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Kirtan Thakkar

@kirtanthakkar

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Software engineer delivering cloud-native, high-performance systems with measurable operational impact.

United States

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What I'm looking for

I am seeking a role building scalable, secure cloud-native systems where I can lead technical design, improve performance, and drive automation and compliance.

I am a software engineer with 3+ years building high-performance, secure, cloud-native systems using Go, Python, React, TypeScript, Kafka, OpenSearch, Kubernetes, Docker, Helm, and AWS. I focus on measurable impact—improving throughput, reducing latency, and accelerating deployment cycles.

I have delivered scalable microservices, responsive UIs, and event-driven architectures that handled millions of daily events, and I led cross-functional teams to achieve SOC 2 and NIST 800-171 compliance with zero audit findings. My work includes full SDLC leadership on AI/OCR integrations, real-time analytics, and automation of CI/CD pipelines.

I enjoy solving distributed systems problems, optimizing performance across stacks, and collaborating with product, DevOps, and security teams to ship reliable enterprise and SaaS solutions that improve user satisfaction and operational efficiency.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Software Engineer

Current

Doublene

Jan 2025 - Present (8 months)

Developed high-performance microservices and scalable backend services, improving system throughput by 45%, reducing processing delays by 50%, and cutting infrastructure provisioning time from 4 hours to 15 minutes while maintaining SOC 2 compliance.

Go Python C++Kubernetes Helm Kafka AWS .NET Core REST APIs Distributed Systems

Software Developer

Techecy

Sep 2023 - Nov 2024 (1 year 2 months)

Built a React/TypeScript web application and RESTful APIs with PostgreSQL, automating deployments via GitHub Actions and Docker to achieve 100% multi-environment release success and boost user engagement by 35% via AI-driven features.

React TypeScript PostgreSQL Docker GitHub Actions Python OpenAI API RESTful APIs CI CD

Software Intern

Canfield CyberDefense Group

Sep 2022 - Aug 2023 (11 months)

Migrated enterprise log analytics to OpenSearch and developed AI-driven dashboards, reducing query latency by 35%, improving geolocation accuracy by 40%, and enforcing NIST 800-171 controls with zero compliance violations.

OpenSearch Python PostgreSQL JavaScript HTML CSS Log Analytics Dashboarding Automation)

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

University of Maryland Global Campus

Bachelor of Science, Computer Science

2020 - 2024

Grade: 3.4

Activities and societies: Led a 4-member team on an AI-powered expense tracker integrating OCR and Llama API; project work included Docker deployments and CI/CD automation.

Completed a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science with a focus on software engineering, AI integration, and cloud-native development; capstone and projects included OCR and Llama API integrations.