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Avery Patel
Software Engineer
Austin, TX · avery@email.com · linkedin.com/in/averypatel · github.com/averypatel
Professional summary
Software engineer with 5 years of experience building and improving customer-facing web platforms. Skilled in TypeScript, React, Node.js, PostgreSQL, and AWS, with a record of reducing checkout latency, improving release confidence, and mentoring early-career engineers.
Experience
Senior Software Engineer
Northstar Commerce · Austin, TX
- Refactored three checkout services in Node.js and PostgreSQL, reducing p95 response time from 1.8 seconds to 720 milliseconds during peak traffic.
- Introduced contract tests and a staged deployment checklist that cut production rollbacks by 40% across two product squads.
- Mentored four engineers through design reviews and pair-programming sessions, helping two progress to expanded project ownership.
Software Engineer
Harbor Systems · Remote
- Built reusable React and TypeScript components used across six account-management flows, shortening delivery time for new screens by roughly 25%.
- Designed REST API endpoints for subscription changes and worked with product and support teams to cover high-risk customer scenarios.
- Added application monitoring and actionable alerts for payment workflows, reducing mean time to identify incidents from 35 to 12 minutes.
Skills
TypeScript · JavaScript · React · Next.js · Node.js · PostgreSQL · REST APIs · AWS · Docker · GitHub Actions · Jest · System design
Education & credentials
B.S. in Computer ScienceTexas State University