
Shirley H Brown
Senior Mobile EngineerSenior Mobile Engineer
About
Senior Mobile Engineer with 10 years building and shipping crossplatform and native mobile apps using React Native, Expo, TypeScript, Swift, ObjectiveC, Kotlin, and Java. Delivered 20+ iOS/Android/macOS applications with 4M+ combined installs; developed performance-critical native modules and iOS/Android bridges, and implemented ondevice ML (Core ML, TensorFlow) for production features. Strong expertise in mobile architecture, media and audio processing (AVFoundation, FFmpeg, Metal), Expo Application Services (EAS), REST/GraphQL integrations, testing & monitoring, and endtoend App Store/Google Play release pipelines—focused on improving stability, reducing crashes and battery impact, and driving measurable user outcomes.
Experience
Senior Software Engineer / AI & Mobile Engineer at First Orion (2019-10 – 2026-04)
- Led design and delivery of mobile and AI-driven caller-identification features for production branded-calling products.
- Implemented production React Native features using TypeScript/JavaScript and contributed native iOS/Android modules in Swift, ObjectiveC, Kotlin, and Java to support performance-critical flows.
- Architected and delivered native bridges for background processing, telecom integrations, and media pipelines to expose platform capabilities to React Native.
- Owned release engineering tasks: build signing, provisioning, App Store Connect and Google Play Console submissions, and coordinated production rollouts.
- Partnered with product, backend, design, QA, and data teams to plan, ship, and support customer-facing mobile capabilities and drive measurable improvements in reliability and user experience.
- Improved app stability and performance through profiling, concurrency and memory optimization, background-task management, and systematic debugging.
- Built backend services and ML-driven workflows for caller-identity scoring and pattern detection to reduce manual review and improve decision support.
- Owned post-release support: investigated production incidents using monitoring data, coordinated fixes, and delivered reliable updates across iOS and Android.
- Developed and maintained backend systems using.NET, C#, and Microsoft SQL Server with emphasis on scalability and maintainability.
- Improved internal workflows by implementing database-driven business logic and automation to accelerate processing.
- Built fraud-scoring models for tax returns using historical datasets and statistical methods to identify anomalous patterns.
- Developed C# applications to support internal business users, delivering reliable tooling to improve day-to-day operations.
- Improved database workflows and implemented automations that reduced manual operational effort.
- Wrote unit tests and documentation to improve maintainability and handoff readiness for future teams.
- Designed, developed, published, and maintained 20+ iOS, Android, and macOS applications with 4M+ combined installs, owning product strategy, releases, and analytics.
- Built cross-platform apps with React Native, Expo, TypeScript, and native components in Swift, Objective-C, Kotlin, and Java; developed native modules and bridges for performance-critical media, audio, ML, storage, and background processing.
- Used Expo Application Services (EAS Build/Submit/Update), Fastlane, TestFlight, App Store Connect, and Google Play Console to manage builds, signing, store submissions, staged releases, and over-the-air updates.
- Integrated AVFoundation, FFmpeg, Metal, Core ML, TensorFlow, WebRTC, push notifications, Firebase, secure key management, and subscription monetization.
- Designed resilient mobile architectures with reusable components, predictable state management, offline support, API synchronization, caching, and analytics-driven improvements.
- Implemented automated testing, crash reporting, performance profiling, and production monitoring to continuously improve quality and reliability.
Education
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science – University of Arkansas, Fayetteville (2015-04 – 2017-05)

