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Available for remote opportunities - UK based

André Emiliano

I build digital experiences.

I build software that serves millions - from national weather systems and aerospace engineering tools to healthcare mobile apps and AI-powered consumer products, always looking for the best UX. Currently at Calvium, delivering for clients like Rolls-Royce and the Met Office.

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mobile: ["Swift", "React Native"],

web: ["Vue", "Nuxt", "Tailwind"],

backend: ["PostgreSQL", "Drizzle"],

focus: "User Experience"

};

Work shipped for

  • Met Office
  • Rolls-Royce
  • River Island
  • Iceland
  • American Golf

3M+

People using apps I’ve helped ship

4+

Years shipping production apps

5

App Store apps I’ve worked on

About

Hello! My name is Andre and I'm a software engineer based in the UK. My journey in tech began with a curiosity for how things work behind the screen, which quickly evolved into a passion for mobile development and software architecture.

Recently, I've expanded my expertise beyond native iOS. As a key member of the team at Calvium, I architect full-stack web solutions for major clients like Rolls-Royce using Nuxt, PrimeVue, and Postgres. I also help clients bring ideas to life on both iOS and Android using React Native, Expo, and NativeWind.

I'm also an advocate for AI-augmented development. I stay on top of the latest models and tooling, and I'm deliberate about which ones actually hold up in production, so I can deliver higher-quality code at an accelerated pace. I don't just use AI - I architect systems that leverage it, most recently as founder of FryAI, an AI-powered cooking assistant I took from design to the App Store.

Here are a few technologies I've been working with recently:

  • Nuxt
  • Vue
  • PrimeVue
  • TypeScript
  • Tailwind
  • PostgreSQL
  • Playwright
  • Bun
  • React Native
  • Expo
  • NativeWind
André Emiliano, Senior Developer, in a suit outdoors

Experience

  1. Senior Developer

    Calvium

    Jan 2024 - Present · Remote

    • Health sector: architecting and developing React Native applications for iOS and Android, ensuring high-performance UI and data handling for regulated healthcare environments.
    • Rolls-Royce: building bespoke internal tools in Nuxt, PrimeVue and TypeScript to streamline aerospace engineering workflows.
    • Met Office Weather Forecast: contributing to the national weather app using SwiftUI, ensuring high-concurrency data reliability and WCAG accessibility for millions of users.
    • Partnered closely with the Android engineering team on feature parity and UI/UX consistency, and optimised automated build and deployment pipelines using Bitrise.

  2. Sep 2025 - Present

    • Engineered a cross-platform React Native application for iOS and Android, delivering a native-feeling experience on both.
    • Evaluated and selected specific LLMs for recipe generation and cooking logic, balancing latency, cost and creative output.
    • Leveraged AI tools across the full lifecycle, from initial UI/UX wireframes through to automated App Store metadata optimisation.
    • Experimenting with agentic workflows to automate marketing tasks.

  3. iOS Developer

    VML Enterprise Solutions (formerly NN4M)

    Apr 2022 - Jan 2024

    • Shipped features across major retail iOS apps including River Island, American Golf and the Iceland Bonus Card.
    • Implemented Firebase Analytics for GA4 tracking and used the insights to redesign key e-commerce elements, directly improving UX and increasing client revenue.
    • Collaborated in an agile team of Android and iOS developers, aligning strict design specifications to keep experiences unified across platforms.
    • Executed continuous development cycles through two-week sprints, delivering regular, stable App Store releases.

Education

MSc Software Development

2021 - 2022

Coventry University

Graduated with Distinction (1st). Dissertation: comparing UIKit and SwiftUI for commercial and individual use.

BSc Computer Science

2018 - 2021

Coventry University

Graduated with First-Class Honours (1st). Dissertation: comparing native and cross-platform mobile development.

Skills

Mobile Dev

Swift, SwiftUI, UIKit, React Native, Expo

Full Stack Web

TypeScript, Vue, Nuxt, PrimeVue, Tailwind, Bun

Backend & DB

PostgreSQL, Firebase, Supabase, SQL

AI & LLMs

LLM integration, prompt engineering, AI-assisted development

Testing

Playwright for end-to-end, Bun test for unit, previously Cypress

Practices

CI/CD (Bitrise, Fastlane, Jenkins), Agile, WCAG accessibility, App Store deployment

Projects

Featured

FryAI - AI Air Fryer Assistant

Founded and shipped an AI-powered cooking assistant end to end. Selected and integrated LLMs for recipe generation and cooking logic, balancing latency, cost and creative output, from UI/UX wireframes through App Store deployment.

  • React Native
  • Expo
  • LLMs
  • Prompt Engineering

YTWatch - YouTube Music for Apple Watch

Open-source, fully native Apple Watch companion app for YouTube Music. Syncs playlists to the watch for standalone offline playback, with self-healing sync and a single reused AVPlayer to avoid watchOS memory crashes.

  • SwiftUI
  • watchOS
  • WatchConnectivity
  • Python

Met Office Weather

Contributed to the national weather app used by 3+ million people, building complex SwiftUI views with high-concurrency data reliability and WCAG-compliant accessibility.

  • SwiftUI
  • Bitrise
  • WCAG

Enterprise Solutions for Rolls-Royce

Architected full-stack dashboard and management solutions in Nuxt and PrimeVue, delivering robust internal tools for complex data analysis and visualization.

  • Nuxt
  • PrimeVue
  • TypeScript
  • PostgreSQL

Cross-Platform Client Apps

Building performant, scalable mobile applications for a range of clients across iOS and Android with React Native and Expo.

  • React Native
  • Expo
  • NativeWind

River Island App

Shipped features for the River Island retail iOS app in UIKit, working within MVC and MVVM architectures.

  • UIKit
  • MVVM
  • Jenkins

Iceland Bonus Card

Worked on features and bugs related to Scan and Go functionality, enhancing the in-store shopping experience for users.

  • UIKit
  • MVVM
  • CMS

American Golf

Implemented custom fittings booking system for golf clubs and enhanced the account menu and Product Detail Pages (PDP).

  • UIKit
  • MVVM
  • CMS

Get in touch

Always open for new opportunities. Whether you have a question or just want to say hi, my inbox is always open.

Say helloandre.novais.emiliano@gmail.com