About

Andy Sweeny is an accomplished Engineering Manager at Uber with over 10 years of experience building scalable web-based applications and APIs. He is a team-oriented leader who is committed to creating beautiful, usable, and high-quality products. Andy has a pragmatic and common-sense approach to problem-solving and application design, and he is passionate about working with new technologies, languages, and frameworks. Andy has shipped enterprise-grade, secure mobile apps for publicly-traded financial companies, and he is proficient in Agile and Test-Driven Development practices. He has extensive experience with iOS development, including Objective-C, UIKit, and Classic Cocoa Design Patterns, concurrency and multi-threading techniques, storyboards and auto-layout, persistence, testing, and push notifications. He is also familiar with 3rd party libraries, source control, and build tools. In addition to his iOS expertise, Andy is fluent in Java and JavaScript and a dabbler in Ruby and Node.js. He has experience with open-source J2EE development frameworks, RESTful API design, HTTP, and OAuth2 techniques, database modeling and design, user interface, HTML, and CSS design, and TDD and unit test frameworks. Prior to joining Uber, Andy held the position of Mobile Engineering Manager at Postmates Inc. and iOS Developer at the same company. He holds a Master of Science degree in Computer Science from DePaul University and a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics and Accounting from Miami University. With over 23 years of relevant experience, Andy Sweeny is a seasoned Senior Software Engineer with a broad range of technical skills and a passion for working on challenging projects with creative and talented people.