Maya Patel
maya.patel@example.com | +1 (512) 555-0146 | Austin, TX
mayapatel.dev · GitHub / mayap · LinkedIn / mayapatel
Education
University of Texas at Austin — BS, Computer Science
Aug 2017 – May 2021 · Austin, TX
GPA 3.76 / 4.00 · Teaching assistant, Data Structures · ACM programming team
Experience
Software Engineer II — Copperline Payments
Jul 2023 – Present · Austin, TX
Rebuilt settlement jobs in Go and PostgreSQL, processing 1.8M daily transactions with a 99.95% completion rate.
Cut p95 API latency from 420 ms to 180 ms by profiling query plans and introducing request-level caching.
Owned on-call runbooks and mentored two new engineers; reduced repeat payment incidents by 31%.
Software Engineer — Juniper Works
Jun 2021 – Jun 2023 · Remote
Shipped a React and TypeScript operations console used by 120 logistics coordinators across six warehouses.
Added contract tests and preview deployments, reducing release-related support tickets by 24%.
Migrated reporting queries to incremental models and cut the nightly refresh from 48 to 11 minutes.
Projects
RelayQueue — Go, Redis, Docker
Built a durable job queue with retries, idempotency keys, and a dashboard for inspecting failed deliveries.
Benchmarked 12,000 jobs per minute and documented failure recovery with reproducible load tests.
TrailLedger — Next.js, PostgreSQL
Created an accessible trip-planning app with offline checklists and shared itineraries for a local hiking club.
Wrote integration tests for invitations and permissions; deployed with automated database backups.
Technical Skills
Languages: Go, TypeScript, Python, SQL
Backend: Node.js, PostgreSQL, Redis, REST, event-driven systems
Delivery: AWS, Docker, GitHub Actions, OpenTelemetry, Playwright
CERTIFICATIONS & COMMUNITY
AWS Solutions Architect – Associate · 2024
Volunteer mentor, Austin Code Collective · 2023 – Present