Alex Figueroa
Senior Software Engineer at Apple
Old Toronto, Ontario, United States
Summary
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SeniorAlex Figueroa is a Senior Software Engineer with 12 years of experience specializing in iOS development, currently shaping the Photos experience at Apple. He has driven mobile features and brief tech leadership on high-impact consumer teams at Twitter and Facebook, and has a track record of shipping media- and timeline-focused iOS products across scale. His background spans startups and large platforms—from building recommendation and story experiences at Wattpad and Kinetic Commerce to contributing tutorials and technical content for the iOS community. Based in Old Toronto, Alex blends deep iOS expertise with product-minded execution and a knack for improving user-facing media workflows. A practical mentor and collaborator, he quietly amplifies talent around him (and even points opportunities toward family—see his note about his brother).
12 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Stackoverflow
597reputation
43kreached
3answers
2questions
model-view-controller
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Github Skills (80)
react-native-module10
ruby10
automation10
memory-leaks10
twitter10
swift10
android-apps10
uilabel10
image-picker10
cross-platform10
android-app10
android10
mobile10
objective-c10
ios10
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
ajfigueroa/whosapp
Dec 2018 - Oct 2020
An app that lets you use Whatsapp on an iPad
Contributions:7 commits, 1 PR, 4 pushes in 1 year 10 months
ipadwhatsapp
ajfigueroa/LiveCastr
Sep 2018 - Oct 2020
An alternative way to support live streams on ChromeCast
Contributions:6 commits, 2 PRs, 5 pushes in 2 years 2 months
chromecast
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