Paula Dozsa

Subject builds the iOS app for Tolan, an AI alien companion used by 250,000+ people for 70 million+ conversations a year.

After music, ads and chatbots, subject has reached the logical conclusion of her career: teaching small aliens how to make friends. Official job title remains iOS Engineer.

Known technologies: Swift, Objective-C, SwiftUI, UIKit, Combine, GraphQL.

During a six-week engagement, subject shipped more than ten production features across X and Grok, built growth infrastructure connecting the two apps, presented work directly to executive leadership, and posted for both the @Grok and @xAI accounts.

Duration of employment: six weeks. Number of features shipped: more than ten. Investigators have questions.

Known technologies: Swift, Objective-C, SwiftUI, UIKit.

After spending two and a half years improving the music-listening experience, subject transferred to the advertising division to develop new ways to interrupt it. Built and shipped video and display advertising formats across Spotify’s iOS app.

Known technologies: Swift, Objective-C, UIKit.

Subject spent two and a half years improving the Spotify listening experience, coordinating development of Smart Shuffle, contributing to Offline Backup, and building features for the free tier.

Helped millions of people discover music they hadn’t explicitly asked to hear. Whether they appreciated the intervention remains under investigation.

Known technologies: Swift, Objective-C, UIKit.

Co-founded a startup teaching girls to code through programmable accessories. Built the iOS app, Bluetooth connectivity, backend infrastructure and engineering team. Recruited developers, managed interns, taught workshops, and contributed to sales, partnerships, marketing and fundraising.

Investigators have been unable to determine where the engineering responsibilities ended and the other seven jobs began.

Known technologies: Swift, UIKit, Core Bluetooth, AWS, Python.

Developed the original app prototype featured in a successfully funded Kickstarter campaign and participated in Apple’s Entrepreneur Camp in Cupertino.

Early evidence of a recurring pattern: subject builds something, then becomes increasingly involved in everything surrounding it.

Known technologies: Swift, UIKit, Firebase.

Built real-time trade reconciliation systems for three Asia-Pacific exchanges and maintained low-latency infrastructure supporting futures trading desks.

Began professional career helping computers agree about what had happened to money. Subsequently left finance to pursue less financially straightforward interests.

Known technologies: C++, Java.

Subject spent three consecutive summers at Google, working on three unrelated products in three different countries. Built internal advertising tools in London, improved Chrome for Android’s password management in Munich, and developed geographic data visualizations in New York.

Investigators suspect subject was collecting Google offices rather than pursuing a particular career trajectory.

Known technologies: Java, C++, JavaScript, AngularJS.

Studied computer science, economics, interactive media and creative writing. Elected class president. Participated in initiatives focused on technology and girls’ education.

Completed a thesis on bilingual interactive human-avatar dialogue systems, indicating an interest in making computers talk to people long before it became everyone’s business model.