Senior Software Engineer at SpotifyUnited Kingdom

Vadim Smal

I build build systems, CI/CD pipelines, release workflows, developer tooling that make mobile teams faster.

Infrastructure-focused engineer with iOS/macOS experience, working across build systems, CI/CD, and release workflows to make mobile teams faster and more reliable.

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zsh — ~/mobile

$bazel build //apps/ios:App --config=ci

INFO: Analyzed target //apps/ios:App (1,284 packages loaded).

INFO: Found 1 target...

INFO: Elapsed time: 41.8s, Critical Path: 37.2s

INFO: 1,920 processes: 1,688 remote cache hit.

INFO: Build completed successfully.

11+ years across

Spotify
Skyscanner
AVITO.ru
RAMBLER&Co

Apps

Mac and iOS apps I build and publish under puzzledbit.

InkeyTool macOS

Rewrite, shorten and translate selected text in supported Mac apps with saved actions and the AI provider you choose.

Website App Store

Time For A Brew iOS

A coffee and tea journal with brew timers: save your settings, photos and tasting notes, and repeat your best brew.

Website App Store

What I work on

Build systems

Bazel and the Xcode build system: build graphs, caching and build-time optimization for large iOS codebases.

CI/CD & release

Pipelines and release workflows that keep shipping predictable and reliable.

iOS & macOS

Native development in Swift and Objective-C, from product features to platform code.

Architecture

Designing project structure and tooling so mobile teams can move fast without breaking things.

Experience

Full CV

Spotify
Current
Senior Software Engineer
August 2021 – Present5 yrs 2 mos
Skyscanner
Senior Software Engineer
September 2019 – August 20211 yr 11 mos
AVITO.ru
Senior Software Engineer
February 2017 – September 20192 yrs 7 mos
RAMBLER&Co
iOS Team Lead
February 2015 – February 20172 yrs

Let's talk

Open to conversations about build systems, developer tooling and mobile infrastructure.

vadimsmal@icloud.com