# Simon Pacheco > Sr. Software Engineer @ Southwest Airlines Location: Boston, Massachusetts, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/simonpacheco Experienced iOS Developer living in Boston, Massachusetts. I work at Southwest Airlines as a Sr. Software Engineer on the air booking iOS platform that powers millions of transactions annually. I’ve also worked in iOS development doing iPhone, iPad, and Apple TV software development since 2014 at various companies such as Spotify, Wayfair, and Brightcove as well as startups like Centaur Labs. Let’s connect. ## Work Experience ### Senior Software Engineer @ Southwest Airlines Jan 2023 – Present | Dallas, Texas, United States iOS lead on the Booking team. ### Staff Software Engineer / iOS Team Lead @ Poloniex Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | Boston, Massachusetts, United States - Wrote clean, reusable, and testable Swift code using the MVVM/Coordinator design pattern making use of native iOS APIs such as UIKit, AutoLayout, AVFoundation, NSURLSession, Combine, and XCTest plus third-party libraries (CocoaPods) such as RxSwift, SnapKit, Alamofire, and Kingfisher. - Served as iOS technical team lead of software engineers serving as key owner of all iOS application development at Poloniex. - Participated in code reviews to help ensure the shipment of good, quality source code. - Mentored / Managed software engineers partaking in weekly 1-1’s, performance reviews, career guidance to develop strong engineers. - Lead iOS software architect balancing the needs of the business while delivering a quality product in a timely manner. - Cross collaborated with design, backend, PMs, CTO, and CEO to rapidly develop new features as well as iterate on features based on user feedback using agile methodologies (sprint planning, grooming, retros, etc). - Participated in new candidate interviews which involved coming up with relevant / post-interview panels. ### Senior Software Engineer @ Poloniex Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | Boston, Massachusetts, United States ### Lead iOS Engineer @ Centaur Labs Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 | Boston, Massachusetts - Sole iOS engineer reporting directly to CTO and CEO at a fast-paced seed stage startup owning the entire iOS DiagnosUs application. - Wrote clean, reusable, and testable Swift code using the MVVM/Coordinator design pattern making use of native iOS APIs such as UIKit, AutoLayout, AVFoundation, NSURLSession, ASWebAuthenticationSession, and XCTest plus third-party libraries (CocoaPods) such as PromiseKit, SnapKit, Alamofire, and Kingfisher. - Cross collaborated with design, backend, PMs, CTO, and CEO to rapidly develop new features as well as iterate on features based on user feedback using agile methodologies (sprint planning, grooming, retros, etc). - Built, architected, and owned a separate in-house UI components library based on a design system (buttons, fonts, colors, animations, navigation UI, etc) which enabled rapid feature development and design consistency. Library included a separate components catalog application for designers to test and give feedback. - Created CI/CD pipeline using Bitrise, Fastlane, and Git to run unit tests on pull requests for merging into the development branch as well as a release pipeline that automatically uploaded the app binary to App Store Connect releases. - Mentored iOS engineering interns giving them coding tasks, feedback, pair-programming, code reviews, career advice, etc to help grow their skills. - Occasionally worked on backend development using the Vapor Swift web framework. ### iOS Developer @ Brightcove Jan 2017 – Jan 2019 | Boston, Massachusetts - Architected and developed iOS / Apple TV video streaming apps for major companies such as HBO GO, Hulu Japan, Reelz primarily using Swift and occasionally Objective-C (legacy code). Frameworks used included AVFoundation, XCTest, UIKit, AutoLayout, Alamofire, PromiseKit, SnapKit. - Wrote unit tests using the XCTest framework to test business logic code as well as networking code (API mocking). - Participated in key meetings to communicate progress of the projects to technical and non-technical key stakeholders. - Cross-collaborated with designers, PMs, Android, web, and backend developers to build applications (or features) from 0 lines of code to delivery and beyond. - Participated in new candidate interviews which involved coming up with relevant / post-interview panels. - Participated in code reviews to help ensure the shipment of good, quality source code. ### iOS Engineer @ Wayfair Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | Boston, Massachusetts • Member of the wedding registry team where I was responsible for designing and building new features using Swift and Objective-C. During my tenure, iOS became the fastest growing platform for the wedding registry feature. • Contributed to quality processes by writing automated unit tests (XCTest, Quick/Nimble) and submitting builds to Jenkins CI. • Participated in UI/UX meetings with designers and project managers to plan features from concept to completion. • Collaborated with backend engineers to design features from an architectural standpoint. • Participated in code reviews to help ensure the shipment of good, quality source code. • Worked with Git extensively (merging, rebasing, etc) to manage version control. ### iOS Engineering Intern @ Spotify Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | Boston, Massachusetts • Member of the Daily Mix feature team working on the iOS portion of the Daily Mix feature that launched in October 2016. • Created and took sole ownership of an iOS debugging tool that consumed a REST API endpoint to add/delete/edit songs that were liked/disliked from their Daily Mix playlist. • Wrote unit tests using the XCTest framework. • Utilized Jira to build a backlog of user stories which were then implemented during bi-weekly sprints. • Worked with Git extensively (merging, rebasing, etc) to manage version control. ### Software Engineer / Founder @ Schoolflow Jan 2013 – Jan 2016 | Orlando • Created the entire app from the ground up using Objective-C and common iOS API’s (NSURLSession, Autolayout, UIKit). • Consumed third-party API to import university homework assignments, grades, deadlines, etc for college students directly from their university portal which helped thousands of students to receive better grades, turn homework on time, etc. • Raised funds from angel investors as well as forming a partnership with the University of Central Florida and eventually merging with an Orlando-based educational software company. • Exited company via merger with Via Response ### iOS Developer @ Teeps Jan 2014 – Jan 2016 | Orlando, Florida Area • Developed multiple native iOS applications utilizing many different iOS API’s such as UIKit, NSURLSession (Networking), Grand Central Dispatch (Multi-threading), Autolayout (UI for various screen sizes) to craft well designed iOS applications. • Collaborated with UI/UX designers to implement extensive user interfaces that followed Apple’s Human Interface Guidelines. • Utilized Git extensively (merging, rebasing, etc) utilizing a Git branching model that consisted of Master, Develop, as well as feature/hotfix branches, etc. • Participated in discovery meetings to understand potential client’s needs and serve as a technical consultant to communicate technical issues to business stakeholders. ## Education ### Computer Science University of Central Florida ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/simonpacheco --- Source: https://flows.cv/simonpacheco JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/simonpacheco/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-31