Brian Lane

Brooklyn, NY | 831 247 7828 | mr.brianlane@gmail.com | Linkedin.com/in/brianlanecodes/

Senior iOS Developer

Dynamic Leader with 6 Years of Expertise in Enterprise Design, Product Development and Process Optimization

Versatile and experienced software engineer offering expertise in the full software development lifecycle, mobile application development and design, and project management. Proven track-record of designing and executing successful software engineering initiatives aligned to organizational objectives with a focus on end user satisfaction. Deep technical expertise combined with an understanding of the importance of highly effective UI/UX design, data-driven analysis, and stakeholder management. Collaborative leader continually focused on building relationships to produce highly effective cross-functional teams, increasing productivity, and improving outcomes. Individual dedicated to self-reflection and personal improvement.

CORE COMPETENCIES

-     Framework Development

-     Requirements Analysis

-    User Experience

-     Project Management

-     Mobile Infrastructure

-    Cross-functional Leadership

-     Product and Process Optimization

-     Product Development

-    Cloud Integration

-     Risk Mitigation

-     System Implementation

-    Enterprise Administration

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Aura Home                                                                                                                                           2022 - Present

Senior iOS Developer

- Led an iOS team of 3 on a $5.5MM consumer product, directed junior developers on the project to reduce app start time by 25%, and removed concurrency bottlenecks to achieve a 25% performance increase.

- Planned an accessibility feature rollout seeking to provide accessibility in font sizes for low sight users, improving experience for 40% of customers and stress tested performance to scale for 750K+ user influx.

- Spearheaded the module migration from Objective-C to Swift by creating project plans, developing a schedule, and allocating the $1MM budget, reducing the app size by 7%          

- Identified security lapses in codebase and helped to implement policies that reduced 75+ leaked documents and later introduced unit testing to increase codebase coverage by 40%.

- Discovered various redundancies in cloud dependencies and developed a framework to reduce upload complexity by 50% and developed UI component library to reduce code bloat by 5K lines.

Spotify                                                                                                                                                    2021 - 2022

Software Developer II

- Oversaw a team of 5 R&D developers who produced software tools for 6MM+ users in the advertising sector, and developed features for multiple $1MM accounts, responsible for 13% of total revenue for $1B+ annually.

- Provided technical expertise and mentorship for a fellowship program of 20+ junior developers, onboarded 2 developers to codebase, and held weekly coaching sessions to improve performance.

- Spearheaded an analysis user experiment to test for ad performance, resulting in product efficiencies being made for 5 different groups with 1MM+ users each.

- Transitioned from Objective-C to Swift for 10+ modules by testing feasibility, suggesting options for implementation, and mitigating any risks that appeared in the 6-month timeline.

- Developed internal software tools for 100+ developers, intended to aide in training and development, while simultaneously reducing errors by 10%.

Beyond Identity                                                                                                                                       2020 – 2021

Software Developer

- Led the business development to a $1B evaluation by implementing enterprise software for 40+ companies and building software that effectively grew revenue 330% year over year.

- Built SDK used by 20 different parties by supporting the process through ideation, creation, and implementation, successfully launching within 3-months.

- Founded DEI organization with 20+ members to create a more inclusive environment by hosting hiring events at diverse colleges, holding events to celebrate other cultures, and giving training on inclusivity to 50+ employees.

- Wrote company-wide framework code within Rust and type-based code generation framework that increased application speed by 30% and reduced developer time by 100 hours, respectively.

- Doubled the size of the engineering team by assisting in writing accurate job descriptions, sourcing talent from job boards, and onboarding 5 developers within 1-month.

Medidata Solutions                                                                                                                                   2017 - 2020

Applications Engineer

- Served as an engineer on a team that generated clinical trial software used by 40K+ clients and contributed to $600MM in annual revenue and provided feature and application support for a Fortune 500 client with a $45B annual revenue.

- Built a mobile app used by 60% of life science companies and successfully decreased the customer set up time by 50% by implementing process efficiencies and gaining a better understanding of user experience.

- Developed a code generation engine to derive protocol conformance of 50+ types and reduced the developer time by 500+ hours, saving an estimated $30K in labor costs.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

iOS, Swift, Objective-C, C++, Java, Kotlin, Rust, Git, GitHub, Mobile App Development, Object-Oriented Programming, SDK, API

EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS

Bachelor of Arts – Linguistics – University of California, Santa Cruz