Vetted iOS Professionals

MichaelJose Oakes

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Senior Unity/XR Engineering Manager specializing in real-time interactive and multiplayer experiences

9y exp

“Unity Technologies engineer with direct Meta subcontract experience shipping Quest titles (Horizon Worlds projects like Super Rumble) and supporting third-party studios. Strong in VR performance optimization and modernization work—porting legacy OVR/older-Unity projects to OpenXR, URP, and hand-tracking inputs. Built a master’s dissertation cross-platform multiplayer FPS spanning Quest VR, PC, and mobile AR using Photon.”

“Engineering Manager/Tech Lead on Grindr’s monetization team who helped ship an AI-powered conversation summary feature (A-list), contributing across Android freemium implementation and backend LLM workflow service architecture/reviews. Demonstrated strong operational ownership by leading a Boost production incident from detection through rollback and prevention, and improved team throughput by introducing a lightweight end-to-end delivery process in a high-growth environment.”

“Frontend tech lead at HubSpot who shipped an LLM-powered insights dashboard that analyzed complex customer interaction histories and surfaced sentiment, challenges, and next-best actions for sales users. Stands out for having taken an AI feature beyond prototype into beta and full production, with strong emphasis on testing, maintainability, and practical production tradeoffs.”

“Product leader focused on POS and merchant payments who spent the last 6+ years helping build an in-house, PCI-compliant platform for small business and enterprise merchants across retail, restaurant, and services. Brings a strong mix of payments domain expertise, regulated-environment decision-making, and practical AI prototyping, including competitive pricing features embedded directly into merchant inventory workflows.”

“Unity/C# gameplay engineer from Roku who led and shipped a cross-platform real-time multiplayer system spanning Meta Quest VR and iOS/Android, including AI/LLM-driven NPC behavior. Reported strong post-launch outcomes (+40% VR retention, +25% engagement) with stable networking (server-authoritative, delta compression/prediction) and robust debugging/observability via logging and replay tools.”

Ching Pei

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Executive product leader specializing in B2B SaaS growth and portfolio integration

Remote11y exp

“Current VP of Product / Chief Product Officer who spent the last two years helping shape fundraising and exit strategy efforts at their company. They bring rare product-led storytelling experience across debt financing, pre-IPO roadshow preparation, and acquisition discussions with private equity and investors, paired with a clear interest in building something from scratch.”

Meredith Ma

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Entry-level AI/ML Software Engineer specializing in generative AI and computer vision

Pittsburgh, PA2y exp

“Built and owned a production RAG coding assistant at Magna International used by 200 engineers, with hands-on work across React/TypeScript, retrieval infrastructure, and Postgres observability. Also brings an unusual blend of product UX thinking from AR game onboarding work, showing strength in both technical systems reliability and user activation.”

“Senior product executive with leadership experience in both insurance and legal tech, including a 0-to-1 AI/ML visual intelligence claims platform at Solera that generated $15M ARR in year one. Stands out for combining enterprise product strategy, cross-functional execution, ML fluency, and financially disciplined product leadership, plus a track record of UX-led growth such as a 300% user-base increase at Epiq.”

“Engineer with a rare mix of Android, backend, and AI workflow automation experience, spanning Amazon Flex mobile features and legal-tech document automation. Built a globally used in-app recording pipeline at Amazon and previously helped cut immigration legal drafting time by ~50% through AI-assisted document parsing, form filling, and human-in-the-loop review.”

“CMU IoT coursework project builder who implemented an end-to-end TinyML gesture recognition system on a Particle Photon + ADXL345, streaming data via MQTT/Node-RED to a real-time Node.js frontend and deploying a quantized logistic regression model on-device. Also explored multi-drone coordination, implementing leader-follower offset control and a pivot/arc turning strategy to avoid collisions, and brings practical Docker/Kubernetes plus CI/CD workflow experience from internships.”

“Engineering leader with hands-on architecture depth who has managed offshore teams up to ~30 engineers across mobile, web, backend, and Roku. Particularly strong in applying AI pragmatically—driving code-generation and review workflows, tailoring model usage by tech stack, and building internal LLM/RAG tools—while also improving operational KPIs through automation, cost optimization, and workflow redesign in content/media environments.”

DAVID STOKER

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Senior Product and Program Leader specializing in technology, AI, and aerospace operations

Kent, WA12y exp

“Product leader with experience spanning Boeing, Amazon, and ScribeAmerica, combining large-scale operational product builds with human-centered AI in healthcare. Most notably led Amazon's Fleet Edge initiative to 35,000 deployed devices and an estimated $88M in savings, then helped shape Speke AI into a multi-platform medical documentation workflow product focused on provider trust, adoption, and real-world usability.”

Jared Glaser

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Director-level Product Leader specializing in FinTech customer experience

Chicago, IL15y exp

“Senior product leader with major transformation experience at Adyen, where they unified fragmented customer-facing product lines, led seven cross-functional teams, and launched the company's first production AI experience. They pair strong UX and organizational judgment with measurable outcomes, including 25% support-ticket deflection and a components strategy that grew into a 50+ product portfolio. Earlier, they also led the first mobile app build at Fifth Third Bank, reinforcing a consistent philosophy of using technology to amplify human impact rather than replace it.”