Summary
Khantil Patel is a Senior DataOps Engineer with 11 years of experience building and operating large-scale data platforms for consumer-facing companies, currently managing mission-critical Postgres fleets and cloud data warehouses at Upgrade. He blends deep data engineering skills—Spark, Python, Redshift, Elasticsearch—with Kubernetes and Cloud DevOps expertise, and has been a Certified Kubernetes Administrator since 2020. At GasBuddy he architected and scaled Elasticsearch clusters, automated ETL workflows, and migrated components to Kubernetes for cost and operational efficiency, and earlier roles include CTO experience building microservices and REST APIs. Khantil holds an MS in Computer Graphics and Machine Learning, bringing a research-minded approach to production problems and a history of publishing applied analytics work during his academic career. Based in Calgary, he combines hands-on implementation with tooling and automation authorship (internal Python packages and ETL helpers) to reduce redundancy and improve testability across teams.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Higher secondary education, Science, 70%, Higher secondary education, Science, 70% at SSVPS College of Science
Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.), Computer Engineering, 65%, Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.), Computer Engineering, 65% at Sinhgad Institute of Technology, Lonavala
Master of Science (MS), Computer Graphics and Machine Learning, 85%, Master of Science (MS), Computer Graphics and Machine Learning, 85% at University of Regina
English, Hindi, Gujarati, Marathi