About Me

Hello. My name is Jason, and I craft engaging digital experiences from my humble home in Kalamazoo, Michigan.

I’m a design-driven Senior iOS/Android Engineer with over 10 years of experience in application development from concept to deployment. Skilled in modern iOS/Android development methodologies, MVVM/data-driven design patterns, and automated testing & deployment. Proven leader with strong project management, Agile/SCRUM proficiency, and excellent written & verbal communication skills.

If you’re interested in hiring me, email me at: jason[at]jasonranderson[dot]net

Work Experience

Contracted Senior Mobile Engineer, April 2021 — Present
MTH Electric Trains, St. Joseph, MI

• Maintenance and new feature development for company’s iOS & Android apps, Wi-Fi DCS
  • https://apps.apple.com/us/app/wi-fi-dcs/id988168329
  • https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.spindance.mthremote&hl=en_US
• Updating legacy code base, converting from Java to Kotlin and XML Layouts to Jetpack Compose
• Updating legacy code base, converting from Objective-C to Swift and UIKit to SwiftUI
• Developed new track controller features with OpenWRT JSON-RPC

Android Lead, January 2021 — April 2023
Sporttrade, Inc, Camden, NJ

• Principal developer of company’s Android app
  • https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sporttrade.sporttrade_android
• Developed custom UI controls for betting features and leveraged multiple layers of networking technology to provide real-time data to users (sockets, server-side events, RESTful web service polling)

Contracted Senior Android Engineer, October 2020 — September 2023 Ander, Scottsdale, AZ

• Led development and assisted in architecture for the custom training platform
• Developed the Android app and SDK for the Quantum5 application
  • https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ai.ander.quantum5&hl=en_US

iOS Lead, Software Architect, February 2019 — October 2020
Atos-Syntel, Inc, Benton Harbor, MI

• Led development of new app features for Whirlpool’s Countertop Oven
  • https://apps.apple.com/us/app/whirlpool/id1011622189
• Developed an iOS framework for BluetoothLE interaction with Whirlpool connected appliances
• Solution architect & iOS developer for Whirlpool’s Mobile Apps Framework (MAF) team

Principal Engineer, Senior iOS/Android Engineer, October 2017 — December 2018
Netki, Inc, Calabasas, CA

• Developed company’s client SDK & iOS/Android white label apps, MyVerify
  • https://apps.apple.com/us/app/myverify/id1257202428
  • https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.netki.myverify&hl=en_US
• Led development team in R&D for image analysis (facial recognition & object detection) for their identity validation service

Contracted Senior iOS Engineer, April 2015 — August 2017
Sirius XM Radio, Inc, New York, NY

• Led prototype development of a new streaming audio/social media network experiment called “Spoke”
• Developed and refined features for the app until the project was abandoned due to budget constraints

Director of Product Engineering, Senior iOS Engineer, Solution Architect, July 2012 — April 2015
Maestro, LLC, Kalamazoo, MI

• Assisted sales & strategy team with estimates and requirements gathering
• Led engineering team for development of productivity suite of apps
• Developed MVP for video chat sales training app, Loop
  • https://apps.apple.com/us/app/loop-by-maestro/id1253515697
• iOS development for variety of clients (Spectrum Health, Zimmer, ABEM, Stryker Medical)

Skills

Swift, SwiftUI, Objective-C, Kotlin, Java, Functional Reactive Programming (RxSwift, Combine, RxKotlin, RxJava), software architecture, software development lifecycle, testing & automation, Git, Agile/SCRUM, UX/UI design, Figma/Sketch/Zeplin design software, leadership, collaboration, project management, verbal & written communication

Education

• Master of Business Administration (MBA) — Elective focus: Project Management New York Institute of Technology

• Bachelor of Art in Art (BA) — Elective focus: Graphic Design — Minor: Japanese Western Michigan University