About

Ankit Patel is a highly skilled Senior Staff Software Engineer with over 10 years of experience building and launching Android and iOS mobile applications. He holds an MS in Computer Science and has a successful track record of managing small teams of engineers and project management skills. Ankit has experience in agile development, large-scale systems design/architecture, cloud infrastructure, user interaction, gameplay, and product vision. He has an applied knowledge of data structures, algorithms, design patterns, clean code, and test-driven development. Ankit is a problem solver who can clearly and concisely communicate technical challenges with both technical and non-technical customers. He has experience documenting coding and architectural decisions. Ankit's skills include cross-platform application development, mobile games development, VR experience design, Agile development, design patterns, prototyping, computer game design, interactive media design, test-driven development, location-based services, memory management, mobile payment, database management, REST APIs, and Amazon web services. Ankit is currently working as a Senior Software Engineer, iOS at Airtime, where he is working with the iOS core team to build a highly performant and complex iOS experience by pushing the limits on real-time interactivity. Airtime is building a social streaming platform for togetherness that allows users to gather with friends and explore the Internet (music, videos, photos, TV, movies, games, and more) together. Ankit has worked as a Software Developer Engineer at Amazon, where he developed prints service and photo builder experience using React Native application (iOS, Android), offering professional photo printing service to create standard and large prints, wall decor, cards, photo books, and canvases right from the mobile app and get it delivered by Amazon. He has also worked on Photos iOS (Swift, React Native) mobile app offering secure online backup for photos and videos, people recognition, abuse detection, data platform, and more for Amazon Photos, bringing unlimited full-resolution online photo storage to Amazon customers. Ankit has also worked as a Senior Software Engineer at Playpower Labs, a Carnegie Mellon educational research initiative. He has worked extensively on dozens of games on multiple platforms over four years, creating games for building core math skills that provide a foundation for success in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM). Ankit has a Master’s Degree in Computer Science, Entertainment Technology from Carnegie Mellon University and a Bachelor of Technology (BTech) in Computer Science from DA-IICT. His tech stack includes iOS,