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I am a Senior Python Backend Engineer with 9+ years building high-availability, secure, and scalable platforms across healthcare, audit/compliance, and finance. I specialize in Django, Flask, AWS-based cloud architectures, and building resilient microservices, REST/GraphQL APIs with OAuth 2.0 and HIPAA-compliant flows. I thrive on delivering robust software that meets regulatory requirements and performance goals. I excel at improving performance, reducing latency, and speeding delivery through CI/CD automation, structured logging, and monitoring. I enjoy partnering with product teams and cross-functional stakeholders to ship reliable software that delivers measurable value.…I am a Senior Python Backend Engineer with 9+ years building high-availability, secure, and scalable platforms across healthcare, audit/compliance, and finance. I specialize in Django, Flask, AWS-based cloud architectures, and building resilient microservices, REST/GraphQL APIs with OAuth 2.0 and HIPAA-compliant flows. I thrive on delivering robust software that meets regulatory requirements and performance goals. I excel at improving performance, reducing latency, and speeding delivery through CI/CD automation, structured logging, and monitoring. I enjoy partnering with product teams and cross-functional stakeholders to ship reliable software that delivers measurable value.

SHIVA KUMAR PATALAY

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I am a Senior Python Backend Engineer with 9+ years building high-availability, secure, and scalable platforms across healthcare, audit/compliance, and finance. I specialize in Django, Flask, AWS-based cloud architectures, and building resilient microservices, REST/GraphQL APIs with OAuth 2.0 and HIPAA-compliant flows. I thrive on delivering robust software that meets regulatory requirements and performance goals. I excel at improving performance, reducing latency, and speeding delivery through CI/CD automation, structured logging, and monitoring. I enjoy partnering with product teams and cross-functional stakeholders to ship reliable software that delivers measurable value.…I am a Senior Python Backend Engineer with 9+ years building high-availability, secure, and scalable platforms across healthcare, audit/compliance, and finance. I specialize in Django, Flask, AWS-based cloud architectures, and building resilient microservices, REST/GraphQL APIs with OAuth 2.0 and HIPAA-compliant flows. I thrive on delivering robust software that meets regulatory requirements and performance goals. I excel at improving performance, reducing latency, and speeding delivery through CI/CD automation, structured logging, and monitoring. I enjoy partnering with product teams and cross-functional stakeholders to ship reliable software that delivers measurable value.

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I am a Senior Python Backend Engineer with 9+ years building high-availability, secure, and scalable platforms across healthcare, audit/compliance, and finance. I specialize in Django, Flask, AWS-based cloud architectures, and building resilient microservices, REST/GraphQL APIs with OAuth 2.0 and HIPAA-compliant flows. I thrive on delivering robust software that meets regulatory requirements and performance goals.

I excel at improving performance, reducing latency, and speeding delivery through CI/CD automation, structured logging, and monitoring. I enjoy partnering with product teams and cross-functional stakeholders to ship reliable software that delivers measurable value.

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Backend Engineer at First Stop Health

July 1, 2022 - Present

Architected HIPAA-compliant backend services using FastAPI (async) and Django, on AWS ECS/VPC with CloudWatch; standardized API contracts and reduced production incidents. Built Abandoned Visit Recovery workflows increasing booking completions by 30% via automated email/SMS/WhatsApp engagement pipelines. Implemented async endpoints with dependency injection and Pydantic validation, cutting API latency during peak loads. Deployed blue/green CI/CD pipelines via ECS/ECR and Bitbucket for zero-downtime releases. Embedded observability with structured logs, trace IDs, CloudWatch alarms, and Grafana dashboards for faster incident resolution. Enforced OAuth2/JWT, scoped RBAC, and least-privilege IAM roles aligned with HIPAA compliance.

Senior Software Engineer at Rave Mobile Safety (Motorola Solutions)

May 1, 2021 - July 1, 2022

Designed REST + GraphQL APIs with FastAPI/Python to unify audit evidence retrieval and compliance workflows. Integrated Snowflake with AWS Glue/Lambda for near-real-time ETL, delivering 15% faster analytics queries. Implemented OpenSearch indexing reducing result time by 1.9s, improving analyst productivity. Automated delivery via GitHub Actions + AWS CodePipeline/CloudFormation, shortening release cycles by 25%. Migrated legacy archives to S3 with lifecycle policies, reducing audit closeouts by 40%. Deployed CloudWatch dashboards/alarms and SLOs, improving availability by 23%.

Python Developer at PNC Bank

February 1, 2020 - May 1, 2021

Delivered Flask/Django APIs for contact-center automation with Swagger/OpenAPI specifications. Orchestrated Jenkins + Docker + AWS CloudFormation (API Gateway + Lambda) to accelerate feature delivery. Optimized PostgreSQL schemas using indexing/EXPLAIN analysis to stabilize queries during peak cycles. Integrated MarkLogic NoSQL with CRUD endpoints and access controls for mixed-mode search scenarios.

Python Developer at Tire & Rubber Co.

July 1, 2019 - February 1, 2020

Built Django web apps automating manufacturing KPIs and operational dashboards with clean architecture patterns. Exposed REST APIs (Node.js + MongoDB) for equipment telemetry ingestion with optimized database design. Packaged and deployed services via Docker to AWS EC2, reducing configuration drift.

Python Developer at Kmart

March 1, 2018 - June 1, 2019

Developed Django/MySQL retail services with REST endpoints, cursor-based pagination, and AJAX-driven dashboards. Deployed to AWS EC2; wrote pytest/Selenium coverage and supported Agile delivery with on-call rotations.

Python Developer at Fujitsu Computer Systems

December 1, 2016 - March 1, 2018

Built Django web apps and REST APIs for enterprise clients; integrated AWS and relational/NoSQL backends. Enabled SAML-based SSO and JWT for service-to-service calls with authorization middleware. Stood up CI/CD with Jenkins + Ansible and containerized artifacts for Kubernetes-ready deployments.

Backend Engineer / Software Engineer II at First Stop Health

July 1, 2022 - Present

Led HIPAA-compliant backend services using FastAPI (async) and Django on AWS (ECS, VPC, CloudWatch), standardizing API contracts and reducing production incidents. Built Abandoned Visit Recovery workflows with automated email/SMS/WhatsApp engagement, increasing booking completions by 30%. Implemented async endpoints with dependency injection and Pydantic validation to cut API latency during peak loads. Deployed blue/green CI/CD pipelines via ECS/ECR and Bitbucket, enabling zero-downtime releases. Enhanced observability with structured logs, trace IDs, CloudWatch alarms, and Grafana dashboards for faster incident resolution. Enforced OAuth2/JWT, scoped RBAC, and least-privilege IAM roles aligned with HIPAA compliance.