Peter Hornsby

iOS and DevOps Software Engineer

Olathe, Kansas
me@peterhornsby.com
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Software engineer with more than a decade of iOS and mobile experience and a strong record of building reliable delivery systems. Combines Swift and Xcode expertise with AWS, GitHub Actions, automation, testing, and AI-assisted engineering to improve the way teams build and ship software.

Professional Experience

Senior iOS Engineer, Garmin

February 2026 - Present | Olathe, Kansas

  • Contribute to iOS applications in Garmin's Device Interaction Department.
  • Support the Garmin JR app, mobile CI/CD, and GitHub Actions workflows.
  • Apply AI processes and automated testing across the mobile development lifecycle.

Independent iOS Developer

November 2025 - February 2026 | Port Townsend, Washington

  • Designed, developed, tested, and published SkyLogic, an iOS drone-management app.
  • Used Swift, GitHub Copilot, GitHub Actions, Fastlane, and TestFlight to deliver the product.

Lead Software Engineer, Cox Automotive

December 2021 - November 2025 | Remote

  • Built automation with GitHub Actions, AWS Lambda, EventBridge, Step Functions, Terraform, and WAF.
  • Supported more than eight application teams with reusable workflows, test automation, documentation, and release enablement.
  • Helped migrate release processes from TeamCity and Azure DevOps toward GitHub Actions.

iOS Lead Architect, Cox Automotive

December 2014 - December 2021 | Atlanta, Georgia

  • Led mobile architecture and iOS engineering for products including iRecon, VehicleKit, VIN scanning, and VAutoScan.
  • Delivered approximately 50% memory reduction and 15% performance improvement for VAutoScan.
  • Moved dependencies from CocoaPods to Swift Package Manager and supported a production mobile CI/CD package for approximately five years.

Senior Mobile Software Engineer, InComm

January 2014 - November 2014 | Atlanta, Georgia

  • Developed mobile financial applications, API integrations, and internal financial SDKs.

Mobile Software Engineer, Home Depot

May 2013 - December 2013 | Atlanta, Georgia

  • Contributed to the THD Consumer iOS app, StoreFinder mapping, and iPad prototypes.

iOS Developer and Software Engineer, Emory University

2007 - May 2013 | Atlanta, Georgia

  • Built iOS, Objective-C, Cocoa, XML, library, laboratory, and digital-preservation systems.
  • Supported the Salman Rushdie Archives digital preservation effort involving more than 18,000 files.

Core Skills

iOS iOS and Mobile Swift, SwiftUI, UIKit, Xcode, Objective-C, Cocoa, Core Data, MapKit, CoreBluetooth, App Store Connect, TestFlight
AWS DevOps and Cloud AWS Lambda, Step Functions, EventBridge, WAF, serverless architecture, and infrastructure as code
GitHub Actions Delivery and Automation GitHub Actions, Fastlane, Jenkins, Azure DevOps, CI/CD, reusable workflows, shell scripting, and Python
Artificial intelligence AI and Quality AI-assisted development, prompt engineering, context management, unit testing, TDD, test automation, and code review
Swift Swift Development Swift language development, modern concurrency, application architecture, and maintainable mobile code
Terraform Infrastructure Automation Terraform, infrastructure as code, repeatable environments, cloud resources, and delivery automation

Education and Certifications

  • Bachelor of Computer Science, Georgia State University, 2010
  • AWS Solutions Architect - Associate, 2025
  • AWS Developer - Associate, 2025
  • AWS AI Practitioner, 2025
  • FAA-certified remote pilot, Part 107

Selected Projects

SkyLogic, iRecon, AutoTrader, Manheim Express, VAutoScan, SnapLot, Provision, Stockwave, Home Depot, and the Chick-fil-A Leadercast mobile app.