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Mihir Patel

Lead/Staff Software Engineer

About Me

Staff Software Engineer with 7+ years building Python backends, microservices, and AI-driven automation at scale. I design secure APIs and distributed systems, engineer high-performance data pipelines with Kafka and Airflow, and integrate LLMs — RAG, agents, and function calling — into enterprise workflows that measurably cut costs and accelerate decisions. I lead cross-functional delivery and translate business requirements into scalable, maintainable architectures.

Technical Skills & Expertise

Application Engineering

Programming & Frameworks

Tools

Python: FastAPI, Flask, Django
JavaScript/TypeScript: React, Next.js
Go: Gin, Echo, Fiber

Value I Add

Clean service design, reusable architecture patterns, maintainable codebases, and faster feature delivery

APIs & Messaging

Tools

Webhooks, WebSocket, REST, GraphQL, gRPC

Value I Add

Contract-first API design, secure integrations, versioning, and performance tuning for scalable services, API security with OAuth2/OIDC, JWT, RBAC/ABAC, rate limiting, and auditability

Databases

Tools

PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Elasticsearch, Redis, SQL Server, Cassandra

Value I Add

Schema and data modeling, query optimization, indexing strategy, and reliability-oriented data architecture

Data, AI & Platform

Data Engineering

Tools

Kafka, Airflow, AWS S3, ETL Pipelines, AWS Glue

Value I Add

Resilient batch/stream pipelines, data quality guardrails, and production-ready analytics foundations

GenAI Features

Tools

Agentic RAG, fine-tuning, function/tool calling, prompt chaining, orchestration, and re-ranking

Value I Add

Business-ready AI workflows that improve accuracy, automate operations, and reduce manual effort

Platform & Environment Span

Tools

On-prem, cloud-native, hybrid-cloud, multi-cloud, containerized workloads, Kubernetes/OpenShift

Value I Add

Platform standardization, secure-by-default architecture, and smooth modernization across mixed environments

Operations & Delivery

DevOps & Cloud

Tools

Docker, Kubernetes, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, OpenShift, AWS

Value I Add

Faster release cycles, stable CI/CD, secure delivery controls, and cost-aware cloud operations

Network & Observability

Tools

Grafana, Dynatrace, NetBrain, ExtraHop, Corvil

Value I Add

End-to-end visibility, faster incident triage, proactive performance tuning, and measurable reliability improvement

Leadership & Delivery

Tools

Architecture reviews, mentoring, shell scripting, CI/CD, and delivery automation

Value I Add

Clear technical direction, stronger engineering practices, and higher team execution velocity

Key Projects

Network Validation Platform

Pre/post-change automation for Cisco NX-OS, IOS and IOS XE — reduced validation time from weeks to 10 minutes while preventing “quiet failures” missed by manual checks.

AI Multi-Agent Workflow Platform

LangGraph-powered supervisor/sub-agent architecture for network ops, cutting manual troubleshooting by 40% and delivering a full-stack FastAPI + Kafka chatbot solution.

Automated Device Certification

PDF ingestion + RAG pipeline that auto-generates pytest suites and Allure reports — eliminated contractor costs and compressed certification time from weeks to minutes.

Enterprise Data Platform

Kafka + Airflow ETL pipelines from Grafana, PostgreSQL, and Dynatrace into an AWS S3 data lake, with real-time dashboards cutting data-access latency by 35%.

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Professional Experience

Lead / Staff Engineer — RBC

May 2025 – Present

Leading network automation — validation, certification, and topology platforms transforming manual processes into intelligent, scalable systems.

Senior Developer — RBC

Aug 2024 – May 2025

Architected enterprise data platform MVP with Kafka, Airflow, and AWS — ETL pipelines, real-time analytics, and microservices on OpenShift/Kubernetes.

Software Engineer — RBC

Jun 2023 – May 2024

Transformed monolithic chatbot into microservices with Kafka messaging, LangChain RAG pipeline, and cloud-native Kubernetes deployment.

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Education

Sheridan College

Postgraduate Diploma

Sep 2017 – Sep 2019

Gujarat Technological University

B.Tech, Electronics Engineering

May 2011 – Jun 2015

Certifications

Elasticsearch Engineer

AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate

Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)

AWS Cloud Practitioner (CLF-C02)

Advanced Python Programming - Coursera

Intermediate Go Language Development – Dreams of Go

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