Alay Patel
Sr. AI ML Engineer at Fidelity Investments
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
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Top SchoolAlay Patel is a Sr. AI/ML Engineer with 11 years of experience building production-grade ML systems and cloud-native infrastructure from data pipelines to deployment. Currently at Fidelity and formerly at Capital One, he has delivered MLOps platforms using AWS SageMaker, MLflow, ECS/Fargate and automated CI/CD for model deployment and monitoring. His background spans data engineering, BI and supply-chain optimization—bringing a pragmatic, metrics-driven approach to model quality and operational reliability. An active open-source contributor in notable projects like Kubernetes and OpenShift, he has improved core components such as the CronJob controller and etcd integration, reflecting deep expertise in distributed systems and Go. Based in Raleigh, NC, he pairs strong engineering rigor with a mechanical engineering foundation and a curiosity for distributed and cloud computing.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Mechanical Engineering, Master's degree, Mechanical Engineering at The University of Texas at DallasBachelor's degree, Mechanical Engineering, 4.00, Bachelor's degree, Mechanical Engineering, 4.00 at SRM UniversityMaster's degree, Information Technology, Master's degree, Information Technology at University of the Cumberlands
English, Hindi, Gujarati, Marathi
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Github Skills (24)
kubernetes10
container10
docker10
testing10
etcd10
disaster-recovery10
backup10
go10
kubernetes-pods10
devops10
containerization9
automation9
automations9
openshift8
api8
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
velero-io/velero
Oct 2020 - Nov 2021
Backup and migrate Kubernetes applications and their persistent volumes
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & DevOps Engineer
Back-end Developer & DevOps EngineerContributions:11 reviews, 9 commits, 7 PRs in 1 year
Contributions summary:Alay contributed to the Velero project, focusing on enhancing the backup and migration capabilities of Kubernetes applications. Their work included creating and modifying Kubernetes resources, such as ClusterRoleBindings, and addressing issues in the service action functionality. They also improved code maintainability through typo fixes and refactoring efforts. The user demonstrated skills in Kubernetes, Go, and related technologies within the context of the Velero project.
kubernetespersistent-volumesdisaster-recoverybackupvelero
openshift/machine-config-operator
Sep 2019 - Jan 2020
Role in this project:Backend & DevOps Engineer
Backend & DevOps EngineerContributions:11 commits, 10 PRs, 88 comments in 4 months
Contributions summary:Alay contributed to the machine-config-operator, primarily focused on enhancing the etcd integration and bootstrapping process. They implemented new functionality to handle Cluster Etcd Operator images, and added logic to mount certificates and address upgrade paths. The changes also involved improvements to the `setup-etcd-environment` script, ensuring correct endpoint configuration and handling of the etcd cluster.
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