Daniel Bernal
Senior Software Engineer (Apple Platforms)
Pamplona, Navarre, Spain
Summary
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Top SchoolDaniel Bernal is a Senior Software Engineer specializing in Apple platforms with 11 years of experience leading distributed iOS teams and shipping production apps. Currently at DuckDuckGo after managing Tumblr’s iOS core team at Automattic, he combines hands-on development with people leadership—scaling teams, improving performance and modernizing app architecture. His background spans founding startups and directing large engineering organizations across Europe and Latin America, including building a mobile discipline from scratch and running an 80+ person unit with multi-million budgets. Based in Pamplona, he pairs product-minded engineering with practical mentorship and a knack for bringing white‑label and consumer apps from ideation to App Store release. An avid tinkerer, he also builds websites and small iOS projects on GitHub, reflecting a continuous curiosity for new front-end and mobile patterns.
11 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Specialist, Strategic Business Administration, Specialist, Strategic Business Administration at Universidad Iberoamericana
English, Spanish
Github Skills (78)
sms10
webp10
duckduckgo10
sdwebimage10
swift10
filtering10
heif10
visionos10
jpeg10
watchos10
ios-application10
ios10
image10
gif10
privacy10
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
afterxleep/Bouncer
Sep 2019 - Dec 2022
A private SMS filtering application for iOS
Contributions:9 releases, 11 reviews, 173 commits in 3 years 3 months
smsiosfiltering
afterxleep/WireKitSample
Dec 2020 - Sep 2022
Contributions:7 commits, 7 pushes, 3 branches in 1 year 8 months
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