Summary
Oleksandr Frankiv is a Senior Research Engineer specializing in iOS and macOS development with 10 years of experience building device-integrated apps, low-level audio/firmware interfaces, and proprietary IoT communication protocols. He combines industry work at MacPaw and Developex with academic leadership as a senior lecturer at the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, where he authored a comprehensive iOS Development Certificate covering Swift, UIKit/SwiftUI, ML/AR, and CI/CD for Apple platforms. His background spans hands-on engineering for MFi-certified hardware, audio firmware on macOS, and teaching functional and reactive programming (RxSwift/Combine), reflecting deep fluency across both systems and application layers. Currently pursuing a PhD in Computer Science, he bridges research rigor with product-focused delivery, mentoring the next generation of mobile engineers. Based in Kyiv, he is known for translating complex platform constraints into reliable, production-ready solutions and for bringing academic perspective to practical engineering problems.
10 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science at National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy
English, German, Ukrainian