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Konstantin
Skoblik

Mobile Team Lead and Senior iOS Developer with deep experience building business-critical products, scaling delivery teams, and improving reliability of large production apps.

Leadership Leading iOS initiatives at Cathay Pacific and Cathay Technologies, mentoring engineers and driving architecture decisions.
Focus Shipping stable, maintainable iOS products with strong UX, measurable performance gains, and operational reliability.
konstantin.skoblik@gmail.com +852 5596 6811 LinkedIn
Career

Work Experience

Cathay Pacific / Cathay Technologies Mobile Team Lead Senior iOS Developer
Hong Kong 2021 — Present (6 years)
Led iOS development of the Flight Folder — the core internal iPad application used by pilots for all daily flight operations, including pre-flight planning, navigation, fuel and weather data.
Designed and implemented new features, performed major architecture refactoring and code optimization in Swift, significantly improving app stability and performance
Optimized application performance, reducing load times by 30% through profiling, efficient data handling and UI rendering improvements
Conducted large-scale refactoring that increased the crash-free rate from 87% to 99%, greatly enhancing reliability for critical pilot operations
Reviewed and improved code quality across the iOS codebase through thorough pull request reviews, mentoring and establishing best practices
Collaborated closely with backend, web, and UI/UX teams to deliver seamless end-to-end features and integrations
Successfully delivered 2 major projects on schedule while technically leading a group of 4 iOS developers
Implemented a backend monitoring system using ELK Stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana) with custom dashboards and real-time alerts
Contributed to the commercial success of the Flight Folder solution, which resulted in the creation of a new IT company (Cathay Technologies) to offer the platform as a service to other airlines
Fleet Ship Management Senior iOS Developer
Hong Kong 2018 — 2020 (3 years)
First iOS developer in the newly established mobile department. Pioneered development of Sail with Fleet — a publicly available iPhone hiring app — built from scratch as the sole iOS developer alongside another teammate. Also architected and delivered an internal iPad app for ship inspectors, completely digitizing the inspection workflow and integrating real-time analytics dashboards.
M800 Senior iOS Developer
Hong Kong 2017 — 2018 (1 year)
Developed a full-featured messaging app — a WhatsApp-like communication platform with VoIP and video calls, audio messages, instant chat, and file sharing. Contributed as one of two iOS developers on the team, building reusable UI components and ensuring seamless real-time communication.
YedPay iOS Developer
Hong Kong 2016 — 2017 (1 year)
Joined as the first iOS developer to build a pilot Alipay payment app for B2B retailers in Hong Kong. Designed the UI for both iOS and Android, delivered the complete iOS application from scratch. Introduced and established Agile and Scrum methodologies across the development team.
Embria iOS Developer
Russia 2015 — 2016 (1 year)
Early-stage startup within Embria. Built pilot iOS applications every 3 months to test new product hypotheses. Worked closely with a designer, product owner, and backend developer in a small cross-functional team.
1C Company Software Developer
Russia 2010 — 2014 (4 years)
After university, spent 4 years developing enterprise desktop software for accountants, financial and production companies — building financial accounting systems, management reporting tools, and automation solutions for business workflows.
Portfolio

Key Projects

Flight Folder screenshot 1

Flight Folder

Primary internal iPad app for Cathay Pacific pilots to carry out daily flight operations. 30% faster load times, 99% crash-free rate.

cathaypacific.com
iPadSwiftEnterpriseCathay Pacific
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Ship Inspection App

Internal iPad app digitizing the entire ship inspection process with real-time analytics for inspectors visiting vessels.

fleetship.com
iPadSwiftAnalyticsFleet Ship
Sail with Fleet screenshot

Sail with Fleet

Public iPhone app for hiring — built from scratch. Full hiring pipeline from application to onboarding.

App Store fleetship.com
iPhoneSwiftPublic App
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Messaging App

Rich messaging framework with calls, audio messages, text messaging, and file sharing capabilities.

m800.com
iOSFrameworkVoIPM800
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Alipay Payment Terminal

B2B payment solution for Hong Kong retailers accepting Alipay payments. Complete iOS app with cross-platform design.

yedpay.com
iPhonePaymentsB2BYedPay
Side Projects

Personal Projects

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PSM I

Mobile app for preparing for the Professional Scrum Master I certification exam.

App Store
iPhoneSwiftEducationScrum
Screenshot / Video

AWS SAA

Mobile app for preparing for the AWS Solutions Architect Associate certification exam.

App Store
iPhoneSwiftEducationAWS
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Real Estate Hong Kong

Mobile app for searching real estate properties in Hong Kong.

App Store
iPhoneSwiftReal EstateHong Kong
Tech Stack

Skills & Tools

Languages

Swift (10 yrs) Objective-C (2 yrs) Python JavaScript

CI/CD & Infra

Jenkins Fastlane App Center OpenShift CocoaPods

Monitoring & Data

ELK / Kibana Elastic Firebase MongoDB Realm

Dev Tools

Xcode Git Sourcetree Jira Confluence Notion

Other

Scrum Social Auth Google Ads Socket.io
Education

Education

Vologda State University

Master of Computer Science — Vologda, Russia — 2003–2008