§ 00 / Introduction

Ali Fayed.— Senior iOS Engineer.

Five years designing, developing and shipping high-traffic iOS apps for fintech, banking, e-commerce and government. Expert in Swift 6, SwiftUI, SwiftData and Clean Architecture, with deep experience in biometric authentication, App Intents and digital payment integrations.

Solo developer and publisher of Finlytix on the App Store — a premium personal-finance app for the MENA & international market, featuring an AI assistant in Egyptian Arabic dialect powered by Apple Foundation Models, Whisper and Groq.

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§ 01  /  About

Engineering with precision.

Senior iOS Engineer, five years in production. I ship software with tolerances, not approximations — secure-by-default, modular, and tested.

NameAli Ahmed Ali Fayed
RoleSenior iOS Engineer
CompanyBanque Misr · Hybrid
Solo AppFinlytix · App Store
DegreeB.Sc. Mechatronics
SchoolMansoura University
LocCairo, Egypt

Five years deep in banking, finance & government iOS.

As a Senior iOS Engineer at Banque Misr, I'm working on BM Online — the bank's flagship retail banking app, 1M+ active users — alongside a multinational team across product, design, backend and security. My work spans biometric auth via LocalAuthentication, device binding with CryptoKit, the User Digital Signature flow for legally binding in-app approvals, card-less ATM withdrawal, SoftToken on-device 2FA, self-registration onboarding, and the VIP & Youth segment experiences. Spent a year on the production support squad as on-call iOS engineer under strict banking SLAs.

I'm also the solo developer and publisher of Finlytix on the App Store — a premium personal-finance app for the MENA market. Finny, its in-app AI assistant, speaks Egyptian Arabic and is powered by Apple Foundation Models, Whisper and Groq. Bilingual AR/EN with full RTL, iCloud-synced, SwiftData under the hood, Supabase + Cloudflare Workers on the backend.

5+
Years iOS
5+
Apps live
4
Sectors shipped
§ 02  /  Selected work

The product I ship solo.

Designed, built, and published end-to-end. Concept, architecture, implementation, store, support.

/ 01
Personal finance · iOS · MENA · Solo

Finlytix

A premium personal-finance app for Egyptian & MENA users with a dark-luxury identity. Net-worth tracking, live gold / FX / crypto in EGP, budgeting, subscription & commitment tracking. Bilingual Arabic & English with full RTL/LTR. Finny, the in-app AI assistant, speaks Egyptian Arabic — Apple Foundation Models on-device, Whisper API for speech-to-text, Groq API for fast LLM inference. SMS bank-transaction parsing for CIB, NBE and Banque Misr, plus 14 App Intent structs for Siri Shortcuts and voice automation.

StackSwift 6 · SwiftUI · SwiftData
AIFoundation Models · Whisper · Groq
BackendSupabase · Cloudflare Workers
BillingStoreKit 2 · RevenueCat · Lifetime IAP
StoreApp Store · /eg/finlytix →
Sitefinlytix-app.com →

In the wild 05

  • 01 Finlytix ↗ Solo · 2026 — Present Premium personal finance
  • 02 BM Online ↗ Banque Misr · Team 1M+ active users
  • 03 Egyptian Electricity Services (EEHC) ↗ Fixed Solutions 100K+ downloads
  • 04 Visitors · KSA museums & sites Fixed Solutions 200K+ · 7 languages
  • 05 Haramain · Mecca pilgrimage Fixed Solutions Contributed
§ 03  /  Toolkit

The right tool, deliberately chosen.

Daily-driver stack. Nothing here for hype.

