Engineering Ring Ceremony
Received my Iron Ring at the 2024 Ring Ceremony (Call of an Engineer). A reminder of responsibility—and a proud moment shared with my capstone team.
Design • Product • Cloud • Full-Stack
Turning ideas into reliable, production-ready products.
I’m Puja Patel, a Product Engineer who supports shipping SaaS products end-to-end, from idea and UI to scalable AWS architectures, CI/CD, and production deployment.
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Projects shipped
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Years experience
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Production deployments
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Open to product & engineering roles
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- Full-Stack • React • TypeScript • Next.js
- Cloud Engineering • EC2 • TCP/IP • CI/CD
- Product Management • Jira • Confluence • Bitbucket
Skills
Building scalable UI and backend features with React, TypeScript, and modern web patterns.
Ways I work
Communication
Translate technical decisions into clear client-friendly
tradeoffs.
Collaboration
Partner across teams to unblock work and ship smoothly.
Execution
Manage multiple priorities, keep Jira clean, and deliver
reliably.
Ownership
From discovery to deployment, drive outcomes, not just tickets.
Roles
Qadra / Engineering — Technical PM
Oct 2025 — Present- Defined and coordinated the AWS production launch plan for Qadra.io using ECS/ECR and Jira.
- Supported a distributed engineering team to unblock deployment issues and hit a tight deadline.
- Shipped UI updates and demo assets to support a successful product launch.
Cashly / Engineering — AWS Cloud Engineer · Full Stack Developer · PM
May 2024 — Present- Designed and built the Cashly CRM from the ground up, leading full-stack development with Supabase, custom APIs, and a production AWS architecture.
- Implemented CI/CD pipelines that reduced manual deployments from ~3 hours to ~2 minutes.
- Led engineering execution by running scrum meetings, guiding three developers, and serving as the primary technical point of contact.
- Drove the product from initial concept to daily use by ~10 agents at the brokerage.
Tekrata / Engineering — Technical PM
Dec 2024 — March 2026- Managed Jira boards and sprint execution for Copay programs (e.g., Xolair), increasing delivery throughput by ~50% through improved planning and prioritization.
- Led delivery of the PDV project by serving as the single point of contact for API and data issues, coordinating with developers, database engineers, business analysts, and stakeholders to enable enrollment and claims data integration with Genentech.
SOTI / MobiControl — Product Owner Intern
May 2022 — Aug 2023- Researched and evaluated Digital Adoption Platforms (DAP) to support product onboarding strategy.
- Managed the security vulnerability backlog and developed a two-year remediation plan to address identified risks.
Education
McMaster University
W Booth School of Engineering Practice & Technology
Focus on design, innovation, and technology commercialization.
University of Western Ontario
Faculty of Engineering
Western Hyperloop (VP Communications), WesternU Hackathon.
Beyond the Code
Milestones, team moments, and life beyond work.
Capstone Launch — ARecipe
Worked on a year-long capstone project called ARecipe. We built an AR-powered app that scans fridge ingredients and generates recipes—designed for students cooking with limited options. A challenging, fun build and a team experience that turned into lifelong friendships.
Elevate Conference
Connected with builders, explored emerging tech, and learned how startups scale ideas into real products.