Keyur Patel

Software Engineer · Dallas Fort-worth Area
1-201-993-9569
simkeyur@gmail.com

Lead Software Engineer with 7+ years of hands-on experience in software development, architecture & integrating with SaaS products. Major experience lies in web-based solutions. Energetic, enjoys problem solving, and a quick learner. Strong leader with focus on bringing success to organization & the team.


Experience

Software Engineer

T-Mobile USA

  • Lead Engineer responsible for leading group of engineers working on microservices and APIs to move data across systems and within employee lifecycle SaaS/PaaS systems.
  • Led a group of 6 Developer Engineers and 4 QA Engineers to modernize API portfolio for HR Data, resulting in improved performance of API transactions by 80%.
  • Led the high-level design of API Modernization Project along with engineer on team for group of microservices that moves data across different employee lifecycle platforms and hosted them on Kubernetes based T-Mobile's internal cloud. This resulted in improved scalability of data flow.
  • Led API based solution for assigning employee trainings and tracking status of training completions via Java Microservices and ServiceNow Ticketing, resulting in optimized employee training process.
  • Led Employee Onboarding Mobile App Project and converted it to PWA (Progressive Web App) Mobile App resulting in improved deployment and app installation process.
  • Delegated component ownership across multiple engineers and guided the low-level design for microservice components via design reviews and code reviews.
  • Drove consensus around team prioritization and team road-mapping in collaboration with team manager, product manager, and team members.
  • Troubleshot multiple service outages, held RCA (Root Cause Analysis) to identify design gaps in the system, and addressed the gaps with the team as follow-ups.
  • Analyze technologies, technical processes, and/or document findings, identify areas for improvement; and create detailed specifications for implementation.
  • Mentored multiple engineers, onboarded multiple engineers, and hosted jr. engineers.

June 2020 - Present

Senior Consultant

Sogeti USA (Capgemini Group)

  • Leading Blockchain Development Efforts within Sogeti Dallas.
  • Creating and transforming business and functional requirements into the software application.
  • Integration and unit testing of the system to ensure validation and verification of the requirements.
  • Actively participating in company activities of learning new technologies & discussing future developments in the world of consulting.
  • Devops Enthusiastic

May 2017 - June 2020

Senior Developer Consultant

Allied Pilots Association (BI Consultant/Developer through Sogeti USA)

  • Working on Automating Log Monitoring solution using PowerBi & Asp.Net Logging Libraries to monitor user activity and error logs from various Web & Mobile Apps.
  • As a Project Lead, working with APA’s IT leadership on automating their manual member requests. Currently the members/Pilots requests are manually handled, this is time consuming and also it is very tedious to provide the evidence when audit happens
  • Providing application architecture to enhance notification system via this hybrid app feature in order to notify pilots about delay in flights, gate changes, crew member updates.
  • As a Full-stack developer on new Attendance Tracking App, I was responsible for developing front end and wireframes related to it. Idea behind the project is to create the web app which is displayed on iPad at the front entrance, people visiting the building checks in through the app and can check out using same app.
  • Proposed a Hybrid Architecture to client on which development work is going on. I am part of developing this platform internally without using external/third-party tools based on my proposed Architecture.
  • Developed a part of ongoing accounting project which includes uploading an excel file and transforming into web based editable environment, where user can generate report, update/add/delete values.

May 2017 - June 2020

Software Consultant

Perfaware LLC

  • UI Developer for Perfaware’s Real-Time Analytics Visibility and Enterprise Monitoring (RAVE) platform - a Custom Monitoring solution for Retailers and Brands to get visibility through omni-channel order pipeline (Sterling OMS).
  • Research modern front-end templating frameworks to choose the appropriate libraries and frameworks for the RAVE
  • Designed and developed an Order shipment simulator micro service as a POC for clients.
  • Designed and developed store pickup mobile application mobile application POC for clients.
  • Designed and developed Helpdesk Chat bot using IBM Watson as part of POC for clients.
  • Assist in hiring. Train & mentor junior software engineers and front-end developers in J2EE and Front end platforms.

May 2015 - April 2017

Technical Consultant/Developer

The Home Depot (Consultant through Perfaware LLC)

  • Participate in on going enhancements for their Buy Online Ship from Store solution including UI customization, Creating and Modifying Pipelines, Implementing User Exits, Extending Transactions, Configuring Action Handlers and writing Custom Services, Dynamic Conditions, Adding Listeners in Pipeline etc.
  • Built a custom dashboard that provides return order visibility, improving customer satisfaction with the return process.
  • Developer of tool to facilitate the transition from the legacy inventory management system by comparing over 1 million SKUs weekly providing the business team with an accurate picture of sellable items.
  • Audited 3 years of cached orders remediating thousands of inconsistencies allowing CSRs to recall details without intervention.
  • Lead the design of the Inventory Availability solution working with the IBM Engineering team for the first pilot of the Cassandra based lookup to support eCommerce needs.

October 2015 - January 2017

Software Developer Intern

Santander Consumer USA

Joined the System Architect group for the summer internship; responsibilities included:

  • Modified existing framework of tests for international projects.
  • Writing new unit tests and correcting existing Unit tests using C#, .NET and Microsoft MS Unit.
  • Participate in regular code reviews to provide and incorporate feedback.
  • Configuration management duties such as code merging and branching. Sub-versioning using Tortoise SVN.

April 2014 - August 2014

UX Designer (Freelancer)

Dr. Cellphone (CellPhone Repair Company)

Design UX for Cellphone repair website. Maintain existing Content Management Systems like Drupal, Jhoomla and add new features to make UI more user friendly. Making decisions on future improvements to web application.

August 2012 - January 2014

Education

The University of Texas at Arlington

Bachelor of Science in Software Engineering

Educational Experience/Projects:

  • Developer/Architect on a PixelSense Secure Transfer System to transmit data between PixelSense Table and the device connected to a tablet. (Senior Design project)
  • Developer on an online advising appointment scheduling system for students at UTA using JSP/Bootstrap and tested with Selenium & JUnit.
  • Developer on a complete solution for an eBay shop buying goods from a supplier and selling on eBay. Used Bootstrap, PHP for front-end and MySQL on Backend.
  • Developer on a SmartCalendar Android application to store your appointments and events and sync with other smart calendars users.

January 2011 - May 2015

Skills

Programming Languages:
Web Development:
Cloud Platforms:
Operating Systems:
Other tools:
Workflow
  • Mobile-First, Responsive Design
  • Cross Browser Testing & Debugging
  • Cross Functional Teams
  • Agile Development & Scrum

Interests

Apart from being a consultant, I enjoy most of my time being outdoors. During the summer here in Texas, I enjoy gardening in ym backyard. Being a vegetarian since birth, I enjoy planting & harvesting my own food.

When forced indoors, I follow a number of different sports, I am an aspiring chef, and I spend a large amount of my free time exploring the latest technology advancements in technical world.


Awards & Certifications

  • Microsoft Power BI DAT207X - 2019
  • Certified Blockchain Expert™ - 2019
  • Docker Essentials Developer by IBM - 2019
  • 1st Place - 2018 Sogeti Devops Hackathon Winner
  • 1st Place - 2013 Nationwide AT&T Coding Challange Winner