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Vivek Patel

Director of Engineering specializing in cloud-native SaaS and distributed systems

FaceFirstLos Angeles, CA20 Years ExperienceDirector LevelWorks Remote

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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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Experience

Director of EngineeringFaceFirst · Apr 2023 – Present
Engineering ManagerPlanetFWD · May 2022 – Mar 2023
Software Engineering ManagerRightsLine Inc. · Feb 2014 – May 2022
Principal Software EngineerRPost Inc. · Jul 2011 – Feb 2014
Software EngineerYardi Systems · Jul 2006 – Jul 2011

Languages

English

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Vivek PatelDirector of Engineering specializing in cloud-native SaaS and distributed systems