Languages & Frameworks 07

  • 01Swift 6Primary
  • 02Objective-CLegacy code
  • 03SwiftUIModern UI
  • 04UIKit · Auto LayoutProduction
  • 05SwiftDataPersistence
  • 06Combine · async/await · ActorsConcurrency
  • 07WidgetKit · MapKit · Core AnimationNative UI

Architecture & Patterns 07

  • 01Clean ArchitectureLayered
  • 02MVVMDefault
  • 03MVP · VIPBanking apps
  • 04ReduxGovernment apps
  • 05SOLID · Design PatternsDiscipline
  • 06SwinjectDI container
  • 07RxSwiftReactive streams

Apple Platform & Localization 07

  • 01App Intents · Siri Shortcuts14 shipped
  • 02StoreKit 2Subscriptions · IAP
  • 03CryptoKitDevice binding
  • 04LocalAuthenticationFace ID · Touch ID
  • 05iCloud · CloudKit · APNsSync · push
  • 06String CatalogsiOS localization
  • 07AR / EN Bilingual · RTL / LTRMENA-ready

AI · Backend · Release 07

  • 01Apple Foundation Models · Whisper · GroqFinlytix AI
  • 02Claude Code · Codex · Gemini · OpencodeAI dev tooling
  • 03SupabasePostgres · auth · storage
  • 04FirebaseCrashlytics · analytics
  • 05Cloudflare WorkersEdge backend
  • 06RevenueCat · OneSignal · AdMobMonetization · engagement
  • 07XCTest · Fastlane · App Store ConnectQuality · CI · release
§ 04  /  Experience

A career of building & shipping.

Four chapters that defined the work — two roles, a solo product and a deliberate practice.

Apr 2023 — Present
CURRENT

Senior iOS Engineer

Banque Misr · Cairo (Hybrid)
BM Online ↗

Working on BM Online, the bank's flagship retail banking app — 1M+ active users — collaborating with a multinational team across product, design, backend and security. Architected and shipped features using UIKit, SwiftUI, RxSwift, Combine, Swinject (DI) and Clean Architecture. Implemented Face ID / Touch ID via LocalAuthentication, built device binding with CryptoKit, delivered the User Digital Signature flow for legally binding in-app approvals, shipped card-less ATM withdrawal, BM VIP and BM Youth segment experiences, SoftToken on-device 2FA, and self-registration onboarding. Authored XCTest suites, integrated Firebase Crashlytics, and served 1+ year on the production support squad as on-call iOS engineer under strict banking SLAs.

Jan 2021 — Apr 2023
2 YEARS

iOS Engineer

Fixed Solutions · Cairo (Remote)
EEHC ↗

Built the Egyptian Electricity Services (EEHC) app — 100K+ App Store downloads, UIKit + Redux for predictable state. Shipped the Visitors app for KSA museums and religious sites — 200K+ downloads, localized for 7 languages (MVVM, UIKit, SwiftUI). Refactored 7 production screens from UIKit to SwiftUI in a phased migration. Built an in-app Visitor Chatbot from scratch in SwiftUI against a REST conversational backend, and contributed to the Haramain app for visitors to the Grand Mosque of Mecca.

2024 — Present
AI WORKFLOW

AI-Native Engineering

Daily-driver pair-programming
Claude Code ↗ Codex ↗ Gemini ↗ Opencode ↗

Adopted AI-native engineering early. Daily-driver workflows with Claude Code, Codex, Gemini and Opencode across Finlytix, BM Online contributions, and side projects — for refactors, test generation, architecture spike reviews, long-context audits and bilingual UI iteration. Disciplined about review and tests: AI as a force-multiplier, not a substitute for engineering judgment.

2026 — Present
SOLO PUBLISHER

Solo Developer & Publisher

Finlytix · App Store
Finlytix · App Store ↗ finlytix-app.com ↗

Designed, developed and shipped Finlytix end-to-end — a premium personal-finance app for Egyptian and MENA users. Net-worth tracking, live gold / FX / crypto in EGP, budgeting, subscription tracking. Finny, the in-app AI assistant, speaks Egyptian Arabic — Apple Foundation Models on-device, Whisper API for speech-to-text, Groq API for fast LLM inference. SMS bank-transaction parsing for CIB, NBE and Banque Misr. 14 App Intent structs for Siri Shortcuts. StoreKit 2 + RevenueCat with monthly / yearly tiers and a Finlytix V lifetime IAP. Supabase + Cloudflare Worker for serverless quota enforcement; iCloud sync, OneSignal push, AdMob; full App Store Connect, TestFlight and App Review lifecycle owned solo.

§ 05  /  Contact

Have something worth building?

Open to senior roles and consulting engagements. Quickest reply at aliifayed97@gmail.com.

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