André Emiliano

Senior Developer - iOS, React Native & Full-Stack Web

Senior developer with 4+ years shipping native iOS and cross-platform apps used by millions. At Calvium, building SwiftUI features for the Met Office weather app, React Native applications for regulated healthcare, and Nuxt tooling for Rolls-Royce. Founded and shipped FryAI, an LLM-powered cooking assistant, solo - from wireframes to the App Store.

Skills

Mobile
Swift, SwiftUI, UIKit, React Native, Expo, MVVM
Web
TypeScript, Vue, Nuxt, PrimeVue, Tailwind, Bun
Backend & Data
PostgreSQL, Firebase, Supabase, REST APIs
AI
LLM integration, prompt engineering, AI-assisted development
Testing
Playwright (end-to-end), Bun test (unit), previously Cypress
Practices
CI/CD (Bitrise, Fastlane, Jenkins), Git, Agile/Scrum, WCAG accessibility, App Store deployment & ASO

Experience

Senior Developer

Calvium

Jan 2024 - Present · Remote

  • Ship SwiftUI features for the Met Office Weather app, used by 3M+ people, engineering high-concurrency data reliability and WCAG-compliant accessibility into a national weather service.
  • Architect React Native applications for highly regulated healthcare environments, delivering high-performance UI and reliable data handling across iOS and Android.
  • Build bespoke internal tools in Nuxt, PrimeVue and TypeScript that streamline aerospace engineering workflows for Rolls-Royce.
  • Own automated build and deployment pipelines in Bitrise, and partner with the Android team to hold feature parity across both platforms.

Founder & Lead Developer

FryAI · fryai.app

Sep 2025 - Present

  • Designed, built and shipped an LLM-powered cooking assistant to the App Store solo, in React Native and Expo for iOS and Android.
  • Evaluated and selected the underlying LLMs for recipe generation and cooking logic, balancing latency, cost and output quality.
  • Ran the full lifecycle - UI/UX wireframes, App Store submission and ASO - and now automate marketing workflows with agent-driven tooling.

iOS Developer

VML Enterprise Solutions (formerly NN4M)

Apr 2022 - Jan 2024

  • Shipped features across major retail iOS apps - River Island, American Golf and Iceland Bonus Card - in UIKit using MVC and MVVM.
  • Instrumented Firebase Analytics for GA4, then used the insights to redesign key e-commerce screens, increasing client revenue.
  • Built Scan and Go for Iceland Bonus Card and a custom club-fitting booking system for American Golf, delivered on a two-week sprint cadence.

Education

MSc Software Development - Distinction (1st)

Coventry University

Sep 2021 - Sep 2022

Dissertation: comparing UIKit and SwiftUI for commercial and individual use.

BSc Computer Science - First-Class Honours (1st)

Coventry University

Sep 2018 - Sep 2021

Dissertation: comparing native and cross-platform mobile development.

Interests - Technology · Video games · Gym · Sports · Travel