Hey, I'm Amit Samant
I build iOS apps and Swift tools. WWDC20 Swift Student Challenge winner.
I've been writing Swift since 2018 — mostly iOS, some macOS, and wherever else Swift will run. I care about clean architecture, pixel-perfect UI, and developer tooling that actually saves time.
Recent Posts
What's New in SwiftUIA summary of everything new in SwiftUI at WWDC 2026 — refreshed look and feel, document-based app APIs, new interaction primitives, and data flow improvements.
Top Repositories
StorageToolKit
StorageCleaner, StorageAnalyser, and friends — disk-usage tooling for iOS, open sourced at Gojek
TranslucentWindowStyle
SwiftUI package for blurred translucent macOS windows
ElegantAPI
API management for URLSession, inspired by Moya
DiskSpaceProvider
Micro-library with simple APIs to check disk storage capacity
SlideUpPanel
Google Maps–style slide-up panel control for UIKit
WWDC Resources
Curated guide for Apple WWDC Swift Student Challenge applicants
Live Apps
Community Outreach
Swift Bengaluru
Organized monthly iOS meetups in Bengaluru, and guided and mentored sister communities in Hyderabad, Surat, Pune, Kozhikode, and Mumbai to organize in their own cities.
WWDC Watch Party
Hosted WWDC-week watch parties joined by 100+ engineers in Bengaluru.
Swift Bharat
Helped build and connect Swift and iOS communities across India.
Speaking
Talks at Swift India, Swift Anytime, and community meetups.
Career
Oct 2024 — Present
Senior Software Engineer (iOS) · Rakuten Viki
Building the Viki streaming app for iOS and tvOS in Singapore — release management, Xcode 16 CI upgrades for iOS 18/tvOS 18, and raising test coverage from 24% to 32%.
Dec 2021 — Oct 2024
Senior Software Engineer (iOS) · Gojek, DevX Platform
Platform engineering for the Gojek super-app — built AppAuditSDK tracking page performance across 100% of screens, cut app size and disk usage, and shipped app-health dashboards.
Jun — Dec 2021
Product Engineer (iOS) · Zomato
Built the Pro Plus membership experience with an 82.7% subscription rate among invited members, and cut build times 90% by moving to precompiled XCFrameworks.
Aug 2020 — May 2021
Product Engineer (iOS) · Loyalty Juggernaut
Built the MUSE app from scratch and the GravtySDK that powers 10+ loyalty apps, distributed via CocoaPods, Carthage, and SPM.
2020
WWDC20 Swift Student Challenge Winner
Recognized by Apple in my final year of college, top among 350+ submissions worldwide.
2018 — 2020
Internships & first apps
Shipped my first iOS apps at SBNRI, EngineerBabu, MMF Infotech, and Natraj Infotech while studying Computer Science in Indore.