Roseland, NJ · 15+ years in production

Joshua Cleetus

Senior Full Stack Engineer

Product builder across mobile and full stack: Swift and SwiftUI, React Native, Flutter, React, Node.js, and GCP. I founded iOS Code Lab, a training platform used by 10,000+ developers in 100+ countries, and previously shipped products at North, Walmart, Ford, Fisker, PepsiCo, and Orangetheory.

  • Swift / SwiftUI
  • React Native
  • Flutter
  • React
  • Node.js
  • GCP
Joshua Cleetus, Senior Full Stack Engineer

15+

Years shipping production systems, end to end.

10k+

Developers on iOS Code Lab, across 100+ countries.

$25M+

Quarterly Tap to Pay volume on Payanywhere POS.

10M+

People reached through Walmart+ experiences.

Featured products

Ten shipped apps.

Training software, payments, retail, automotive, and health: native, cross-platform, and full-stack. Select a product for details and the App Store or website link; the long version is in experience below.

Tap an app to open it.

Founder product

iOS Code Lab

A full-stack Swift training platform: browser-based editor with live execution, 77+ DSA problems, system design prep, AI-powered code review, and a Stripe subscription model that grew organically to 10,000+ developers.

  • React
  • Node / Express
  • GCP Cloud Run
  • Firebase
  • WebSockets
  • Stripe
Visit ioscodelab.com

North · Payanywhere

Apple Tap to Pay, among the first U.S. rollouts.

Senior Developer / Architect · January 2023 to May 2025 · Troy, MI

$25M+

Quarterly transactions processed on Tap to Pay.

40%

Less hardware reliance after the software POS path.

30%

Faster delivery after the team and module work.

40%

Reduction in crash rate while mentoring 15 engineers.

Experience

Roles, shipped in order.

Case-study blocks from the current work back through the first products I took to the App Store.

  1. Jan 2026 to Present

    Roseland, NJ · Remote

    iOS Code Lab

    Founder & Full Stack Engineer

    Designed and shipped a full-stack training platform used by 10,000+ developers in 100+ countries. React, Node.js / Express, REST APIs, Google Cloud Run, Docker, and Firebase. Live Swift execution over WebSockets, 77+ DSA problems, system design prep, interactive courses with certificates, AI-powered code review, and a Stripe Free / Pro / Pro+ model.

    ioscodelab.com
  2. May 2026 to Present

    Newark, NJ

    Baby Brezza

    Mobile Applications Engineer · Flutter

    Building cross-platform Flutter apps for Baby Brezza’s consumer product line, shipping shared iOS and Android experiences from one codebase. Collaborating with product and engineering on features, releases, and connected-product workflows.

  3. Jan 2023 to May 2025

    Troy, MI

    North (Nabancard) · Payanywhere

    Senior Developer / Architect

    Architected Apple Tap to Pay for Payanywhere POS, among the first U.S. rollouts, processing $25M+ in quarterly transactions and reducing hardware reliance by 40%. Shipped React Native (Redux) modules with native Swift / Objective-C bridges. Owned architecture for POS, card readers, and payment flows; optimized queries and rendering for kiosk and mobile. Led and mentored a team of 15; improved delivery velocity by 30% and reduced crash rate by 40%.

    Payanywhere on the App Store
  4. May 2022 to Jan 2023

    Bentonville, AR

    Walmart

    Senior Engineer

    Developed Walmart+ features in SwiftUI, React Native, Combine, and VIPER for 60+ stores and millions of customers. Improved authentication, analytics, and in-app engagement for experiences serving 10M+ users. Built real-time UI updates and location, Bluetooth, and camera flows with Combine, Core Location, Core Bluetooth, and AVFoundation.

  5. Jan 2021 to May 2022

    Manhattan Beach, CA

    Fisker

    Senior Engineer

    Built the Fisker EV app’s telematics: remote vehicle state, geolocation, and sensor-driven tracking. Led the migration to SwiftUI and MongoDB, improving data consistency and performance. Evolved architecture for multiple authentication flows, account management, and service integrations, and mentored junior engineers.

