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Staff Engineer at Polarsteps, leading the Plan pillar.
Staff Engineer at Polarsteps
Hi, I’m Javi. I make iOS apps.
I’ve been doing it since iOS 4, in 2010. At Polarsteps I was the first iOS engineer, and there are fourteen of us now. Before that I worked on apps for Suitsupply and Disney, and spent a few years as a travel photographer.
At Polarsteps
- iOS engineers, starting with me
- 1 → 14
- Swift packages, split out of one Xcode project
- 40+
Off the clockI also take photos. 75 stories ↗Selected work
A few things I’m proud of
Polarsteps
Staff Engineer · Plan pillar captain
I joined as the only iOS engineer. Now there are fourteen of us, and the app is split into more than forty Swift packages.
- iOS engineers on the team I built
- 1 → 14
- Swift packages, from one Xcode project
- 40+
Garçon Coffee
How to order coffee like a local in four countries. I built the iOS app on my own.
Side projects
A family travel guide and a puzzle game, built in my spare time.
Fifteen years of iPhones
One app from each era, on the iPhone it shipped on, at real size. Tap one for its story.
See all my work →- 2010TAPTAP Networks●●●●○ 3G9:41PortadaEspañaInternacionalEconomíaEspañaEl Gobierno prepara una reforma del mercado laboral
- EconomíaLas bolsas cierran la semana con subidas
- SociedadUna ola de frío cubre el norte del país
- CulturaEl cine español, protagonista en Berlín
PortadaFútbolBasketMotorLigaEl derbi llega con todo por decidir- FútbolLa plantilla vuelve a entrenar al completo
- BaloncestoUna victoria que sabe a final
- MotorPretemporada de cara a un año largo
PortadaMercadosEmpresasEconomíaMercadosEl Ibex cierra la semana en positivo- EmpresasLa banca presenta sus resultados
- EconomíaEl paro se modera en el último trimestre
- TecnologíaLas operadoras apuestan por la fibra
ASPortadaFútbolBasketTenisPrimeraLa Liga, más abierta que nunca- FútbolJornada de Copa con grandes cruces
- BaloncestoLos equipos españoles lideran en Europa
- TenisArranca la gira de tierra batida
- 2011Papolog
- 2012The Mobile Company
- 2015Suitsupply
- 2019Garçon Coffee
- nowPolarsteps
Where I’ve worked
- 2021 – now
- 2015 – 2017
- 2014 – 2015, with TWC
- 2012 – 2014, as The Mobile Company
- 2010 – 2011
And the apps I built for
How I can help
What I can do for your team
- 01
Building your iOS app
From the first commit to the App Store, or picking up an app that needs some care.
- 02
Architecture
Splitting a big app into Swift packages so teams stop stepping on each other. I did it at Polarsteps.
- 03
Tech lead
Running the iOS side of a product team: planning, code reviews and releases, while still writing code.
- 04
Growing a team
Hiring, onboarding, and the habits that keep an iOS team shipping as it grows.
Photography
I also take photos
In 2017 I quit my job to travel for eight months. The photos turned into a small business: stories for Exposure, media kits for tourism brands, and a print shop that still sells prints.
- photo stories across six continents
- 75
- for Lonely Planet, 2017 and 2018
- Pathfinder
- Exposure Staff Picks
- 14
- exhibitions in Madrid
- 2
See where I’ve flownRead the adventuresBuy a printMore about me
Contact
Say hi
Tell me about your app or your team.