Nikolay Derkach
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SeniorNikolay Derkach is a senior iOS engineer based in Denver with 12 years of software experience and a strong security and cryptography focus. He specializes in building product-minded iOS apps and MVPs for startups, having architected secure mobile SDKs and peer-to-peer payment flows that integrate blockchain and post-quantum ciphers. At Hopper and as a long-time Toptal freelancer he has owned end-to-end iOS platforms, sped development cycles through cross-functional coordination, and advised on product strategy and UX. He also served as a Toptal technical screener, interviewing hundreds of engineers, which sharpened his remote collaboration and hiring judgment. Trained in electrical engineering and applied mathematics at Bauman Moscow State Technical University, he brings a rare combination of low-level systems thinking and product-first delivery to mobile security and communications projects.
12 years of coding experience
Stackoverflow
1,744reputation
274kreached
13answers
25questions
apple-push-notifications
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Github Skills (167)
swiftpm10
ios-framework10
animation10
carthage10
swift10
hero10
cors10
cors-anywhere10
xcode10
tvos10
android-app10
ebay-api10
ios10
ios-animation10
apple-push-notifications9
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
nderkach/airbnb-python
Jan 2015 - Jan 2020
A Python wrapper around the Airbnb API (unofficial)
Contributions:17 commits, 5 PRs, 57 pushes in 5 years 1 month
python
nderkach/couchsurfing-python
Nov 2013 - Sep 2017
Couchsurfing.com Python API
Contributions:35 commits, 2 PRs, 13 pushes in 3 years 11 months
python
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