A long technical path across hardware, software, tools, and problem-solving.
Independent systems builder for Apple and Web products
I build really complex apps and the systems that make them work.
I am an experienced app builder. I understand the full technical architecture: app, interface, data, APIs, backend, platform rules, release path, and future updates. I stay with the full lifecycle, from product shaping and demos to App Store submission, launch, updates, adaptation, and growth.
Tech bio
A technical background built across systems, apps, infrastructure, and real client work.
Formal foundation in software, systems, algorithms, and engineering discipline, completed in 2004.
Six years supporting enterprise Windows server systems for CIBC branches.
Independent client work across Apple apps, web tools, and product systems.
Real products, demos, utilities, integrations, and supported releases.
From first proof to launch, updates, adaptation, support, and growth.
Who you are hiring
A direct senior builder for app and backend layers, from complete system prototypes to development and support.
My name is Andrei Gora. I have been working with computers in one form or another since 1991, across different technical fields, tools, platforms, and product problems.
That path includes varied technical fields, a Computer Science degree completed in 2004, six years supporting enterprise Windows server infrastructure for CIBC branches across Canada, and independent freelance product work since 2011.
I am useful when the project needs someone who can understand the product, talk clearly with the owner, make technical decisions, build the app, shape the web/API layer, connect the backend, and keep pushing when the path is not obvious.
The working style is efficiency, transparency, and honesty: use time well, show tradeoffs clearly, and say what is risky before it becomes expensive.
Services
Where I can help
Apps for Apple Platforms + Backends
Apps for iPhone, iPad, Mac, Watch, and Apple TV, built together with the backend, APIs, data flows, device logic, and production support they need.
Web and API Systems
Web tools, dashboards, custom scripting, API integrations, upload flows, databases, operational panels, and the glue that keeps a product moving.
Complex Technical Prototypes
Depth cameras, 3D capture, AR demos, media workflows, sensors, device integrations, and unusual ideas that need a working path before they need a large team.
AI-Driven Automation
Practical automation for parts of your life or business: scripts, internal tools, data cleanup, admin workflows, AI-assisted helpers, dashboards, and repeatable processes.
Modernization and Rescue
Legacy Objective-C, UIKit, Swift, SwiftUI, brittle integrations, abandoned prototypes, and apps that need a senior developer to untangle the hard parts.
Technical Product Partnership
A direct freelancer relationship for founders and small teams who need clear technical judgment, fast iteration, and honest communication.
Most recent project
TrueScan: custom 3D scanning for a real orthotics workflow.
iPad and iPhone
KiwiTrueScan
Custom TrueDepth 3D scanning for orthotics
A recent iPad and iPhone 3D scanning app for a custom orthotics company, with a native scanning pipeline built around TrueDepth capture, a heavily modified and improved StandardCyborg framework, OpenCV-based camera/lens calibration, C++ point-cloud meshing, and Metal performance work.
- Reworked and improved StandardCyborg's public scanning framework around the product's orthotics capture flow, device constraints, and scan-quality requirements.
- Built custom camera/lens calibration with integrated OpenCV logic for improved scan alignment and reliability.
- Created a custom point-cloud meshing algorithm from scratch in C++ for performance-critical scan processing.
- Connected Swift app UX, C++ processing, Metal rendering/performance work, and TrueDepth capture into one production scanning module.
- Supported testing, App Store submission, review, launch, updates, and refinement.
SwiftC++MetalOpenCVTrueDepthStandardCyborgPoint cloudsCustom meshing3D scanningOrthotics
Workflow
From rough technical uncertainty to a product people can use.
Map the unknowns
Clarify the product goal, platform constraints, risky integrations, and what must be proven first.
Build the proof
Prototype the hard part quickly: sensor flow, capture logic, API contract, media pipeline, or AI loop.
Shape the system
Turn the working path into maintainable app structure, interface states, backend flows, and deployment habits.
Ship and refine
Harden edge cases, improve clarity, support release, and keep the next iteration grounded in real use.
Good fit
I am strongest when the project has real technical uncertainty.
If you need a standard brochure site, there are cheaper options. If you need an app that touches cameras, sensors, depth data, streaming, custom APIs, existing legacy code, or a strange product workflow, that is much closer to my zone.
Working principles
- Use time efficiently and keep the work focused on what moves the product forward.
- Keep communication transparent: tradeoffs, risks, cost, and unknowns are made visible.
- Be honest when something is uncertain, unnecessary, fragile, or better solved another way.
- Respect the product owner’s vision and constraints.
- Prototype quickly, then harden the parts that prove worth keeping.
- Build for production, maintenance, and future developers.
Technical range
Tools and platforms
SwiftSwiftUIUIKitObjective-CmacOSAVFoundationCoreMotionARVuforiaUnity3DC++Open3DAWSFirebaseLAMPCustom APIsAI-assisted workflows
Contact
Tell me about your project, idea, or vision, and where you need help.
Send me a hello, and optionally describe your vision in a few words. I will reply with where I can help and a practical next step.