7+ years building high-performance mobile products across fintech, government, and automotive · Doha, Qatar
I'm a Senior Mobile Engineer specialising in iOS (Swift, SwiftUI) with a track record of shipping production-grade apps at scale — from mobile banking platforms serving thousands of GCC users to government document systems and automotive workshop management. I care deeply about clean architecture, security, and building things that actually hold up in production.
- Currently building government mobile products at Intalio, Doha (iOS, Android, React Native)
- Previously led iOS at Contour Software (R.O.Writer — automotive) and Avanza Solutions (5 banking apps)
- FIME Certified for Apple Pay integration — one of very few iOS engineers with this credential
- Google Certified Project Manager · McKinsey Forward Program alumni
- I write about Swift, iOS architecture, AI, and mobile engineering on Medium — 17 published articles, 2,000+ followers
iOS & Apple
Architecture
Android & Cross-platform
Payments & Security
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APIs, Cloud & CI/CD
- FIME-certified Apple Pay — integrated standards-compliant mobile payment processing for regional banking clients across the GCC
- 5 mobile banking apps — Khaleeji Commercial Bank, Bank of Bahrain & Kuwait, Habib Metro Bank, Summit Bank, and Faysal Bank — shipped with full regulatory compliance and Apple Watch companion
- Google ML Kit — automated licence plate detection and barcode scanning, eliminating the majority of manual data entry in automotive workflows
- Modular iOS architecture — designed parallel feature development systems supporting 4+ concurrent government product streams
- Azure Blob + video compression pipeline — dramatically reduced upload sizes; SwiftUI media component adopted as team-wide standard
- Arabic RTL localisation — expanded user base across MENA for multiple banking products
| Project | Domain | Tech |
|---|---|---|
| HImageViewer | Open source SwiftUI + UIKit image & video viewer — paged gallery, pinch-to-zoom, video playback, multi-select, drag-to-reorder, remote image loading | Swift, SwiftUI, UIKit, SPM |
| R.O.Writer | Automotive workshop management platform | Swift, MVVM, ML Kit, Azure |
| COFE App | Coffee ordering platform — base product powering multiple branded child apps across different coffee chains | Swift, UIKit |
| Khaleeji Commercial Bank | Mobile banking — GCC | Swift, Apple Pay, FIME, Security, RTL, Apple Watch |
| Bank of Bahrain & Kuwait | Mobile banking — GCC | Swift, UIKit, Encryption, RTL, Apple Watch |
| Habib Metro Bank | Mobile banking | Swift, UIKit |
| GeoRep | Real-time field sales navigation | iOS + Android, MapBox, Stripe |
| RozCar | Van service app — ride booking, maps, navigation, daily schedules | iOS + Android, MapBox |
I write practical guides on iOS engineering, AI, Swift, and mobile architecture. 17 published articles · 2,000+ followers.
Recent — AI series
- I Was Skeptical of AI as an iOS Engineer. A React Native Bug Changed My Mind. (Apr 2026)
- Working Smarter with AI: A Practical Playbook (Apr 2026)
- AI Agents Explained: From Chatbot to Autopilot (Apr 2026)
- The Art of Prompting (Mar 2026)
iOS & Swift
- Stop Writing Image Preview Screens from Scratch — Use HImageViewer (Nov 2025)
- Swift Protocols in Action: A Practical Guide to Clean Architecture (Feb 2025)
- Mastering Advanced Protocols in Swift (Feb 2025)
- SwiftUI Basics: Building Interfaces One View at a Time (Apr 2025)
Git & tooling
- Git Demystified · Mastering Git Branching series (3 parts)
When I'm not in Xcode, I'm behind the lens. I run a photography page — follow along at @tapnshotsofficial on Instagram.
I'm always open to interesting problems in mobile engineering, architecture discussions, or collaboration on open source.
- LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/m-hamzak
- Medium: medium.com/@m-hamzak
- Instagram: @tapnshotsofficial
- Email: m_hamzak1997@yahoo.com
"Git-ting Things Done, One Commit at a Time"