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Arslan
Ahmad.

Principal iOS Engineer · 6+ Years Experience

From creative media apps to enterprise insurance platforms — building software that matters. Swift, SwiftUI, security hardening, and complex SDK integrations.

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Employee of the Month
Ozoned Digital · 2023
Arslan Ahmad
Expertise

Skills & Technologies

A full-stack iOS skill set built across creative apps, enterprise insurance, and security-critical financial platforms.

Core iOS
SwiftObjective-CXcodeUIKitSwiftUIiOS SDKSwiftData
Architecture
MVVMDesign PatternsrxSwiftStoryboardsAutolayoutsCocoapodsSPM
APIs & Data
REST APIJSON ParsingWebSocketData ModelingPostmanGraphQL
SDKs & Services
FirebaseHealthKitMapKitMLKitWatchKitPush NotificationsIn-App PurchasesPolar SDKSupabase
Security
Jailbreak DetectionAES-256 EncryptionSSL PinningSecure EnclaveKeychainObfuscation
AI & Tools
Claude APIAI-Assisted DevGitHub ActionsFastlaneTestFlightApp Store Connect
Work History

Experience

From creative media apps to enterprise insurance platforms — building software that matters.

Dec 2022 — Present
Ozoned Digital · Lahore
Principal iOS Engineer
👥 Team Lead · 2+ Members🏆 Employee of the Month · 2023
Enterprise Health & Wellness Platform
Health & wellness iOS app with real-time HealthKit integration, custom dashboards, graphs, and SDK integrations. Under NDA.
SwiftHealthKitREST APIsGraphsCustom SDKs
Insurance Platform (Africa-wide)
Enterprise iOS platform for a major insurer across East & Central Africa. Security-hardened with jailbreak detection, encryption, SSL pinning. Under NDA.
SwiftREST APIsSecuritySSL PinningEncryption
Digital Agents Portal
State-of-the-art portal for insurance agents to manage operations and serve customers at scale. Under NDA.
SwiftREST APIsGraphsSecurity
Jan 2019 — Dec 2022
Mobizion · Daska
Mobile App Developer (iOS)
TravelDiv
Places search and hotel booking app with account-free booking.
SwiftrxSwiftSockets
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Collage Maker
Feature-rich photo collage maker with themed template categories.
SwiftObjective-CPaintCode
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Cut Paste Photos Pro
Advanced cut-and-paste photo editor with Rotate, Scale, Flip tools.
SwiftObjective-CFirebase
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Video Editor / zShot
All-in-one suite combining video editing, collage, slideshow, and document scanning.
SwiftObjective-CFirebase
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iColor
Adult coloring app with hundreds of images and custom page creation.
SwiftObjective-C
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ThoughtCast
Mentalist tool paired with sensor board for real-time audience display.
SwiftiSkin SDK
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E-Perform
Fitness tracking app integrating Polar devices for heart rate and calories.
SwiftSwiftUIPolar SDK
Hidden Camera Detector
ML-powered app detecting cameras, routers, and network devices.
SwiftMLKitPython
Side Projects

Personal Projects

What I build outside the 9–5 — independent apps and experiments.

FootSteps

LIVE

GPS trail tracking iOS app with ghost navigation. SwiftUI + SwiftData + Google Maps + Supabase + Firebase. Currently shipping v1.3 with push notifications, trail sharing, and family integration.

SwiftUISwiftDataGoogle MapsSupabaseFirebaseUniversal Links

HisabPro

IN DEV

UAE bookkeeping & VAT app for small businesses. Built with SwiftUI + SwiftData. VAT compliance, receipts, and tax reports.

SwiftUISwiftDataPDF GenerationVAT Logic

Prism

CONCEPT

iOS app exploring spectral / visual effects. Built as a creative coding experiment.

SwiftMetalCore Image

Brain & Bricks

YOU'RE HERE

This site — built with Astro 6, Tailwind v4, GSAP, and deployed on Cloudflare Workers. Open source and AI-collaborative.

AstroTailwindGSAPCloudflare

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WIP

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AI-First Engineer

Shipping with AI as my dev partner.

I don't just use AI tools — I build with them every day. Claude Code, MCP servers, prompt-driven workflows, and custom AI agents are part of how I architect and ship. This is what 3× faster development actually looks like in practice.

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Claude Code

Daily collaborator for architecture decisions, code review, refactoring, and shipping features. Treat AI as a senior peer.

Claude OpusCLISubagents
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MCP Servers

Custom Model Context Protocol servers connecting AI to project context — git, APIs, design systems, and live preview.

MCPToolsIntegration
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AI-Native Workflows

Spec-driven development, AI code review, automated PR descriptions, design-to-code pipelines, and prompt-engineered solutions.

WorkflowsAutomationCI/CD
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Custom AI Agents

Building specialized iOS agents — code reviewers, test generators, App Store metadata writers, and project planners.

AgentsSpecializedProduction
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Spec-First Engineering

Writing specs that AI executes against. Less prompting, more structured handoff. Repeatable shipping at higher velocity.

SpecsPlanningArchitecture
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AI Pair Programming

Continuous AI-paired sessions on production code. Faster iteration on tough refactors and complex business logic.

Pair ProgVelocityQuality
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3× faster shipping with AI workflows.

Features that used to take a week ship in 2 days. Complex refactors that took a sprint happen in an afternoon. This site itself was built primarily through AI-paired development.

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Security Engineering

Security Expertise

Working in insurtech demands production-grade security. I implement industry best practices across all layers of the iOS stack.

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Jailbreak Detection
Up-to-date detection covering the latest bypass tools, protecting financial data from compromised devices.
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Data Encryption
End-to-end encryption using AES-256 and CryptoKit, meeting financial industry compliance standards.
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SSL Pinning
Certificate and public key pinning to prevent MITM attacks on REST API communications.
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Secure Storage
iOS Keychain and Secure Enclave for tokens and credentials — never in UserDefaults.
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Code Obfuscation
Protecting business logic and API keys from reverse engineering and static analysis.
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Security Testing
Proactive vulnerability assessments with security checks integrated into CI/CD pipelines.
Education

Bachelor of Science · Computer Science

University of Sargodha, Gujranwala Campus

2014 — 2018

Let's Connect

Open to new opportunities

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