Ramón Argüello
Staff Engineer IOS Lead at Monzo Bank
Arroyomolinos, Community of Madrid, Spain
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Top SchoolRamón Argüello is a Staff iOS Engineer and team lead at Monzo with 13 years of experience building high-quality mobile products across iOS and Android, plus web and voice systems. He brings deep expertise in Swift, Cocoa and legacy Objective-C, and has led platform efforts at Twitter, Verse (acquired by Square) and other fast-moving teams. Ramón combines hands-on engineering with technical leadership—mentoring teams, shaping architecture and shipping video, timeline and real-time features at scale. He contributes to open-source projects (notably UI and UX fixes on popular clients like yakyak) and co-hosts the Strictly Untyped podcast, reflecting his commitment to community and knowledge sharing. A lifelong learner, he studies computer science theory, AI and performance optimization and teaches as an associate lecturer, bridging industry practice with academia. Based in the Madrid area, he balances deep implementation skills with systems thinking and a knack for making complex mobile experiences robust and maintainable.
13 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Introduction to Artificial Intelligence, Introduction to Artificial Intelligence at ai-class.comSummer Workshop Robotics, Summer Workshop Robotics at The Faculty of Engineering at Lund UniversityBachelor of Music Music, Bachelor of Music Music at Móstoles Rodolfo Halffter Music ConservatoryCharles III University of Madrid (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid)Primary and Secondary School, Primary and Secondary School at Colegio Villa de Móstoles
English, Spanish, French
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (20)
javascript10
coffeescript10
electron10
ui-design10
uid10
chat10
notification10
front-end-development10
google-hangouts9
cross-platform9
spellchecking9
android9
custom-view6
uitableview6
localization6
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
yakyak/yakyak
Jun 2016 - Jul 2016
Desktop chat client for Google Hangouts
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:9 commits, 9 PRs, 31 comments in 1 month
Contributions summary:Ramón primarily focused on improving the user interface and fixing bugs related to the application's behavior. They addressed issues like retina icon display, notification focusing on macOS, and full-screen exit. The user also worked on integrating features like a spellchecker and improved the handling of Twitter links within the chat client. They contributed to making the application more robust and user-friendly.
google-hangoutsyakyaknotificationschatcross-platform
neuralcubes/musephero
Apr 2016 - Apr 2016
London Science Museum exhibition
Contributions:37 commits, 34 PRs, 42 pushes in 21 days
sciencemuseum
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