Dmitry Nikishov

Product-focused with 10+ years of experience in mobile-first product delivery, spanning from low-level NDK/C++ to high-level AI integrations. Strong expertise in native mobile development using Kotlin and Swift, as well as building backend microservices using Python and TypeScript. Proven track record of delivering innovative B2C solutions.

Lead Software Engineer (Mobile) at Cogni (2021-12 – Present)

• Built two frontend development teams from scratch (iOS, Android)
• Transition from outsourcing model to in-house competencies
• Adopted Agile processes, implemented two-week sprints approach
• Onboarding refactoring, Veriff.sdk integration (iOS+Android)
• Cross-platform browser, Wallet.Connect (Kotlin Multiplatform) integration
• Migrated buildSrc to the version catalog (toml)
• Introduced Jetpack Compose rails for new features
• Introduced Firebase Remote config and A/B testing for new features development
• POC with Solana, funded by the Solana Foundation
• Setup pipeline for Kotlin Multiplatform (KMP) module build using git-flow
• 2 times improved CI/CD speed for iOS by introducing SPM caching
• Fully automated CI/CD for iOS releases using CircleCI

Founding Engineer at Dutiap (2021-03 – 2021-10)

Full stack dating application development. Delivered iOS MVP in 6 months with 3 engineers

• Front-end: native apps (Swift, Kotlin) for iOS and Android
• Back-end: micro service architecture based on firebase + gcp. TypeScript and Python development languages

Android Developer at VisionLabs (2020-01 – 2021-03)

Participated in the team development of an Android SDK for facial recognition.

• Developing a native Android app for POS terminals using Luna.sdk (Kotlin, C/C++)
• Pipeline refactoring, pipeline speed increased by 70% (from 10 seconds to 3 seconds)
• Migrated RxJava to Kotlin Flow
• Developing a server-side backed solution for remote terminal management (Docker, Python, JS, MQTT)

CTO at DressMe (2018-01 – 2018-12)

Led e-commerce recommendation service using Python, JS, GraphQL, Flutter.

Engineering Manager at UC RUSAL (2017-01 – 2017-12)

Led mobile development for SAP TOPO implementation across two pilot plants.

Program Manager at IVI (2016-01 – 2017-12)

Managed big data and recommendation service projects.

Lead Project Manager at Bell Integrator (2015-01 – 2016-12)

Directed IBM Tivoli implementation for major telecom.

Engineer's Degree in Information Technologies & Automation – Moscow State Textile University (2002)

Machine Learning – Stanford University via Coursera (2020)