Federico Zanetello
Software Engineer at Apple
Canada
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Top SchoolFederico Zanetello is a software engineer with 14 years of experience, currently contributing to iOS platform development at Apple from Canada. He specializes in clean, testable code, composable architectures, automation, and pragmatic refactoring—skills honed through leadership and individual contributor roles including iOS Tech Lead at OOZOU and Senior iOS Engineer/Scrum Master at Amity. Federico is an active open-source contributor on notable Swift projects like Charts and FloatingPanel, where he improved readability, modernized control flow, and added UI features including a SwiftUI proof of concept. His background spans both front-end mobile UI work and backend API refinements, demonstrating versatility across the stack. With a master’s from Università degli Studi di Padova and experience scaling teams and products internationally, he brings both technical depth and cross-cultural collaboration to complex projects. An interesting detail: he routinely replaces legacy patterns with Swift-native constructs (guard, defer, switch), signaling a focus on maintainability that often prevents future tech debt.
14 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Master's degree at Università degli Studi di Padova
Italian, English
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Github Skills (34)
ios10
apidoc10
swiftui-app10
user-interface10
ui-design10
networking10
graphical-user-interface10
refactor10
twitter-api10
uid10
api10
front-end-development10
swift10
refactoring10
swiftui10
Programming languages (18)
Github contributions (5)
mattdonnelly/Swifter
Oct 2015 - Mar 2018
[DEPRECATED] :bird: A Twitter framework for iOS & OS X written in Swift
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:1 release, 21 commits, 19 PRs in 2 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Federico primarily contributed to the backend functionality of the Swift Twitter framework. Their work included adding support for new parameters in streaming endpoints, fixing existing parameters, and improving code efficiency through refactoring. The user made modifications related to the Twitter API, implementing changes to request parameters, error handling, and data processing within the Swift framework. Their contributions demonstrate a focus on refining the core logic and features of the library.
birdswiftiosos-xtwitter
scenee/FloatingPanel
Feb 2019 - Sep 2021
A clean and easy-to-use floating panel UI component for iOS
Role in this project:Mobile Developer (iOS)
Mobile Developer (iOS)Contributions:4 reviews, 10 commits, 9 PRs in 2 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Federico primarily contributed to the iOS floating panel UI component, making several changes related to code style and functionality. They fixed typos and added missing spaces within Swift code, particularly in the `FloatingPanelLayout.swift` and `FloatingPanelBehavior.swift` files. They also fixed API typos and updated example code in `ViewController.swift` and `FloatingPanelCore.swift`. Moreover, the user implemented UI improvements such as adding a cornerCurve option to SurfaceAppearance and developing a SwiftUI proof of concept for the Maps example, demonstrating in-depth iOS UI development.
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