's performance is in good shape and driving the adoption of new technologies and best practices. - •
Senior iOS Engineer
BBC (iPlayer)
I was part of the team responsible for the development of the BBC iPlayer app for iOS. I played an active role in architecting and developing new features as well as breaking down a monolithic codebase into smaller, more manageable modules. I also played a key role in delivering a new version of the app that was built from scratch using SwiftUI. - •
iOS Engineer
Student Beans
I was part of the team that actively developed of the Student Beans iOS app. My responsibilities included refactoring legacy features into a VIPER-based architecture, maintain the app's CI/CD pipelines, mentor and onboard new starters and run company-wide knowledge sharing workshops across a variety of topics. - •
iOS Engineer
Music Tribe
I was part of the team working on a set of companion apps for Music Tribe's line of audio products. I worked on projects that involved Bluetooth communication, MIDI, audio processing and communication with external hardware using ZeroMQ and serialised data using Protocol Buffers.