Daniel Roach

Daniel Roach

Senior Software Engineer

A decade of engineering across Apple platforms, web, and enterprise infrastructure, shipping apps, automating release pipelines, and managing systems at scale.

Disciplines

Apple Platforms

Native app development across iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, and Apple Vision Pro. Expertise in Swift, SwiftUI, and UIKit with a focus on performance, accessibility, and App Store delivery.

iOStvOSvisionOSwatchOSSwiftSwiftUIUIKitObjective‑CXcodeTestFlightSPMMVVMMVCVIPERCoordinatorSingletonObserverDelegateFactorySwift ConcurrencyCombineGCDCore DataCore LocationMapKitAVFoundationCore BluetoothAPNsStoreKitWidgetKitXCTestInstrumentsAccessibilityDeep LinkingApp Extensions

Web Developer

Full-stack web development spanning consumer-facing products and internal tooling. Built REST APIs, management dashboards, and ad-tech platforms across multiple companies.

JavaScriptTypeScriptNode.jsExpressNext.jsReactPHPPythonRuby on RailsHTML5CSSSassTailwind CSSjQueryBootstrapRESTGraphQLJSONAJAXnpmyarnwebpackViteGruntBabelResponsive Design

DevOps & Release Engineering

Owning CI/CD pipelines end-to-end, from commit to App Store. Automated build, signing, and distribution workflows for enterprise mobile teams, with observability and 99.9% uptime across 50+ device labs.

JenkinsGroovyBashShell ScriptingHooksxcodebuildApp Store ConnectGitHubArtifactoryTestFlightCI Observability

AI & Workflow Automation

Leveraging AI coding assistants and LLM tools to accelerate development, automate workflows, and build AI-integrated features. Experienced applying AI orchestration across mobile, backend, and CI/CD contexts to increase velocity and output quality.

GitHub CopilotClaudeChatGPTAmazon QAI OrchestrationPrompt EngineeringWorkflow AutomationLLM IntegrationAI-assisted Code Review

IT Support Specialist

End-user hardware and software support in regulated environments. Provisioned systems, resolved escalations, and maintained documentation in a HIPAA-compliant healthcare setting.

Help DeskHardware SupportSoftware TroubleshootingUser ManagementSystem ImagingRemote Desktop SupportNetwork TroubleshootingVPNMDMPatch ManagementAsset ManagementTicketing SystemsEndpoint SecurityBackup & RecoveryWindowsmacOSPrinter SupportHIPAA Compliance

Systems Administrator

Managed on-premise virtualized infrastructure including Hyper-V clusters and SAN storage. Automated reporting pipelines, hardened security posture, and modernized legacy infrastructure.

Hyper‑VSANWindows ServerActive DirectoryDNSDHCPFirewallVPNPowerShellAzureOffice 365 MigrationGroup PolicyNetwork InfrastructureVLANRAIDBackup & RecoveryDisaster RecoverySSL/TLSSNMP MonitoringPatch ManagementSQLPHP AutomationInfrastructure MonitoringSecurity Hardening

Highlighted Impact

  • Boosted post-meeting engagement by 30% by delivering a unified Meeting Recap suite, consolidating AI summaries, searchable transcripts, and recordings into a single flow across iOS, visionOS, and tvOS.
  • Served as the primary owner of Webex's redesigned Meeting tab, one of the app's most customer-critical pages, receiving strong enterprise reception that measurably increased confidence in the Webex iOS product.
  • Reduced crash rates by 25% and improved app stability for 2–3M weekly active users by leading a full Swift and SwiftUI modernization of legacy Objective-C codebases.
  • Accelerated App Store release cycles by 40% by engineering end-to-end CI/CD pipelines for iOS, visionOS, and tvOS, covering build, signing, testing, and distribution with full compliance.
  • Sustained 99.9% CI uptime across 50+ Apple devices by leading a dedicated CI/CD Scrum team, eliminating flaky runs through structured logging, smart retries, and test gating.
  • Shipped high-visibility enterprise features including Meeting Recap AI summaries, Webinar OBTP, and Free User Spam Reduction in direct partnership with Apple, driving gains in customer satisfaction and adoption.
  • Replaced Myspace's legacy Flash ad player with a standards-compliant HTML5 media player, sustaining revenue streams while delivering measurable gains in performance, security, and cross-browser compatibility.
  • Designed and deployed the SAL Application, a government billing compliance system adopted as the primary audit artifact by state reviewers to verify correct allocation of department budget funds.
  • Modernized network and server infrastructure across healthcare and education environments, migrating physical servers to Hyper-V clusters with SAN-backed storage, managing Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, and VPN, and maintaining voice transmission systems across T1, ISDN, and SONET lines during USAF service.