Simon Blommegård
Mobile Developer at GeoGuessr
Karlstad, Sweden
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Top SchoolSimon Blommegård is a seasoned mobile developer with 16 years of experience building polished iOS and cross-Apple-platform apps from startup to scale. Currently at GeoGuessr and previously co-founder of Bowtie AB, he blends product-minded engineering with hands-on implementation across consumer and developer tools. His open-source work includes meaningful contributions to FlagKit—modernizing it for Swift 4/5 and expanding support to macOS and tvOS—and enhancements to the Knuff APNs debug app that improved payload editing and developer UX. Skilled in shipping merchant and consumer mobile experiences (Tictail, Wrapp, Viaplay), he pairs a computer science background from Linköping with an entrepreneurial drive to turn UX-focused ideas into robust, multi-platform code.
16 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Upper secondary school, Natural Science, Upper secondary school, Natural Science at Forsmarks SkolaBachelor's degree, Computer Science, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science at Tekniska högskolan vid Linköpings universitet
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Github Skills (18)
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ui-design10
uid10
front-end-development10
swift10
user-interface9
osdev9
tvos9
macos9
web-framework9
iconsets8
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Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
madebybowtie/FlagKit
Aug 2015 - May 2021
Beautiful flag icons for usage in apps and on the web.
Role in this project:
Mobile Developer (iOS)
Mobile Developer (iOS)Contributions:19 releases, 77 commits, 19 PRs in 5 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Simon primarily contributed to the development of the iOS framework, FlagKit, focusing on adding functionality and expanding platform support. Their work involved introducing special flag cases, integrating support for macOS, tvOS, and unifying the targets. They migrated the project to Swift 4 and Swift 5 and adjusted the codebase to function properly across different Apple operating systems by implementing specific changes for each platform and updating the build process.
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KnuffApp/Knuff
Oct 2011 - May 2020
The debug application for Apple Push Notification Service (APNs).
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:6 releases, 154 commits, 15 PRs in 8 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Simon primarily focused on adding and improving the functionality of the debug application for the Apple Push Notification Service (APNs). Their commits showcase the addition of a custom payload feature, enabling users to define their notification content. These modifications included changes to the application's UI, code changes, and incorporating a syntax highlighter, enhancing the developer experience within the app.
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