Vadim Drobinin

About

Senior iOS Engineer and founder with 15+ years building and shipping high-impact mobile apps. Experienced across SwiftUI/TCA, on-device ML and computer vision, BLE/NFC and medical-grade systems (HIPAA, OWASP MASVS), and large-scale architectural modernization. Recognized by Apple (Featured) plus CES/Webby honors; led teams from early-stage scaling (including an acquisition by Twitter/X) to enterprise healthcare compliance and AWS/GraphQL integrations.

Experience

• Founder & Lead Engineer · Drobinin Limited05-01-2025

  Featured by Apple in Best New Apps and Updates, as Product Hunt's Product of the Day, and in Google Venture's column. Design complex on-device systems across ML, computer vision, simulation engines, and practical OWASP/reverse engineering security work. Build and ship profitable, high-quality iOS apps end-to-end.

• Senior iOS Engineer · LivaNova05-01-2020 – 05-01-2025

  Engineered BLE/NFC medical device connectivity; supported HIPAA compliance implementation for patient data safety. Led architectural overhaul to SwiftUI & Composable Architecture and drove adoption of modern Apple APIs & HIG, contributing to App Store feature (4.9/5 rating). Developed & maintained custom AWS SDK fork, accelerating company-wide backend migration to AWS. Led iOS GraphQL/AWS integration and launched standalone watchOS app, which significantly increased user retention. Designed iOS hiring & onboarding framework, adopted company-wide; key interviewer for team growth; automated release/testing pipelines & performed OWASP MASVS security audits (>70% compliance).

• Senior iOS Engineer · Sphere (acquired by Twitter/X)09-01-2017 – 05-01-2020

  Pivotal early-stage engineer; architected & scaled iOS app through high growth, securing $30M+ investment and leading to Twitter/X acquisition. Led R&D on an E2E testing framework, increasing crash-free rate to 99.99%. Migrated client networking to Protobuf, cutting significantly cutting traffic. Architected an in-app chat ad platform, doubling the CTR.

• Mobile Consultant · VK09-01-2016 – 02-01-2017
• Lead iOS Engineer · ToBox12-01-2014 – 04-01-2015

  Led iOS team (scaled from 2 to 8), architecting transition to MVVM, reducing technical debt. Implemented Git Flow, boosted test automation, and optimised CI/CD pipelines. Directed Swift rewrite of core chat framework, decreasing buyer churn by third.

• Mobile Engineering Consultant · Drobinin Limited2013 – 2017

  Built commercial iOS apps and led distributed teams for global clients; won Apple WWDC Scholarship. Fractional Head of Engineering for ventures: built high-performance teams, scaled ops; led fitness app's mobile dev to acquisition via USA/UAE expansion. Speaker at industry conferences on NLP and language processing technologies (NLP in Swift @ iOSDevUK 2019). Authored & delivered an intensive 22-week iOS course for 70+ engineers at VK.com's university.

• Cloud Architect & Software Engineer · Drobinin Limited2008 – 2013

  Delivered 10+ complex projects specializing in scalable REST APIs and cloud architecture (Google App Engine, Django). Mentored 40+ students in Python.

Education

• National Research University HSEBEng (Hons), Software Engineering

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