About

Nikhil Patel is a highly skilled and motivated Software Engineer, currently working as an SDE Intern at AWS Pinpoint. He is a Master's student at the University of Southern California, with a strong background in backend technologies. Nikhil has 2.85 years of experience in the health, wellness, and fitness industry, having previously worked as a Senior Software Engineer at PharmEasy. With expertise in Python, Go, JavaScript, PHP, Yii2.0, Ruby on Rails, Flask, Django, MySQL, MongoDB, and various other tools and technologies, Nikhil is comfortable working with Git, Bit Bucket, and Atlassian tools for VCS alongside collaborative tools like Jira & Trello. He has a knack for unconventionally solving problems, which has worked in his favor so far. He enjoys automating the boring stuff and solving challenges, mysteries, and puzzles. Nikhil thrives in an Agile environment and enjoys building something exciting. He is eager to learn new things and connect with people with similar experiences. He has a propensity for cracking jokes on production issues, making him a fun and engaging team member. In his previous role at PharmEasy, Nikhil participated in revamping the entire order life cycle and operations by evolving into a marketplace business model during the Covid-19 Pandemic in a short duration of three months. He transitioned from PHP to lightweight RESTful APIs in Go for enhanced performance, achieving a 5x speedup over the existing system while reducing infrastructure costs by 3x. He also developed Go-Framework, an in-house web framework developed to seclude infrastructure level configuration such as monitoring from application code, making development faster while robust. Nikhil has a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from KJ Somaiya College of Engineering and has completed his Higher Secondary Certificate and Secondary School Certificate from St. Joseph's High School. He is currently pursuing a Master of Science in Computer Science from the University of Southern California. Nikhil's tech stack includes AWS, Software Engineering, ML, Backend, NLP, Ruby, Web, PHP, AI, Javascript, Research Scientist, MySQL, MongoDB, Flask, Python, Django, Microservices, and infra. With his relevant experience and impressive skill set, Nikhil is a valuable asset to any team.