Riyadh, KSA · Senior iOS Engineer & Mobile Team Leader

Hi, I'm Maharoof.
I build mobile apps people rely on.

15+ years delivering secure, scalable and user-centric apps across Digital Banking, E-Commerce and EdTech — leading teams of 20+ engineers along the way.

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01 — About

Engineering leader,
builder at heart.

I'm a leader with over 15 years of experience shipping software that millions of people trust with their money, their shopping and their learning. I've built and led high-performing teams of more than 20 engineers, and I'm passionate about continuously learning — adopting emerging technologies, frameworks, engineering processes and AI-powered features to build systems that are faster, more maintainable and ready for future scale.

  • 15+years of experience
  • 18+engineers led
  • 25+apps shipped to the stores

02 — Experience

Where I've made an impact.

Jan 2023 — Present Riyadh, KSA

Senior iOS Developer / Acting Team Lead · STCBank

  • Drove the architectural changes behind the enterprise migration from STCPay to STCBank.
  • Migrated and revamped legacy features using SwiftUI; designed modular, scalable solutions with Swift, Clean Architecture, async/await and Combine.
  • Integrated CI/CD pipelines, reducing manual release effort by 50%.
  • Optimised contact syncing for thousands of contacts — load time cut from ~30s to under 1 second.
  • Delivered banking products: savings accounts, SADAD, credit cards, personal finance, eSIM and more — all compliant with banking security standards.
  • High performer award in multiple quarters.
Aug 2021 — Dec 2022 Riyadh, KSA

Mobile Team Leader · Nejree

  • Led a cross-functional squad to revamp an e-commerce app from scratch in 2 months — crash-free sessions up from 85% to 99.9%.
  • Cut app size from 200 MB to 16 MB and launch time from ~8s to 2s.
  • Reduced product pagination latency by 70% in collaboration with backend teams.
  • Built a TikTok-inspired video shopping feature and an event-driven push notification system.
  • Established coding standards, architecture guidelines and team onboarding; ran sprint planning and performance reviews.
Oct 2018 — Aug 2021 Riyadh, KSA

Freelance iOS Developer · Dnet

  • Part-time freelance iOS/Android development alongside full-time leadership at Semanoor.
  • Collaborated remotely with designers and product owners for pixel-perfect UI and smooth UX.
  • Assembled and led remote freelance engineers to build high-impact mobile applications.
Aug 2011 — Jul 2021 Riyadh, KSA

iOS Team Leader · Semanoor

  • Built and led a mobile engineering team of 20+ iOS and Android developers delivering large-scale projects.
  • Developed an AI-powered Quran application showcased and personally endorsed by the Imam of Masjid al-Haram, Makkah.
  • Ideated and prototyped an e-learning platform that became the organisation's core product.
  • Led prototyping to validate concepts before full-scale builds, reducing rework by ~25%.
  • Delivered 15+ iOS & Android apps from concept to the App Store and Play Store.

03 — Skills

Tools of the trade.

Mobile Development

  • Swift
  • SwiftUI
  • Objective-C
  • UIKit
  • Combine
  • async/await
  • Core ML
  • ARKit
  • Core Data
  • SQLite
  • WidgetKit
  • Core Location
  • REST
  • GraphQL
  • APNs
  • Firebase
  • React Native
  • JavaScript

Architecture & Testing

  • Clean Architecture
  • Modular Architecture
  • MVVM
  • Unit Testing
  • Xcode Instruments
  • Apache JMeter

DevOps & Tools

  • Git
  • GitLab
  • CI/CD
  • App Store Submission
  • Firebase Tools
  • SQL Server

Leadership & Strategy

  • Team Mentorship
  • Sprint Planning
  • Agile Delivery
  • Roadmapping
  • Cross-functional Collaboration
  • Technical Hiring

Additional Tech

  • Node.js
  • .NET Web APIs
  • Database Design
  • Hosting
  • Domain Management
  • React
  • TypeScript
  • Supabase
  • Cloudflare

04 — Side Projects

Built for the joy of it.

React · TypeScript · Supabase

Habit Builder

A habit-tracking responsive web app built with React and TypeScript. Supabase handles auth and the database — self-hosted on a homelab and routed through a Cloudflare tunnel.

habit.mahroof.net ↗
Core ML · iOS

AI-powered Quran App

An AI-powered Quran application built at Semanoor — showcased and personally endorsed by the Imam of Masjid al-Haram, Makkah.

Featured work

05 — Contact

Let's build something together.

Whether it's a role, a project or just a hello — my inbox is open.

Based in Riyadh, KSA · English & Arabic