  6. Aug 2019 to Dec 2020

    Dearborn, MI

    Ford

    Senior Engineer

    Developed FordPass remote vehicle controls (start / stop, lock / unlock, locate, and status) backed by telematics and telemetry APIs. Built a React-based internal dashboard to visualize and debug telematics data during integration. Partnered with QA and DevOps on CI/CD pipelines and automated testing.

    FordPass on the App Store
  7. Jul 2018 to Aug 2019

    Westchester, NY

    PepsiCo

    Team Lead

    Led a team of 10 engineers and migrated the internal Xcelerate app from Windows to iOS, improving performance and adoption. Designed Core Data caching strategies and managed Agile delivery across product, QA, and engineering.

    MyPepsiCo on the App Store
  8. Jul 2016 to Jun 2018

    Boca Raton, FL

    Orangetheory Fitness

    Senior Developer / Architect

    Designed OTCoach, a unified Apple Watch, iPhone, and iPad app for real-time class control across 125+ locations. Optimized concurrency with DispatchQueue / NSOperationQueue and shipped Apple TV plus localization.

    Orangetheory on the App Store
  9. Jan 2015 to Jul 2016

    New York, NY

    Romio

    Lead Developer

    Built the Romio iOS app from scratch through App Store launch, including reusable platform components and backend-facing integrations.

  10. Oct 2012 to Jan 2015

    New York, NY

    Love the 88

    Software Developer

    Built Tagrigator, BeUrSelfie, and Yooka from scratch, owning both frontend and backend (REST / JSON APIs) through App Store release.

Joshua Cleetus, photographed outdoors

Approach

The interesting problems sit between product and platform.

I take architecture from data and APIs through UI, payments, and CI/CD. Fifteen years of shipping taught me that the work that lasts is the work other engineers can build on: reusable SDKs, honest telemetry, and systems that stay up when the volume shows up.

That looks like Tap to Pay on a POS, reusable mobile SDKs, telematics you can debug from a React dashboard, and a Swift editor that actually runs in the browser. Outside the day job I write, teach, and keep shipping my own products. I am also pursuing an MS in Artificial Intelligence at the University of Colorado Boulder.

  • Product Scope, trade-offs, and the subscription loop.
  • Mobile Swift, Flutter, and React Native in production.
  • Full stack React, Node, REST / GraphQL, and GCP.
  • Leadership Teams of 10 to 15, architecture, and delivery.

Skills

The stack, grouped the way I actually use it.

Languages

  • TypeScript
  • JavaScript
  • Python
  • Swift
  • Kotlin
  • SQL
  • C++
  • Objective-C

Frontend

  • React
  • React Native
  • HTML / CSS
  • SwiftUI
  • Flutter
  • UIKit

Backend

  • Node.js
  • Express.js
  • REST APIs
  • GraphQL
  • WebSockets

Cloud & DevOps

  • Google Cloud Run
  • Firebase
  • Docker
  • AWS
  • Azure DevOps
  • Jenkins
  • CI / CD
  • Git

Mobile

  • SwiftUI
  • UIKit
  • Combine
  • React Native
  • Flutter
  • Core Location
  • Core Bluetooth
  • AVFoundation
  • Apple Watch
  • Telematics

Payments & Auth

  • Stripe
  • Apple Tap to Pay
  • OAuth 2.0
  • JWT
  • Encryption
  • Secure Enclave
  • ATT / SKAdNetwork
  • Biometrics

Architecture

  • MVC
  • MVVM
  • VIPER
  • Modular / clean architecture
  • SDK design
  • MongoDB
  • MySQL
  • Core Data

Book

Cast Your Worries Away

A book by Joshua Cleetus, available on Apple Books, Kindle, and paperback.

Education

In progress

Master of Science, Artificial Intelligence

University of Colorado Boulder · from 2026

Bachelor of Technology, Mechanical Engineering

Cochin University of Science and Technology, India · 2002 to 2006

Contact

Ready to build the next one.

Open to interesting product and engineering work: full stack, mobile, or the messy middle where they meet. If you want the architecture, the trade-offs, or the long version of any role, write me.