Summary
Adam Schoonmaker is a tech lead and senior iOS engineer with 11 years of experience building consumer apps and platform media services, currently shaping AllTrails’ award-winning mobile experience. He’s led cross-functional teams to deliver major initiatives—from architecting Collections and Community features at AllTrails to launching a redesigned Airbnb search experience ahead of the IPO. At Apple he maintained the Media Player SDK and playback engine, improved stability across devices including HomePod and automotive integrations, showing deep systems-level and framework expertise. Known for readable, reliable, and maintainable code, he also builds internal tooling and design-system foundations that scale team velocity. Comfortable balancing hands-on implementation with delegation and stakeholder ownership, he repeatedly converts product and design vision into measurable UX and business improvements. Based in Denver, he brings a rare mix of consumer product polish and low-level media systems experience, plus a founder’s instinct from an earlier startup.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS) - Honors College Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (BS) - Honors College Computer Science at Michigan State University
Spanish, Polish, English