ABOUT SIDI

I BUILD THE PART BETWEEN "GOOD IDEA" AND "IT'S LIVE."

I'm Sidi, a senior software engineer with experience across iOS, macOS, React Native, web applications, backend systems, AI products, and automation. I've shipped independent products and delivered large-scale client work—including a multi-million-DAU React Native modernization that raised crash-free rate from ~90% to ~99%. I care about architecture, performance, and the unglamorous work that makes systems reliable in production.

Based in Shenzhen, China

CAREER TIMELINE

2024–2026
Senior Software Engineer
EPAM Systems
Senior Software Engineer · enterprise mobile delivery
Delivered production work for large enterprise client programs in global banking and media/entertainment (client names under NDA). Led a ~3-month native-to-React Native upgrade for a consumer app with 4M+ daily active users: improved performance and raised crash-free rate from ~90% to ~99%.
2023–Present
Independent product work & AI systems
Better Call Sidi / independent practice
Software engineer · product builder · AI fixer
Shipped independent apps and tools (NoteLoom, Launch Studio, and more) alongside consulting-style product work
2022–2023
Graduate study in Artificial Intelligence
Illinois Institute of Technology
M.S. Artificial Intelligence
Formal AI training paired with continued product shipping
2018–2019
Core iOS development
Baby English / education product
Core iOS developer
Major version iterations on a live consumer education app
2016–2018
Mobile product engineering
NetDragon Websoft, Breo Technology, and related product work
iOS / mobile engineer
Production app delivery across product teams
2012–2016
Foundation years
Early independent and collaborative projects
Emerging iOS developer
First independent App Store ship (iHeart) and professional foundation

WORKING STYLE

Independent builder. Reliable collaborator. Always shipping.

✓Comfortable owning ambiguous problems
✓Able to collaborate across product, design and engineering
✓Prefer practical architecture over fashionable complexity
✓Communicate risks early

CREDENTIALS

Master's in Artificial Intelligence — Illinois Institute of Technology (2024)
Claude Certified Architect – Foundations (CCAF) · 959/1000
Representative domains: Apple platforms, React Native, product engineering, applied AI, automation
Download the latest résumé (PDF): Résumé (EN) · Résumé (ZH)

PERSONAL NOTES

Away from code, I'm usually watching anime, playing games, experimenting with hardware, or building something that began as "this should be easy."

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NO DETOURS•NO FLUFF•JUST SHIPPED•SE HABLA CODE

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