01 · THE SITUATION
Joining in the middle of a storm
I joined the mobile engineering team during a period of severe organizational instability and rapid attrition.
Story · Burgan Bank
When the seniors left.
Mobile Banking · Critical Transition Period
Our iOS team was four engineers. Three of them left, and I was the last one standing. A serious number of banking users still needed their apps to work every day, so I took ownership.
1M+users across both apps
4 → 1iOS engineers left on the team
2banking apps kept shipping
02 · OWNERSHIP
The last iOS engineer standing
The iOS team was four people. Three of them resigned, one after another, and I was the only iOS engineer left. With continuity and delivery of critical banking apps at real risk, I took ownership.
03 · THE CURVEBALL
Apple moved the goalposts
Right in the middle of it, Apple raised the minimum Xcode and SDK version required for App Store submissions. Our project was below that line, so the whole codebase had to be migrated before we could ship another update. With one iOS engineer left: me.
04 · REBUILDING
Bringing the right people back
One of the senior iOS engineers who left had already started at another company. I convinced them to come back. They later became our direct team lead and restored structure and stability.
05 · LEADERSHIP
A direct line to the executives
I worked closely with executive technology leadership to surface delivery risks, challenge assumptions and protect product quality under high pressure.
06 · JUDGMENT
The team's quality anchor
I flagged performance risks, challenged seniority-based decisions and kept delivery standards high in a regulated banking environment.
07 · OUTCOME
Stable, shipping, trusted
The team stabilized and kept developing mobile banking apps for over 1M users, including ON Mobil and Burgan Mobil.
