DonEli Baize
Senior iOS Engineer

DonEli Baize

I build high-performance iOS platforms that bridge Swift, Metal, and low-level graphics — shipping production systems for real-time rendering and large-scale data streaming.

Lehi, UT · Open to senior roles
U.S. Patent No. 11,676,328
Systems and Methods for Prioritized Rendering and Streaming
Granted June 13, 2023
2024 —
Lead iOS Engineer
Monliz, Inc. — Los Angeles

Technical owner of an iOS platform powering sensor-driven automotive workflows across California. Architected a modular networking layer that streamlined REST integrations and accelerated feature delivery, with frontend service abstractions that improved maintainability and reduced coupling.

2022 — 24
Senior iOS / macOS / Graphics Engineer
Miris — Los Angeles

Bridged a C++ Metal engine into a SwiftUI product for spatial film streaming, improving rendering performance for high-bandwidth workloads. Built a Swift SDK from the ground up for gRPC streaming of large datasets, designed for reuse across client applications and future platform extensions.

2020 — 22
Co-Founder & iOS Developer
PeronaFi — Hawaii

Founding engineer on a social trading platform for stocks, crypto, and options. Owned core architecture and feature delivery from early concept through production release, shaping UI and UX decisions alongside the design team.

Languages
Swift, Objective-C, C++, C#, Python
UI
SwiftUI, UIKit, CoreAnimation, CoreGraphics
Graphics
Metal, OpenGL, shader pass diagnostics, engine optimization
Apple frameworks
ARKit, CoreML, Combine, CoreBluetooth, NearbyInteractions
Architecture
SDK design, MVVM, MVC, build pipeline engineering
Networking & backend
REST, gRPC, Alamofire, AWS Amplify, Firebase
Education
Ph.D. studies in Computer Graphics and Data Visualization — Purdue University Lynn Fellowship recipient
B.S. Applied Mathematics — Brigham Young University, Hawaii GPA 3.98 · Phi Beta Kappa · Minors in Web Development & Visual Arts
Publication
Olmstead, R., Baize, D. — Probabilities Involving Standard Trirectangular Tetrahedral Dice Rolls Rose-Hulman Undergraduate Mathematics Journal, Vol. 19, Issue 1