Keisha Danielle Bryant

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VP of Engineering at Spindle Works · IOS apps

Spindle Works
San Diego, CA · PT (UTC-8)
16+ years experience
UC Berkeley
English
Hiring
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Overview

Currently at Spindle Works, where I lead iOS apps with a team of 5. Took crash-free sessions from 97.8% to 99.9%. Before that: Booking Holdings and Pfizer. Most at home with UIKit and XCTest. Home cook with strong opinions about biryani.

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  • Working sessions on Swift
  • Thoughtful intros to people in my field
  • Second opinions on Core Data decisions
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Skills
SwiftXCTestSwiftUIUIKitCombineCore Data
HiringHiring for a role
closes in 3 months

9 data engineer roles open on the iOS team in San Diego

Role
Data engineer
Level
Mid
Type
Contract
Work mode
Hybrid
Compensation
$171k-$241k + equity
Team
IOS, 7 people
Start
As soon as possible
Must have
Strong SQL and statistics Turns analysis into decisions Clear written communication
Process
Decision within 10 days

Comp $193k-$319k. Three interviews over a week. Message me with one thing you shipped that you're proud of.

San Diego, CAcombinecore datauikit
Open

Experience

  1. VP of Engineering
    Jan 2023 - Present
    Spindle Works · 3 yr 9 mo · Full-time · San Diego, CA
    • Took crash-free sessions from 97.1% to 99.8%.
    • Mentored 14 engineers through their first promotion.
  2. Engineering Manager
    May 2019 - Jan 2023
    Booking Holdings · 3 yr 8 mo · Full-time · San Diego, CA
    • Cut p99 latency on the iOS services from 507ms to 133ms.
    • Grew the iOS team from 5 to 22 engineers.
  3. Senior Engineering Manager
    Nov 2015 - May 2019
    Pfizer · 3 yr 6 mo · Full-time · San Diego, CA
    • Rebuilt onboarding in SwiftUI and lifted day-one retention 11%.
  4. Senior iOS Engineer
    Feb 2014 - Nov 2015
    KPMG · 1 yr 9 mo · Full-time · San Diego, CA
    • Cut p99 latency on the iOS services from 380ms to 75ms.
    • Took crash-free sessions from 97.2% to 99.8%.
  5. Senior iOS Engineer
    Jul 2010 - Feb 2014
    Lyft · 3 yr 7 mo · Full-time · San Diego, CA
    • Brought on-call pages for iOS down from 24 a week to 1.

Projects

Write-up: iOS apps in practice
2026

A long-form guide to iOS apps for people starting out.

Side project: a reading list app
2025

Built with Swift and UIKit. 347 people used it last year.

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Education

  1. UC Berkeley
    BA, Computer Science
    2001 - 2005

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