Waleed Azhar

7+ years building and shipping high-traffic consumer apps across telecom, enterprise, and media — stabilizing legacy codebases, modernizing pipelines, and delivering features on schedules.

Based In

Burlington, Ontario, Canada

Contact

289-400-8786

waleeda@icloud.com

Profile

iOS engineer with end-to-end ownership

iOS Developer with 7+ years of experience building and shipping high-traffic consumer apps. Deep expertise in Swift, SwiftUI, and UIKit, with strong knowledge of architectural patterns (VIPER, MVVM) and CI/CD tooling (Jenkins, Fastlane, Bash scripting).

Experience

Professional Experience

Mobile Application Developer

Pelmorex (The Weather Network)

Jan 2022 – Apr 2024 Burlington / Toronto · Canada

Built and shipped user-facing features in SwiftUI and UIKit (lock-screen widgets, health and environmental modules), ensuring feature parity across iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch.
Hardened and refactored legacy VIPER modules while modernizing dependency management (SPM and CocoaPods), improving maintainability and accelerating the release cadence.
Implemented CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and Fastlane, and authored Bash scripts to automate code signing, screenshot generation, and TestFlight/App Store deployments.
Managed a fleet of Mac Mini Jenkins build agents to enable parallel builds and stable XCUITest execution for the iOS app.
Improved product quality through TDD (XCTest/XCUITest) and performance tuning with Instruments; monitored app health via Crashlytics and Google Analytics, and used Charles Proxy to debug RESTful API calls.
Collaborated with product, design, and backend teams and supported incident response and release management to maintain 24/7 uptime for a nationally critical app serving tens of millions of users.

Mobile Application Developer

VelocityEHS

2019 – 2022

Core member of a 5-person mobile team, leading sprint planning, requirements gathering, and effort estimation across iOS, Android, and a shared mobile API.
Led a staged migration of the iOS codebase from Swift 2.2 to Swift 5 (via Swift 3), significantly improving app stability and maintainability.
Optimized stability by modernizing legacy code, implementing analytics-driven enhancements, and resolving field issues for home inspectors using detailed in-app logs.
Integrated Microsoft App Center for crash tracking and prioritization, driving a major crash-rate improvement within weeks.
Managed enterprise build signing and distribution for internal app deployments, ensuring smooth in-house releases outside the App Store.
Implemented Single Sign-On flows and identity federation using PingFederate (OAuth/SAML), connecting users from an identity management portal to product suites.
Successfully launched the VelocityEHS EHS Management mobile app on the App Store, expanding the company’s mobile product offerings.

Mobile Application Developer

SaskTel (MySaskTel App)

2018 – 2019

Sole iOS developer for MySaskTel, the self-service mobile app of a major Canadian telecom provider.
Developed 20+ new features in Swift and managed four successful app releases.
Ensured high code quality through comprehensive unit tests and rigorous code reviews.

Mobile Application Developer

Ceridian Dayforce

2017 – 2018

Built enterprise iOS features for the Dayforce HR platform using Objective-C (Foundation, Core Animation, UIKit).
Partnered with product managers, designers, and client stakeholders to scope features and de-risk delivery.
Helped ensure on-time launches of custom client requirements in a complex enterprise environment.

Software Development Consultant

Self-Employed

2016 – 2018

Delivered native iOS and Roku applications for media and tech clients, including NBC, Radio.com, Sullivan Entertainment, WikiArt, TribalScale, and multiple startups.
Rapidly adapted to diverse project requirements and technologies to meet demanding client goals.

Education

BA in Economics

York University · 2025 · Toronto, ON

BSc in Computer Science

York University · 2017 · Toronto, ON

Core iOS Stack

Swift & SwiftUI
UIKit
VIPER
MVVM
XCTest / XCUITest
Instruments

Platforms & Tooling

Jenkins
Fastlane
Bash scripting
SPM
CocoaPods
Crashlytics
Google Analytics
Charles Proxy
Microsoft App Center
PingFederate (OAuth/SAML)

Focus

High-traffic consumer apps
Legacy modernization
CI/CD & release engineering
Performance & stability

Résumé

iOS engineer with end-to-end ownership

Professional Experience