Archer Hasbany |
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Experience
ForeFlight (Senior iOS Engineer, 2020 - Present)
- Led design and development of a new Swift based Sync-SDK using Combine, Swift Concurrency, and protocol-oriented design.
- Reduced sync related support issues by 80% by addressing widespread CoreData race conditions.
- Replaced the legacy websocket-based Sync engine with a REST-based system, improving catch up time by 75% and massively simplyfing the protocol
- Drove modern Swift API integration across feature teams as SDK integration lead
- Acted as Release Captain for four ForeFlight Mobile releases
- Traveled internationally for on-site customer debugging for critical production issues, translating findings into product fixes.
- Trained a new engineering team in the Denmark office during an extended on-site
- Mentored two interns who transitioned to full-time roles and improved the engineering interview process
- Represent ForeFlight at annual customer-facing events including EAA AirVenture, Sun-n-Fun, and AOPA shows
ForeFlight (Host, Between Two Wings, Dec 2025 - Present)
- Research, coordinate, and host ForeFlight’s monthly podcast which reaches our audience of hundreds of thousands of pilots
- Represent ForeFlight as the face and voice of social media presence
Professional and Technical Skills
- iOS: Swift, Core Data, Swift Concurrency, Combine, UIKit, SwiftUI, WidgetKit
- Mobile architecture: SDK design, Sync engines, server-client data exchange protocols, data persistence, offline-first patterns.
- Tooling: Xcode, Instruments, Claude Code, XCTest, Bitrise CI/CD
- Collaboration: cross-functional integration, customer-facing debugging, mentorship, interview process design
Projects
- Tap In - Daily Rating iOS App - Built and released a mood tracking app using SwiftData, CloudKit, and WidgetKit
- Aro Metronome - Peer-to-peer metronome app using WiFi Aware to synchronize multiple devices for in-ear monitoring
Education & Qualifications
- The University of Texas at Austin - BS Computer Science, Minor Entrepreneurship
- Private Pilot License - Thrust Flight, Addison TX
Leadership Experience & Activities
- Texas Aerial Robotics - President (2020 - 2022), Hardware Team Lead (2018 - 2020)
- Grew membership from 10 to 80, raised $30,000 for UAV hardware and research computers
- 2nd place in Raytheon annual UAV competition; led a 7-person officer team
- Drumset player for Dress Warm