About

Alex Ivlev is a Lead Mobile Engineer at Welcome: Real time travel plans, with over 11 years of experience in the field. He is passionate about creating apps that he would want to use and share with others, and is obsessed with optimizing memory usage and achieving 60 fps. Alex thrives in challenging environments and enjoys learning and helping others grow. He looks forward to getting a WWDC ticket every year. Alex has worked with Netflix as a Senior Software Engineer - iOS, where he led the development of the redesigned video player UI and new playback architecture, resulting in improved loading and buffering speeds. He became the technical expert for mobile and partner teams for playback performance issues and contributed to animation work on the 30 Second Previews project. Alex also worked at Blizzard Entertainment as an Engineering Manager - Mobile, where he managed the daily functions of the mobile team (iOS, Android, and QA), including standup, project planning, and task estimation. He was responsible for hiring and mentoring direct reports and fostering relationships between the mobile team and Blizzard game development teams. Alex developed the iOS SDK for the Blizzard push notification infrastructure, led the development of the major redesign of the iOS Authenticator app using Swift, and identified and led the development of the iCloud Keychain Sync feature used in the iOS Authenticator app, resulting in millions of dollars saved in customer support costs and improved user security. Alex holds a B.S. in Information Resource Management from Wilmington University and an A.A.S. in Computer Information Systems from DelawareTech. His tech stack includes Mobile, iOS, Software Engineer, test, ui, Senior Software Engineer, Android, qa, infra, Python, and Swift.