Felix Schmidt

Senior iOS Developer

Sisikon, Switzerland

Experience

Apr 2024 - Dec 2025
9 months

Senior iOS Developer

Commerzbank AG

  • Developed the comdirect app for iOS, a mobile banking application offering efficient and secure banking management.
  • Implemented key features such as bank transfers, portfolio analysis, and a personalized financial manager.
  • Utilized native Swift with UIKit and SwiftUI frameworks.
  • Employed MVVM and Coordinator design patterns for app-wide consistency.
  • Integrated APIs and structured data with JSON.
  • Maintained documented clean code and ensured high unit test coverage with XCTest.
  • Continuous integration setup using Git and Jenkins.
  • Agile project setup based on Scrum.
  • Team size: 25 (5 iOS, 5 Android, 2 Design, 8 Tester, 4 Backend, 1 Product Owner).

Users: > 1 million.

Oct 2023 - Dec 2025
1 year 3 months

Senior iOS Developer

Commerzbank AG

  • Contributed to the comdirect photoTAN app, enabling secure authentication of transactions using an innovative photoTAN process.
  • Implemented the scanning of TANs via the camera of iOS devices for transfers and banking operations.
  • Conducted technical migration from UIKit to SwiftUI.
  • Utilized MVVM and Coordinator design patterns alongside reactive programming with Apple's Combine framework.
  • Integrated APIs with JSON data structures.
  • Maintained clean code documentation.
  • Achieved high test coverage through unit tests with XCTest.
  • Agile project setup based on Scrum.
  • Team size: 15 (4 iOS, 4 Android, 1 Design, 4 Tester, 1 Product Owner, 1 Scrum Master).

Users: > 1 million.

Apr 2023 - Oct 2023
7 months

Senior Frontend Developer

SAP SE

  • Developed the KulturPass storefront app for a digital cultural marketplace targeting young adults in Germany.
  • Enabled users to reserve tickets for concerts and other cultural offerings.
  • Built using native Typescript with Angular framework.
  • Implemented reactive programming with RxJS.
  • Achieved high UI test coverage using Cypress.
  • Managed GitHub CI for an open-source project.
  • Agile project setup based on Kanban.
  • Team size: 22 (6 Angular, 3 Backend, 2 Design, 8 Tester, 1 Architect, 1 Product Owner, 1 Scrum Master).

Users: > 1 million.

May 2022 - May 2023
1 year 1 month

Senior iOS Developer

SAP SE

  • Worked on the Corona-Warn-App, an open-source eHealth app for tracing infection chains and providing exposure notifications for SARS-CoV-2.
  • Provided features for vaccination certificates.
  • Used native Swift with UIKit framework.
  • Applied MVVM and Coordinator design patterns with partial reactive programming using Apple's Combine framework.
  • Worked with an Exposure Notification API.
  • Maintained highly documented clean code for extensibility and maintainability.
  • Achieved high unit and UI test coverage with XCTest.
  • Open-source project setup integrated with GitHub CI.
  • Agile project setup based on Kanban.
  • Team size: 27 (4 iOS, 4 Android, 3 Backend, 2 Design, 8 Tester, 2 Architects, 1 Security, 1 Product Owner, 2 Project Leads).

Users: > 10 million.

Jan 2021 - Apr 2022
4 months

Senior iOS Developer

DAK-Gesundheit Krankenversicherung

  • Developed the DAK-App, integrating healthcare insurance processes and the "AktivBonus" Health Bonus Program.
  • Ensured the app was completely barrier-free with support for multi-user and multi-device configurations.
  • Used native Swift with SwiftUI and UIKit frameworks.
  • Implemented app-wide MVVM and Coordinator design patterns.
  • Applied end-to-end programming using RxSwift and Combine reactive frameworks.
  • Achieved very high testing standards with unit and UI tests, meeting 90% code coverage requirements.
  • Used Git and Azure CI integration.
  • Agile project setup based on Scrum.
  • Team size: 21 (6 iOS, 6 Android, 4 Backend, 1 Design, 1 Scrum Master, 1 Product Owner, 1 Process Validator).

Users: 0.8 million.

Feb 2020 - Dec 2021
1 year 11 months

Senior iOS Developer

IBM Deutschland GmbH / Techniker Krankenkasse (TK)

Sep 2019 - Dec 2020
4 months

Web UX

DBCargo AG

Oct 2018 - Aug 2019
11 months

iOS & Web Developer

T-Systems International GmbH

May 2018 - Sep 2018
5 months

iOS & Web Developer

metafinanz Informationssysteme GmbH

May 2016 - Apr 2018
2 years

iOS Developer

Allianz Private Krankenversicherung AG

May 2015 - Jun 2016
1 year 2 months

Web Developer

Allianz Private Krankenversicherung AG

Aug 2014 - Apr 2015
9 months

Web Developer

Allianz Private Krankenversicherung AG

Mar 2012 - Jun 2016
4 years 4 months

Student

FOM University of Applied Sciences in Munich

  • Earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Computer Science.
  • Specialized in web engineering.
  • Completed a thesis on usability for didactic web applications, including prototypical implementation.
  • Final grade: Good (1.7).
  • Thesis grade: Very good (1.0).
Sep 2006 - Jan 2009
2 years 5 months

IT System Specialist Trainee

PricewaterhouseCoopers AG / IHK in Frankfurt

  • Completed professional training as an IT System Specialist.
  • Final grades: PwC (very good, 1.0) / IHK (very good, 1.1).

Summary

Felix Schmidt is a Senior Software Engineer specialising in mobile development for iOS and web frontends. He specialises in long-term and complex app projects, preferably in the insurance, healthcare and financial sectors.

The software projects he has worked on serve over 10 million users worldwide. With a degree in Business Computer Science and 15 years of experience, he is characterised by working with clients such as SAP, Allianz or Commerzbank.

Languages

German
Native
English
Advanced

Education

Mar 2012 - Jun 2016

FOM University of Applied Science in Munich

Bachelor of Science, Deepening Web Engineering · Business Computer Science · Munich, Germany · 1.7