Summary
Shady Mostafa is a Senior iOS Engineer based in Berlin with over a decade of hands-on experience building quality iOS apps, grounded in early mastery of Cocoa/Objective-C and a deep understanding of framework conventions and memory management. He has shipped products across startups and large platforms, including multi-year roles at Onefootball and Viacom and most recently senior positions at Qonto and SoundCloud. Known for prioritizing maintainability and robust architecture, he blends pragmatic engineering with a continuous-learning mindset. As a former co‑founder and long-time platform enthusiast, he brings both product intuition and a developer-first perspective to mobile projects. Colleagues describe him as analytical, sociable, and purpose-driven—someone who treats code quality as a long-term product investment. His playful GitHub persona, "Run, Shady, Run!", hints at a developer who balances seriousness about craft with a light, collaborative spirit.
10 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree Computer Science, Bachelor's degree Computer Science at Helwan University Cairo
English, Arabic