Shail Patel
Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) at ResilienX
City of Syracuse, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolShail Patel is an SDET with 8 years of software engineering experience, currently at ResilienX after three years as a Software Engineer at Lockheed Martin. He holds dual B.S. degrees in Computer Science and Cognitive Science from RPI and combines systems-level C++ and CUDA work with DevOps and backend development. A long-time open-source contributor to Submitty, he improved file handling, bulk PDF/OCR workflows, and built automation that streamlined grading and QR/OCR-based exam assignment. His background spans networking and automation at Cisco, research-driven UI tooling for teaching formal logic, and hands-on mentoring and teaching in education settings. He is particularly interested in applying open source software to educational problems and has a track record of turning academic tools into production-ready systems.
8 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science and Cognitive Science, Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science and Cognitive Science at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Github Skills (12)
php10
pdf-processing10
python9
ocra9
ocr9
image-processing8
dockers7
docker7
cicd6
githubaction-workflow5
github-ci5
postgresql4
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
Submitty/Submitty
Feb 2018 - Oct 2022
Homework Submission, Automated Grading, and TA grading system.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & DevOps Engineer
Back-end Developer & DevOps EngineerContributions:649 reviews, 513 commits, 199 PRs in 4 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Shail primarily worked on improving the submitty/submitty repository by addressing issues related to file handling, particularly for PDFs and scanned images, in the grading system. They implemented features to handle special characters in filenames, including both displaying and downloading files with such characters. The user also contributed to the system's performance by using the Submitty Job Queue for bulk PDF upload, OCR image analysis, and contributed to enhancing the grade inquiry process, indicating contributions across both backend and systems operations.
reactsubmittygrading-systemhomework-serverteaching-tools
Bram-Hub/VisualLogic-Web
Apr 2020 - May 2022
Contributions:45 PRs, 88 pushes, 48 branches in 2 years 1 month
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