Santiago Bustamante

Senior / Staff-Level Engineer

Santiago
Bustamante

Product-driven mobile & client architecture.
12+ years building at scale.

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Engineer with 12+ years building and scaling mobile products end-to-end. At the senior and staff level, I drive architectural decisions, shape technical strategy, and bridge the gap between product vision and engineering execution.

My focus: iOS and client-side architecture at scale, with a product-first mindset across startups and established teams worldwide.

Expertise

Mobile & Client Architecture

System design, platform strategy, iOS & Swift at scale.

Product-Driven Engineering

Translating product vision into technical execution.

Staff-Level Leadership

Architectural ownership, mentoring, cross-team influence.

Selected Work

Brick

Senior Mobile Engineer

Digital wellness app combining NFC hardware with iOS to block distracting apps. 4.9★ with 34K+ reviews.

Swift SwiftUI Kotlin Multiplatform Jetpack Compose NFC

FREE NOW (by Lyft)

Senior iOS Engineer

Europe's multi-mobility app across 9 countries. Worked on rider app B2B area: payment flows, A/B testing, feature flags. 4.8★ with 50K+ reviews.

Swift SwiftUI UIKit A/B Testing Feature Flags

Dynatrace — Mobile SDK

Senior iOS Engineer

Enterprise observability platform. Built the Mobile SDK instrumenting iOS and Android apps for performance monitoring.

Swift Objective-C Kotlin Java SDK Development

Stocktwits

Senior iOS Engineer

The largest social network for investors and traders with real-time market insights. 4.8★ with 165K+ reviews.

Swift SwiftUI UIKit Real-time Feeds WebSocket

PagoEfectivo (Paysafe)

Lead Mobile Engineer

Digital wallet and cardless payment platform in Peru. Led mobile team, architecture, and vendor negotiations.

Kotlin Swift Mobile Architecture Fintech Vendor Integration

Tpaga

Senior iOS Developer

Colombian mobile wallet with virtual Visa debit, QR payments at 400K+ merchants.

Swift UIKit Fintech Payments

Paven

iOS Lead & Architect

Employee financial wellness platform with personalized guidance. First enterprise client: Meta.

Swift UIKit iOS Architecture

MedAnswers — Fertility

Mobile Director

Digital health platform connecting patients with fertility specialists. Led iOS and Android teams, defining mobile architecture.

Swift Kotlin Mobile Architecture Team Leadership

Rally Rd.

Lead iOS Engineer

Alternative asset investment platform for fractional equity in collectibles. Featured in NYT, WSJ, Forbes. 4.8★.

Swift UIKit

And many more projects…

12+ years of mobile products across startups and enterprises worldwide

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