Lasha Efremidze
Senior Software Development Engineer at Ring
Santa Monica, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolLasha Efremidze is a seasoned mobile software engineer with over a decade of experience designing and leading iOS architecture at companies from startups to tech giants, currently working across Apple and Amazon/Ring teams in Santa Monica. He has shipped consumer-facing apps and platform features at Klutch (acquired by eBay), StubHub, Ring, and Amazon, blending product-minded engineering with deep UIKit/MapKit and SpriteKit expertise. An active open-source author, he built popular iOS utilities like Magnetic (a SpriteKit floating bubble picker) and Cluster (map annotation clustering), demonstrating a knack for elegant UI and spatial algorithms. Lasha pairs a business administration background from Pepperdine with hands-on technical leadership, making him effective at translating product needs into scalable mobile architectures. Colleagues rely on him for pragmatic design decisions and reusable frameworks that accelerate teams across mobile stacks.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Business Administration and Management, General, Business Administration and Management, General at Pepperdine University
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Github Skills (29)
ios10
animation10
annotations10
cluster-computing10
ui-design10
uid10
mapkit10
front-end-development10
spritekit10
swift10
clustering10
annotate10
appleii9
apple19
apple29
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
efremidze/Cluster
Apr 2017 - Aug 2022
Easy Map Annotation Clustering 📍
Role in this project:
Mobile Developer (iOS)
Mobile Developer (iOS)Contributions:3 releases, 179 commits, 49 PRs in 5 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Lasha appears to be developing an iOS application related to map annotation clustering. The commits show the creation of an example application with basic view and app delegate setup. The user implemented a clustering algorithm and associated view, including styling options. The changes also incorporate the `MapKit` framework, along with swift code and modifications to the app's structure.
cocoapodsmapkitannotationsclusteringmap
efremidze/Magnetic
Mar 2017 - Aug 2022
SpriteKit Floating Bubble Picker (inspired by Apple Music) 🧲
Role in this project:Mobile Developer (iOS)
Mobile Developer (iOS)Contributions:1 review, 118 commits, 43 PRs in 5 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Lasha appears to be the primary developer, responsible for the initial project setup and the implementation of core UI elements. The commits demonstrate the creation of the `Magnetic` library and the related example application for iOS. Code changes include the creation of the `AppDelegate`, `ViewController`, and core files for the library. These files include `.h`, `.swift`, `Package.swift`, and UI elements of the application using `SpriteKit`.
bubble-pickercocoapodsanimationfloatingspritekit
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