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VIVEK PATEL
Director of Engineering specializing in cloud-native SaaS and distributed systems
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Engineering leader for a facial-recognition edge platform who drove a full-stack modernization to scale from ~100 edge devices to thousands of locations. Led a major distributed-systems re-architecture (NATS streaming), database migration (MongoDB to PostgreSQL + TimeScaleDB), and UI/API modernization (React), while scaling the team 5→15 and implementing CI/CD + automated QA to improve release velocity and reliability.
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Key Strengths
- Defined and executed a 3-year technology roadmap aligned to scalability, performance, and compliance
- Re-architected edge platform for horizontal scalability using NATS real-time streaming
- Led major database migration from MongoDB to PostgreSQL; added TimeScaleDB for advanced reporting
- Modernized product UI and platform (AngularJS to React SPA) and launched customer-facing insights reporting
- Improved reliability and HA with primary-secondary environments; scaled to thousands of edge locations
- Reduced edge footprint from 10 microservices to 5
- Built real-time alerting (email/SMS/in-app) to improve customer experience and demonstrate ROI
- Scaled engineering team from 5 to 15; hired key roles (frontend, architect, designer) while supporting legacy + new product
- Implemented CI/CD, automated QA (smoke tests), and unit testing to speed and stabilize releases
- Strong remote-team operating cadence: weekly commitments, transparency on risks, and supportive accountability
- Acts as first-line contact for P1 customer issues to protect engineering focus and delivery rhythm
- Pragmatic performance troubleshooting (stream payload optimization, timeout tuning, automated reconnection/health fixes)
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