Mike Gilroy
Founder at Shipyard Studios
Stony Stratford, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolMike Gilroy is an experienced iOS engineer and founder with 11 years building and shipping consumer apps, currently designing and developing products at Shipyard Studios. He has strong hands-on expertise in Swift and a track record of independently taking apps from concept to App Store featuring—most notably DogCam (App of the Day in 140+ countries) and earlier expense-tracking apps highlighted by Apple. His background includes platform-level work at Apple on the App Store across iOS, watchOS, macOS, tvOS and visionOS, plus senior roles at fast-moving consumer tech companies like Hopper, Airtasker and Deliveroo. Mike blends product design sensibility with deep implementation skills, often leading small teams or working solo to deliver polished UX and robust code. Based in Stony Stratford, he pairs an economics degree with immersive iOS training, giving him a pragmatic, user-focused approach to building sustainable apps. Not obvious from titles alone: he repeatedly launches niche, high-impact apps that attract editorial attention, demonstrating an instinct for simple ideas that scale internationally.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
BSc (Hons) Economics, BSc (Hons) Economics at University of BirminghamRoyal Latin SchooliOS Developer Immersive Course, iOS Developer Immersive Course at Devmountain
English, English
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Github Skills (22)
authentication9
firebase-storage9
swift8
firebase-messaging8
firebase8
firebase-database8
firebase-functions8
sdk8
push-notifications8
ios8
firebase-authentication8
objective-c8
macos7
cocoapods6
xcode6
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
mikegilroy/SegmentedControl
Mar 2017 - Mar 2017
Contributions:16 commits, 12 pushes, 2 branches in 7 days
mikegilroy/Timeline
Nov 2015 - Nov 2015
Contributions:43 pushes, 1 branch in 8 days
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