Neil Hipona
Sr. Software Engineer B2 at Freelancer
Calabarzon, Philippines
Summary
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SeniorNeil Hipona is a senior software engineer and tech lead with 11 years of hands-on experience building iOS apps and full-stack web services, currently leading mobile development at Cognizant. He blends deep Swift/SwiftUI and reactive patterns with backend Node.js and AWS operational know-how, regularly shipping CI/CD-backed releases for both enterprise banking and consumer projects. Comfortable switching roles between solo contributor, project lead, and freelancer, he has overseen server architecture, REST API design, and AWS deployments across startups and global teams. Neil’s curiosity drives him beyond apps into network management, security, and home lab tinkering—skills that inform pragmatic, production-ready engineering decisions. Known for mentoring peers and collaborating with high-performing teams, he consistently focuses on delivering features that make immediate business impact.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Stackoverflow
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74answers
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Github Skills (41)
objective-c10
ios10
xcode10
carthage10
swift10
macos10
cocoapods10
blocking9
adblock9
ads9
textfield9
advertising8
fill8
animator7
normal7
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
nfhipona/AutoCompleteTextField
Mar 2016 - Jun 2020
TextField with smart suggestion for email inputs
Contributions:3 releases, 122 commits, 14 PRs in 4 years 3 months
textfieldsuggestioncarthagecocoapodsemail-suggestion
nferocious76/NFImageView
Jul 2016 - Jul 2020
NFImageView acts like a normal UIImageView with the added feature of location fill: '.Top, .Left, .Right, .Bottom'
Contributions:110 commits, 4 PRs, 74 pushes in 4 years
cocoapodsfillnormaluiimageviewleft-right
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