Beknar Danabek

Results-driven iOS engineer who is passionate about crafting products that bring value to people.

Almaty, Kazakhstan, GMT+6

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About

With more than 7 years of professional experience, I have worked in various industries, such as E-commerce, Travel, Education, Hardware, Fintech, Music, Chat, and Beauty/Health. I have experience working with both small teams (2+ members) and large enterprise teams (55k). In addition to my full-time roles, I also enjoy organizing meetups, mentoring students, and working on an independent product publicly.

Professional Experience

Bank Center Credit
Almaty, Kazakhstan
Remote

2023 Jan - Present

Senior iOS Engineer

Bank CenterCredit - leading Fintech company in Kazakhstan with 3 million retail and corporate clients. • Delivered a product resulting in a significant contribution to the bank’s growth of ∼1.1% • Developed ”Digital tenge” card as one of the first banks in Kazakhstan • Implemented ”card top-up” via ApplePay as one of the first banks in Central Asia • Delivered ”Intrabank/interbank refunds” where 7000 transfers were refunded • Recruited a new employee, authored documentations on iOS employee onboarding and ticket evaluation Tech Stack: iOS SDK, Swift, VIPER, Bitrise, Gitlab Pipelines

QazPost
Astana, Kazakhstan
Remote

2023 June - 2023 Dec

Lead iOS Engineer

KazPost - the national postal operator in the Republic of Kazakhstan. • Built an app from scratch leading a team of 3 iOS developers • Implemented reusable UI components from Design System,, Main/QR Scanner/Notifications/Settings screens • Designed core modules: API Client, Routing, Localization, Interactive WebView using JS events • Configured infrastructure: Tuist, SwiftLint, Fastlane Match, Network debugger • Release management, Tech documentation, Hiring Tech Stack: iOS SDK, Swift, SwiftUI, Combine, Async/Await, SnapKit, TestFlight

Freelance

Almaty, Kazakhstan

2022 Aug - 2023 Jan

Consultant/Developer

Developed/Consulted on 2 apps: 1) Chess Legends - Personal chess lessons from World Champions using AI 2) Totem Chat - Geo-locational social network. Implemented chat module. Conducted lectures to iOS interns Tech Stack: iOS SDK, Swift, SwiftUI, Combine, ChatLayout

Rap Tech Studios
London, UK
Remote

2021 Dec - 2022 Aug

iOS Engineer

Rap Fame - the world's largest app for rappers and hip hop fans with 15M + downloads, some of the most prolific artists have over 1M listens of their tracks. • Implemented a new Paywall increasing premium purchase conversion • Developed a reward system increasing beginners’ upload tracks • Implemented real time sound to waveform convertion which increased rap recording • Redesigned main button to be able to dynamically present different options for each user segment • Enhanced the chat functionality for improved user engagement Tech Stack: iOS SDK, Swift, XIBs, MVVM, Jenkins

EPAM Systems
Minsk, Belarus

2020 Sep - 2020 Dec

Software Engineer

- Hardware domain - ScrumBall: • Implemented CoreBluetooth connectivity • Designed flexible daily meeting logic on an iPhone with a live update on the ScrumBall • Configure the hardware color, alarm tone, vibration type, read the device’s battery using BLE - Aer Lingus - The flag carrier airline of Ireland: • Implemented vouchers system from scratch allowing travelers apply a discount to a trip • Redesigned a passenger essentials screen; Presented demo to stakeholders • Contributed in a code quality gate by integrating static code analyzer into the project • Migrated 3000+ SLOC to Swift Tech Stack: iOS SDK, Swift, Objective-C, Jenkins

Kolesa Group
Almaty, Kazakhstan

2019 Jan - 2020 Aug

iOS developer

• Supported 4 iOS applications with over 12 million users, 1m DAU. Maintained 99% crash-free sessions • Improved DevEx/TestEx by maintaining infrastructure. Reduced compilation time by 20% • Developed library (+400 LOC) to force update applications & integrated among 4 projects • Designed inner scheme changing library and sped up developers/testers velocity by 10% • Implemented new types of promotional packages which gave significant growth in non-paying clusters • Refactored entire monetization module (-2000 LOC) • Migrated custom libraries from Objective-C to Swift and reduced build failings on CI by 25%

Zero to One Labs

Almaty, Kazakhstan

Jun 2018 - Jan 2019

iOS Developer → React Native Developer → Lead iOS Developer

• Built mobile applications using iOS SDK & Swift and React Native • Led 4 person iOS team to develop 1 iOS application from scratch • Used different types of architecture patterns: MVC, MVVMC+RxSwift • Used MobX, Redux with React Native & AppCenter for CI/CD • Organized 'Knowledge base' consisting articles about team, development and processes Tech Stack: iOS SDK, Swift, RxSwift, React Native, Javascript, TypeScript, Redux, MobX, Jest

Khan Group
Almaty, Kazakhstan

2018 Jan - 2018 May

iOS Developer

Development and maintenance of zapis • Multiple screens' redesigns allowed growth of retention 2x • Integrated Google Analytics, Push Notifications, Crashlytics

nFactorial Incubator
Astana, Kazakhstan

2017 Jun - 2017 Aug

Participant

nFactorial Incubator is the 12-week app development bootcamp to produce job-ready mobile app engineers. Developed 2 iOS applications during the program: 1) Zheti Söz have been topping in Education category in AppStore with ~2500 downloads 2) AIFC News, solves the problem of news scattering by gathering all the news into one platform using Google RSS Feed

Mentoring Experience

nFactorial Incubator
Almaty, Kazakhstan

2023 Jun - 2023 Aug

Lead Mentor

nFactorial Incubator is the longest and largest project in Kazakhstan that offers free training in software development and trains professional software engineers. This year, the top 100 software engineering students in the country dedicated 10 intensive weeks to building their AI applications. • Compiled a training program with other mentors • Hired mentors • Invited several indie hackers to share their experiences • Personally led an iOS course, delivering lectures on the fundamentals of iOS development and assisting students in releasing their apps on the App Store. 15/20 students were successful in releasing their apps Tech Stack: Terminal · HTML/CSS · Javascript (DOM/Events)· ReactJS · Python/FastAPI/MongoDB · iOS/SwiftUI/Alamofire/SPM

nFactorial Incubator
Almaty, Kazakhstan

2022 Jun - 2022 Aug

Mentor

• Mentored ~200 students • Gave lectures on fundamentals of javascript • Organized several events like blind pair programming, game jam, etc • Conducted daily meetings for team of 10 students Tech Stack: Terminal · HTML/CSS · Javascript (DOM/Events) · JQuery/Bootstrap · ReactJS · REST API · NodeJS

Hello, Turing!
Kaskelen, Kazakhstan

2018 Dec - 2019 May

Mentor

Building progressive community by providing mentorship from senior students to fellow first and second year students

Education

Suleyman Demirel University, Kazakhstan

2015 - 2019
Computer Science

Multimedia University, Malaysia

2016 - 2016
Computer Science

Skills

Swift
SwiftUI
Objective-C
Combine
JavaScript
Python
React JS