Summary
Rowland Smith is a Senior Consultant based in Durham, NC with a decade of experience building native iOS and macOS applications and designing user interfaces. He brings deep expertise in Swift (4–5.x), SwiftUI, Objective‑C, and the Apple SDKs, combined with a background in distributed systems and Python that enables end-to-end problem solving. His earlier roles as Principal Software Engineer at CipherOptics and hands-on iOS development for clients inform a pragmatic approach to secure, maintainable apps—bolstered by familiarity with PKCS/PKIX public‑key cryptography standards. As a self‑employed consultant since 2015, he blends product-focused UI craftsmanship with systems thinking, often tackling cryptographic or distributed challenges that typical mobile engineers may not encounter.
10 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer