Reiaz Gafar
Software Engineer at The New York Times
New York, New York, United States
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Top SchoolReiaz Gafar is an experienced iOS software engineer with 8 years building consumer and retail mobile apps, currently contributing to The New York Times after shaping profile and social features at Spotify. He specializes in Swift, Objective-C, UIKit/SwiftUI and hardware integrations (Bluetooth, card readers, scanners), and has deep practical experience keeping large apps stable through Xcode/iOS deprecations and payment SDK updates. At Lightspeed/ShopKeep he led architecture and device integration efforts, created physical testing rigs that combined Appium with Arduino/Raspberry Pi to automate card swipe testing, and helped transition legacy register apps into maintainable long-term support. Comfortable in distributed, cross-functional teams, he pairs pragmatic engineering (CI/CD, Fastlane, unit/integration tests) with product-minded decisions informed by retail domain experience.
8 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
iOS Development, iOS Development at PursuitHigh School Diploma, High School Diploma at The Bronx High School of ScienceStony Brook University
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Github Skills (12)
android-sdk8
robot8
stripe8
react5
ios5
javascript4
reactivecocoa4
searching4
typescript3
callback2
swift1
state-machine1
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
shopkeep/bumblebee
Apr 2019 - Apr 2022
The Robot Card Swiper
Contributions:4 commits, 1 PR, 3 pushes in 3 years 1 month
swiperrobot
reiaz-gafar/Phase
Mar 2018 - May 2019
For every step of your journey, there's Phase.
Contributions:9 PRs, 119 pushes, 11 branches in 1 year 2 months
reactjavascriptjourneytypescriptphase
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