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GS Gushi Studio Apps, tools, and software work by Bashir.

Work

Shipped work and current beta product.

This page focuses on shipped mobile products and released engineering work, with Seda called out separately as the current beta product.

Shipped Released product work

Pepperstone Trading App

Contributed to Pepperstone’s flagship mobile trading product with a focus on authentication architecture, React Native platform upgrades, release systems, observability, and quality engineering.

Company
Pepperstone · Apr 2022 – Jul 2025
Role
Senior Software Engineer / Tech Lead
Technologies
React Native · TypeScript · Auth0 · GitHub Actions · Sentry · BrowserStack
Highlights
  • Reworked the Auth0 integration around the official provider-driven architecture and resolved Android login issues in the SCA flow.
  • Led React Native upgrade work across major versions, including 0.73 and 0.74, while keeping the app current with iOS 18 and Xcode 16.
  • Built and improved CI/CD flows, manual artifact workflows, self-hosted runner setup, and mobile automation pipelines.
Shipped Released product work

Goodpods Podcast Player

Worked on the consumer podcast and social listening experience at Goodpods, improving app performance, modernising React patterns, and strengthening mobile delivery workflows.

Company
Cognativ · Jul 2020 – Mar 2022
Role
Mobile Engineer
Technologies
React Native · TypeScript · CI/CD · Performance tuning · Mobile architecture
Highlights
  • Improved app performance and reduced time-to-interactive on a high-usage consumer product.
  • Helped modernise the codebase and delivery practices as the product and team scaled.
Shipped Released product work

Easy Weddings, Recycle Mate, and The Secret to Money

Delivered mobile product work across agency projects, supporting shipped features, performance improvements, and client delivery across consumer apps and service-driven products.

Company
Dreamwalk · Mar 2019 – Jul 2020
Role
Mobile Engineer
Technologies
React Native · JavaScript · Mobile delivery · Client collaboration
Highlights
  • Delivered features across multiple web and mobile app engagements in a fast-paced agency setting.
  • Worked on performance and mobile product improvements across a varied client portfolio.
Beta Current independent product

Seda

An independent iOS and macOS product in beta, focused on local-first transcription, AI-assisted note workflows, and calm product design.

Company
Gushi Studio · Jan 2026 – Present
Role
Independent iOS & macOS Engineer
Technologies
Swift · SwiftUI · SwiftData · Whisper · llama.cpp · RAG
Highlights
  • Building a modular MVVM architecture with reusable Swift packages and on-device AI integrations.
  • Designing transcription, session history, and note workflows for a local-first product experience.