Summary
Jay Patel is a software engineer with 10 years of experience building embedded and full-stack systems, currently contributing to AWS ElastiCache. He brings a rare combination of hands-on firmware and cloud experience—leading CubeSat command & data handling at McMaster where he designed real-time CANbus drivers and flight software, then moving into firmware and cloud roles at Synopsys, Qualcomm, and AWS. Comfortable shipping low-level embedded C on STM32s as well as working on scalable cloud services, he bridges hardware-constrained systems and production-grade backend services. Based in Vancouver, he’s driven by autonomy and reliability, and has repeatedly taken technical ownership of mission-critical systems for space and cloud deployments.
10 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering - BE Computer Software Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering - BE Computer Software Engineering at McMaster University