Summary
Sem Shafiq is a founder and lead developer with 10 years of professional experience building polished mobile and front-end experiences from concept to production. As Founder and CTO of Elusive Studio he shapes technical vision and delivery for client projects while also serving as Lead Software Engineer at TWYNS, demonstrating a rare mix of hands‑on iOS/Android implementation and product-level architecture. He specializes in native mobile stacks (Swift, Objective-C, Kotlin, Java) and modern front-end frameworks (React, Angular, TypeScript), and has shipped features for major clients including ING, Bosch, TNT and Ahold Delhaize. Known for translating business needs into scalable, secure apps, he pairs interaction design roots with engineering rigor—an uncommon blend that drives both delightful UX and maintainable code.
10 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
EMMA, Interaction Design, EMMA, Interaction Design at HKU (Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Utrecht)
Bachelor's degree, Communication and Media Studies, Bachelor's degree, Communication and Media Studies at Webster Leiden Campus
English, Urdu, Dutch