Manan Patel
iOS and Software Engineer
As a tech entrepreneur and iOS specialist, I transform complex business challenges into elegant digital solutions. With over 7 years of experience crafting apps used by millions, I bring a unique blend of technical expertise and business acumen to every project.
My expertise includes:
From government-scale weather apps to social platforms with millions of users, I've consistently delivered solutions that exceed expectations. Currently co-founding RentPlay, revolutionizing the rental rewards space in Canada. Ready to build something amazing? Let's connect and bring your vision to life!
Co-founded RentPlay to revolutionize the rental rewards space in Canada. Our platform enables renters to earn rewards and cashback just by paying their rent, while helping local businesses acquire new customers.
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RentPlay WebsiteA beautifully designed habit tracking companion that helps transform your life and reach all your goals. I built this app to replace my own personal habit tracker that followed the X card principle. No more spreadsheets and no more excuses!
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App Store: Goal Getter
WeatherCan is the official mobile weather application for Environment Canada where I was one of
2 developers responsible for creating the iOS version from concept to completion within 12 months.
#2 Weather Application in Canada with over 5 million monthly active users!
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App Store: WeatherCanAs an iOS Engineer, worked on widely used user facing features for Comments, User Safety, Ads, and Content Moderation, often as a solo developer.
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App Store: WattpadInspired by my favorite JetPunk game, I created this iOS app to satisfy my passion for geography on the go. This interactive quiz helps your learn about countries, flags, and capitals of the world.
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App Store: CountriesQuizCreated a clone of the Uber app using Swift to learn more about Firebase and MapKit in particular. This project started as an experiment using Firebase. The idea was simple: create an uber clone with authentication and separate functionality for a passenger and a driver. For the maps and places I decided to go with Apple's MapKit as I had already tried Google maps and places in my other projects.
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Github: UberCloneCreated a mock version of the Youtube iOS application to play around with UIKit, AVKit, and a consumer facing real-time REST API. This project helped me learn more about UICollectionViews, TabBarControllers, AVKit components like UISlider and AVPlayer, and attaching multiple JSON feeds from a real-time public API into a project.
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Github: SwiftYoutubeA chrome extension that changes the Youtube UI so that users can view the video, read comments, get the video info and related videos all in 1 page. There is also an auto night mode that appears while mouse is on the video and additional settings such as annotations, playback speed, and captions available from the menu.
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Github: UITubeRentPlay
October 2024 - Present
Co-Founder
- Revolutionizing the rental debit rewards space Canada wide!
- Building a platform that allows renters to earn rewards and cashback on their rent payments
- Creating partnerships with local businesses to provide exclusive discounts and offers to renters
- Leading product development and technical architecture of the platform
Environment and Climate Change Canada
March 2023 - Present
Team Lead and iOS Developer
- Lead the Weather Dissemination team to create, maintain, and produce weather related components and data for the Weather.gc.ca website, and iOS & Android applications
- Lead iOS Engineer for the iOS WeatherCan Application, 5M+ MAU, #3 Weather app in Canada
- Identify, generate, and delegate tasks to 3 full-time developers and 2 co-op students to achieve organization wide KPIs and timelines
- Currently leading the team to expand our Radar product to support real-time Lightning, Hurricane, and Tornado events across Canada!
Wattpad Inc.
August 2021 - March 2023
iOS Engineer
- Swift, SwiftUI, and Obj-C engineering for the iOS Wattpad App
- Lead iOS Engineer for the new Wattpad Comments experience, complete overhaul of comments from Obj-C to SwiftUI, to introduce comment liking, in-line replies, and design system components
- Part of User Safety projects like User Blocking, Password Strengthening, and Age restrictions
- Implemented WP Design System, via an atomic design methodology, of components, molecules, and organisms for a unified product and developer experience. Written in SwiftUI with bridges for UIKit
- Took on bi-monthly release master duties to test, monitor, resolve, and release new version updates to TestFlight and App Store
TD Bank
Jan 2020 - Aug 2021
iOS Developer
- Design and build iOS application features for TD App that offer seamless access to banking services, including account management, fund transfers, and transaction history in Swift and Obj-C
- Collaborate with backend developers to integrate financial APIs securely with multi-factor authentication
- Provide technical guidance and mentorship to team members, conducting code reviews and ensuring adherence to coding standards
Environment and Climate Change Canada
May 2017 - Jan 2020
iOS and Software Developer
- Concept to completion release of the Canadian governmental national weather iOS app, WeatherCAN, with only a 2 person team and 1 year timeline
- Established real-time consumer facing databases and backend APIs for mobile applications
- Work with VueJS to create GUI layers for the Weather GC website redesign project, such as real-time lightning strikes, weather radar, and weather alerting
- Creation and maintenance of XML Parsers, Product Generators, and support of all weather components related to observations, forecasts, and alerts for National Weather outlets
Department of Economics, University of Toronto
Sept 2016 - Dec 2016
Statistical Research Assistant
- Developed machine learning models of economic information about the countries of Peru and Canada to analyze the effect of trade policies on regional trade output
- Created databases using Python and R based pre-processing techniques which were used to formulate and train machine learning models to generate inferences about efficient trade policies
Academic Advising & Career Centre, University of Toronto
May 2015 - Aug 2016
iOS and Web Developer
- Native Swift development using UIKit, Google Maps, and injesting API
- Helped create the UTSC Student Expereince App
- Created interal social media ticket system which boosted traffic 30% and reduced time taken for posts
- Creating marketing materials and webpages for student workshops, events, and services
University of Toronto
2013 - 2019
BSc (Hons) Computer and Statistical Science - Co-op
GPA: 3.2