Alikhan Mussabekov

VK is the biggest social network in CIS and a common brand for many other apps and services in the group.

I had been working in main iOS application core and Core SDK teams.

iOS Core:

• Developed core UI components and created custom animations in collaboration with designers
• Refactored, maintained and redesigned huge sections of iOS VK Client which has 1M+ DAU
• Optimized resources and decreased application bundle size by 10%
• Worked with quality assurance team to confirm app compatibility with analogous solutions on other platforms

Core iOS SDK:

VK has own SDK which is called SuperAppKitSDK. It contains 10+ different frameworks (Authorization, payment, network and others). It is distributed internally in VK group and externally on Github https://github.com/VKCOM/superappkit-ios using Cocoapods.

• Developed and maintained tens of different Objective-C and Swift frameworks.
• Developed payments framework (VKPay) in collaboration with backend and android engineers. Integrated Apple Pay.
• Developed React Native modules using Objective-C and TypeScript.
• Took part in architecture designing of whole SDK and initialization.
• Took part in optimization of testing and release flow of SDK.
• Worked with stakeholders to find collaborative ways to deliver business value for parties.
• Worked with managers and developers from other services which integrated our SDK to improve our product
• Researched and selected APIs for integration into development projects.

SZ Remote Flac - application that allows you to control remotely your HiFi audio playback device.

• Coded manager to control socket connection with playback device
• Used AutoLayout to create user interfaces
• Developed network client using structured concurrency
• Used to communicate with customers and planned sprints

Toyota Finance app helps you to apply, make an online payment, get information and history on active and closed microloans. Application can notify you with the payment deadlines and contact with support.

• Created application using Swift from scratch
• Used AutoLayout to create UI and Alamofire for REST requests
• Integrated Firebase remote notifications
• Maintained App Store certificates
• Used Cocoapods for third party frameworks