# Ross Freeman

> Senior Software Engineer at Tono Health

Location: Brooklyn, New York, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/rossfreeman

Apple platforms engineer with modern Swift frameworks and Objective-C experience.

## Work Experience
### Senior Software Engineer @ Tono Health
Jan 2024 – Present | Brooklyn, New York, United States
Creating the future of specialty medicine

### Software Engineer, Shortcuts @ Apple
Jan 2021 – Jan 2024 | Cupertino, California, United States
Built cutting edge experiences for Shortcuts across iOS, macOS, watchOS, tvOS, and visionOS in an ultra efficient and high performance manner.

- Helped ship Shortcuts for Mac
- Rebuilt Shortcuts & Siri infrastructure, laying the groundwork for App Intents, App Shortcuts, and Apple Intelligence integration in Siri
- Created public API for App Shortcuts
- Collaborated with SwiftUI on creating and adopting the Table API
- Delivered initial implementation of Shortcuts in Spotlight, which included App Shortcuts within Top Hits and system setting toggles
- Helped 1P teams adopt App Intents and App Shortcuts, particularly to ensure readiness for the Action Button on iPhone 15 Pro
- Ensured day 1 readiness for Shortcuts on new hardware, including Apple Vision Pro, HomePod Mini, and iPad Pro with Liquid Retina XDR displays
- Ideated and implemented novel approaches to delivering extremely performant experiences in highly resource constrained background daemons

### iOS Engineer @ Disney Streaming
Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | New York, New York
Worked on the Apple Platforms Core SDK team, which powers Disney+, ESPN+, Star+, and partner services.

- Created a new playback scenario system, which used a mix of device capabilities, account settings, and other factors to determine maximum/ideal stream quality
- Implemented a new QoS system that allowed for dynamic CDN fallback in the event of CDN outages
- Maintained offline video capabilities, allowing users to view pre-downloaded content in a way that ensured content security
- Worked with frontend app teams to create internal API for adopting new foundational features
- Monitored and ensured smooth experiences during live events, such as UFC matches

### iOS Engineer @ WW (formerly Weight Watchers)
Jan 2018 – Jan 2020 | New York, New York
Responsible for various R&D projects on foundational team. Some highlights include:
- Created Siri Shortcuts integration, handling everything from product inception to delivery to all worldwide markets
- Rewrote Apple Watch app using the latest technologies, including SwiftUI and Combine
- Built and maintained a virtual community solution in a matter of days in response to COVID-19
- Led development and maintenance of internal cross-platform debugging utility
- Rearchitected deep linking structure to be more performant and extensible
- Crafted a performant and lightweight foundational image loading utility based on NSOperationQueue
- Delivered full app rebrand and redesign in coordination with design and product
- Provided support in releasing a completely new program innovation globally
- Prepared app for Apple Silicon support
- Maintained CocoaPods setup and laid groundwork for Swift Package Manager migration
- Ensured day 1 readiness for the latest major iOS and Xcode versions

### iOS Engineering Intern @ WW (formerly Weight Watchers)
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | New York, New York
During my second summer on the iOS team, I was given the responsibility of a number of major projects. Namely, I was tasked with utilizing UIStackView to re-engineer one of their core architectures, increasing efficiency and simplicity. This led to a massive collaboration with a number of engineers, designers, and product managers to utilize this architecture in the reimagining of the app's core user experience. By the end of the Summer, my architecture was being used across their app and actively being improved upon on a daily basis.

### iOS Engineering Intern @ WW (formerly Weight Watchers)
Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | New York, New York
Throughout the summer, I joined a small team of developers in an Agile environment to improve the company's iOS application, which is vital to its product and its customers. In addition to applying critical bug fixes, I also implemented a variety of new major features in response to customer feedback. I frequently collaborated with people from other teams, including UI/UX, web, and backend. I helped reduce technical debt by rewriting many legacy Objective-C files in Swift and by completely re-engineering their WatchOS application to use more modern API's, significantly improving performance and stability.

### Mobile Application Developer @ Monorail
Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | New York, New York
Over the course of several weeks, I created and developed several iOS applications for various clients. My position involved collaborating with developers working on the same application on other platforms to coordinate the user interface and ensure a consistent user experience. In order to create the applications, I utilized a web API for downloading, displaying, and updating data from a server. This also involved the implementation of in app purchases to permit users to purchase a specialized in app currency. I was often tasked with identifying and fixing bugs in multiple applications for several clients.


## Education
### Bachelor of Arts - BA in Computer Science
New York University
Jan 2015 – Jan 2018


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/rfreeman18

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Last updated: 2026-04-01