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Sphere

Acquired by Twitter in 2021
Social Networks GraphQL Real-time

Group chat app for micro-communities. Early-stage engineer through $30M+ funding to Twitter acquisition.

  • Architected & scaled iOS app through explosive growth to millions of users
  • Migrated networking to Protobuf, cutting traffic by 35%
  • Built E2E testing framework; achieved 99.99% crash-free rate
  • Developed in-app ad platform with 2x higher CTR than industry standard
  • GraphQL APIs, Pusher real-time sync, CI/CD automation
Company London, UK Platform iOS Period 2017-2021