Summary
David Barkman is a seasoned mobile engineering leader with 13+ years crafting native iOS and Android apps and a career that began with shell scripting on HP-UX and PHP web APIs. He currently leads mobile development at CallRail, mentoring engineers and driving Swift and Kotlin projects from design through release, while maintaining an active consulting practice building SwiftUI apps and accessibility-focused educational tools like TacTilesApp. David has built production mobile products and back-end APIs for startups and enterprises alike—ranging from the sole Yahoo! Fantasy Football WebOS app to core Android apps supporting 150k+ users—and has run his own projects and services (including an automated @everyEarthquake feed) from his Github. He combines hands-on coding with engineering management experience, having led cross-functional teams, hiring plans, and major rewrites at Hyland and AppointmentPlus. Known for embracing new platforms early, he was an early SwiftUI adopter and continues to evangelize modern native techniques while keeping a pragmatic, product-focused approach.
13 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer