Hem PoudyalHP

Hem Poudyal

iOS Engineer in Bremen, Germany

Making things feel right to use.

Senior iOS engineer with 10+ years of experience building native apps in Swift and SwiftUI. My background in human-computer interaction shapes how I approach every layer of the work.

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Currently at TAG24 NEWS

Since 2021

At TAG24 NEWS since 2021, starting part-time during a Master's degree and joining full-time in 2023. The team migrated legacy views to SwiftUI and native components — keeping the app running in readers' hands throughout, no big-bang rewrite.

Legacy code, custom UI SwiftUI, native components
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  • Migrated legacy views to SwiftUI

    Legacy UIKit views were rebuilt as modern SwiftUI components — easier to maintain, faster to extend, and deployed incrementally without feature freezes.

  • Native components first

    Custom-built UI was replaced with system components, so the app follows iOS conventions and picks up platform improvements for free.

Research in VR and interaction

My M.Sc. in Digital Media at the University of Bremen focused on virtual reality, games and human-computer interaction: how people actually move through and use digital spaces.

Locomotion study in VR

My Master's project: a study of how people move through a virtual environment built as a digital twin, and which locomotion techniques feel natural.

View the project on GitLab

The study taught me to look closely at how people use things. I try to bring that into my iOS work, even in small details.

Experience

From the first Objective-C apps in Kathmandu to building a news app in Germany.

  1. iOS Engineer
    TAG24 NEWS, Germany

    Started part-time alongside a Master's degree in 2021, joined full-time in 2023. Contributed to modernising the news app through a SwiftUI migration and adoption of native components.

  2. Freelance iOS Developer
    Remote, for clients in several countries

    Took apps from design and planning through to release, working with SwiftUI, Fastlane, Firebase and GraphQL.

  3. iOS Developer
    Eepos IT Holdings, Kathmandu

    Built iOS apps in Swift and Objective-C for a US-based company, with a focus on code quality and performance.

Education

  • M.Sc. Digital Media
    University of Bremen, 2020 – 2024
  • B.E. Computer Engineering
    Kathmandu Engineering College (Tribhuvan University), 2008 – 2012

Tools and languages

  • Swift, SwiftUI, UIKit, Objective-C
  • SwiftData, CloudKit, Firebase, GraphQL
  • Fastlane, Git, UI/UX prototyping
  • English (C1), German (B2), Nepali (native)

Writing

Articles on data structures and algorithms in Swift. More on Medium.

Beyond the code

What keeps me curious outside of work.

  • Photography

    Documenting places and moments, mostly on a camera rather than a phone. Currently working on a photo zine project.

  • Cycling

    Early morning rides along the Weser. It's the most reliable way to clear your head in Bremen.

  • Languages

    Currently in a B2 German course, working toward fluency.

Say hello

Happy to talk about iOS roles, SwiftUI migrations, or anything you saw here.

poudyalhem@gmail.com
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