Krut Patel is a compiler engineer at NVIDIA with eight years of experience and an MS in Computer Science from UIUC, where he researched systems under Prof. Charith Mendis. He specializes in compiler optimizations for CUDA and has practical experience across databases, JIT compilation, and systems programming from internships and research roles at AWS, Microsoft Research, EPFL, and others. Krut enjoys squeezing performance out of the stack—automating workflows with Python and doing deep dives into int parsing, dynamic reoptimization, and query optimizer improvements. Based in Bellevue, he pairs production-focused engineering with a research mindset, having taught core systems courses while shipping performance features in large-scale data platforms. An avid Hacker News reader, he brings curiosity-driven experimentation to pragmatic, measurable performance gains.
8 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
BITS Pilani, Birla Institute of Technology and Science
Master of Science - MS, Computer Science, Master of Science - MS, Computer Science at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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