# Kevin Apaza > Senior iOS Engineer | ex Meta, Microsoft, IBM Location: Greater Seattle Area, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/kevinapaza I'm a Senior iOS Engineer with 10+ years building mobile products at Meta, Microsoft, IBM, and Amex GBT. My career has taken me from Peru to Brazil for my Master's, then Canada and the US, adapting fast at each step, both technically and culturally. That journey shaped how I work: comfortable with ambiguity, quick to learn, and effective across diverse teams. What drives me is a passion for improving things and delivering something exceptional to users. I'm drawn to technically challenging domains (wearables, real-time video, safety-critical features) where there's always something new to learn and experiment with. I also have a research background in computer vision, machine learning, and computer graphics, which still influences how I approach hard problems. ## Work Experience ### Senior Software Engineer @ American Express Global Business Travel Jan 2025 – Present | Bellevue, WA ### Senior Software Engineer @ Meta Jan 2023 – Jan 2025 | United States • Built and led end-to-end sharing features for the companion iOS app for Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses, including direct contributions to Instagram and Facebook codebases to unblock delivery. • Led the integration of IG Direct and Facebook as new sharing destinations across the app, personally contributing to partner iOS codebases when needed; jointly delivered 50%+ growth in sharing usage with a 90%+ end-to-end success rate. • Led end-to-end delivery of iMessage sharing on the in-app share surface — from design and privacy reviews through implementation, content attribution, and progressive rollout. • Drove feature parity for the next generation of smart glasses and other wearable devices, implementing cloud media processing, provider settings, and content attribution across sharing destinations. • Led product experiments including share destination reordering (16% increase in sharing) and user education features (35% increase in weekly media sharing from smart glasses); ranked in the top 10% of bug fix contributors. ### Software Engineer @ Firework Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | San Mateo, CA • Built features for a high-performance video commerce iOS SDK embedded by major retail brands and publishers. • Led the redesign of caching and feed delivery architecture in collaboration with backend engineers, achieving a 30% reduction in video load times and reduced server pressure at scale. • Implemented new on-screen components and resolved layout, resizing, and live-stream playback issues across portrait/landscape orientations and a wide range of device configurations. ### Software Engineer @ Microsoft Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | Vancouver, BC • Built iOS features for the Microsoft Family Safety app including an interactive family map with location tracking and favorite places, and in-app Xbox permission requests for children. • Owned the iOS implementation of an SOS alert feature, solving real-time location reliability challenges under iOS background execution constraints while partnering closely with the location-sharing team. • Improved team sprint velocity by 20% as rotating Scrum Master through structured planning and retrospective-driven process improvements. ### iOS Platform Lead / Application Developer @ IBM Jan 2018 – Jan 2021 | Halifax, NS • Served as iOS Platform Lead on the Air Canada native app rebuild, defining architecture and owning core booking and trip-management areas; collaborated closely with PMs, designers, Android, backend, and client teams across a multi-pod engineering organization. • Led iOS and Apple Watch development for CATSA (Canadian Air Transport Security Authority) — refactored the watchOS app, improved iOS/watch data synchronization, and resolved deeper technical issues beyond initial scope. • Contributed to the BMO hybrid banking app (Angular, React Native); participated in architectural decisions across client engagements in airline, security, and banking sectors. • Mentored junior engineers and completed advanced technical certifications through IBM training programs across North America. ### Software Developer @ APSELOM - business with technology Jan 2015 – Jan 2017 | Arequipa Province, Peru - Architected and implemented native and hybrid mobile solutions for clients, delivering proof of concept applications and fully functional products. - Built and maintained CI/CD pipelines for mass release of a school application. Technologies: Objective C/Swift-iOS, Java-Android, Ionic/Angular, Python-Fastlane ### Software Developer @ Red Científica Peruana Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | Lima Province, Peru - Development of RESTful web services (Flask, Falcon - Python, RabbitMQ - Ruby). - Environments configuration (Vagrant). - Analysis and development of mobile apps (Objective C/Swift - iOS, Java - Android) and hybrid mobile apps (Phonegap, Ionic, AngularJS). - Participation in an agile software development (SCRUM) ### Senior Programmer @ Hiper S.A. Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 | Lima Province, Peru - Development and maintenance of POS (Point Of Sale) management system (Java - Spring, Struts) and web services. - Server Application administration (IBM WebSphere) ### Software Engineering Trainee @ Tata Consultancy Services Jan 2013 – Jan 2014 | Arequipa Province, Peru - Development of requirements for various areas (Java, Web Services, RAD-Eclipse, ASP. Net, SQL Server) - Mainframe development (SSIS, Cobol, Cobol CICs, JCL). - Generation of required documents for the development, certification and production phases. - Support in the generation of new requirements. - Execution of unit and integral tests. - Monitoring and execution of the Software development process. * Certification in ITIL Fundamentals. ### Software Engineer Intern @ Handel-Soft S.A.C. Jan 2012 – Jan 2012 | Arequipa Province, Peru - Development of automation system designed to solve the problem of documentary procedures (Java - Google Web Toolkit, Javascript). - Collection of information and analysis of the Financial System for the District Municipality of Mariano Melgar. ## Education ### Reseach Internship in Computer Science Dalhousie University Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 ### Master's degree in Computer Science USP - Universidade de São Paulo Jan 2015 – Jan 2017 ### Bachelor's degree in Computer Science Universidad Católica San Pablo Jan 2007 – Jan 2012 ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/kapaza --- Source: https://flows.cv/kevinapaza JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/kevinapaza/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-22