Sam Dods
Head Of Mobile Engineering, Europe at Valtech
City of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolSam Dods is a seasoned engineering leader and Head of Mobile Engineering for Europe with 12+ years delivering multimillion-pound digital products, particularly in retail and payments. He blends hands-on Swift development with strategic oversight of iOS/Android communities, cross-platform evaluation, and pan-mobile architecture for apps with millions of MAU. A trusted adviser to C-level stakeholders, Sam has driven client-success through high-performing teams, accessibility-first design (e.g., a 4.8★ grocery app consistently rated 5/5 for accessibility), and long-term technical roadmaps. His background spans core banking and embedded systems to cloud and web services, giving him rare depth across mobile and backend domains. An empathetic, direct leader, he prioritises diversity, integrity and transparency while insisting on precision and practical problem-solving. He’s as comfortable iterating a computer-vision algorithm for resource-constrained phones as he is scaling engineering practices across Europe.
12 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BSc) Mathematics and Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (BSc) Mathematics and Computer Science at University of Bristol
Stackoverflow
5,882reputation
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35answers
6questions
swift
top-5%
animation
top-1%
uiview
top-5%
ios
top-5%
Github Skills (71)
ruby10
automation10
animation10
carthage10
swift10
android-apps10
fastlane10
xcode10
android10
mobile10
macos10
objective-c10
ios10
react-native10
newsletter10
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
theappbusiness/ConfigGenerator
Apr 2016 - Oct 2018
Configuration file code generator for use in Xcode projects
Contributions:6 commits, 4 PRs, 6 pushes in 2 years 6 months
configuration-fileplistcode-generatormacosxcode
samdods/samdods.github.io
Jul 2016 - Mar 2022
Contributions:86 pushes, 2 branches in 5 years 9 months
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