Amsterdam, NL

Rohin Patel

Senior Software Engineer · AI Platform Lead

Senior Software Engineer and technical leader with 15+ years designing distributed systems, cyber security products, and AI-powered applications across global enterprises.

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Leading AI + distributed platforms at IBM's ReaQta

Exploring technical leadership and collaboration opportunities that blend multi-tenant systems with Generative AI.

Recent Work

Experience

Senior Software Engineer / Lead Developer

ReaQta (IBM Company)

Jan 2023 — Present · Netherlands

  • Designed distributed backend services processing large cyber-security telemetry streams with Scala, Akka, Cassandra, and Elasticsearch.
  • Led the migration from isolated deployments to a multi-tenant MSSP architecture, stewarding multiple enterprise cutovers.
  • Introduced the platform's first RAG solution for explaining Detection Strategies and expanded AI assistance across docs, context search, and navigation.
  • Delivered an Agentic RAG evaluator that inspects user-authored Detection Strategies for logical flaws and event-storm risks.
  • Drove WatsonX AI and LangChain integrations, vector search capabilities, and fine-tuning experiments for strategy generation while mentoring global teams.

Senior Developer

VakantieDiscounter

Nov 2021 — Dec 2022 · Amsterdam, Netherlands

  • Developed backend systems aggregating holiday packages across tour operators.
  • Refactored large Spark-based data pipelines and maintained Scala services for travel data curation.
  • Operated production workloads with Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes, HDFS, and Prometheus.

Senior Consultant

HCL Technologies (Client: ING Bank)

May 2018 — Oct 2021 · Amsterdam, Netherlands

  • Built microservices powering ING's TouchPoint API marketplace and workflow engines.
  • Ran Scala and Functional Programming workshops to level up internal teams.
  • Championed modernization across Kubernetes, Cassandra, Kafka, and Azure DevOps.

Senior Developer

Springer Nature

2017 · Pune, India

  • Co-architected a microservices-based publication platform using Scala, Kafka, and React.
  • Supported hiring and mentoring initiatives within the engineering group.

Software Developer / Tech Lead

Bitwise Solutions

2010 — 2016 · Pune, India

  • Led enterprise projects across Java, Scala, Big Data, and web stacks while mentoring engineers.
  • Designed ETL testing and business-rule platforms and embedded Agile practices across teams.

Software Engineer

Tech Mahindra

2009 — 2010 · Pune, India

  • Built telecom customer-care solutions using ColdFusion and C#.

Software Engineer

IMC Global Services (Alyx Technologies)

2009 · Pune, India

  • Developed education and learning-management products with Java, ColdFusion, JavaScript, and SQL Server.

Programmer

MixedLab

2008 — 2009 · Mumbai, India

  • Contributed to assessment and analytics products focused on cognitive strengths and talent evaluation.

Core Competencies

Toolbox

Artificial Intelligence

Agentic AIRetrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)WatsonX AILangChainLLM IntegrationPrompt EngineeringFine-Tuning ConceptsAI Evaluation & Guardrails

Distributed Systems

AkkaEvent SourcingCQRSKafkaCassandraElasticsearchMicroservicesHigh-Volume Event Processing

Cloud & DevOps

KubernetesOpenShiftDockerJenkinsAzure DevOpsCI/CD

Programming Languages

ScalaPythonJavaJavaScriptC#Haskell

Community

Open Source & Talks

Open Source

Dhall-Scala

Contributor enabling Scala services to consume Dhall configuration files across the ecosystem.

Hydrograph

Shaped the initial product design and architecture for the data orchestration platform.

Community repos

Additional public work available on GitHub and internal engineering workshops.

Talks & Workshops

  • Cascading vs MapReducePune Hadoop Meetup
  • Introduction to Functional ProgrammingPune Scala Meetup
  • Scala, FP & Architecture WorkshopsInternal engineering communities

Foundations

Education & Awards

Polytechnic Diploma in Computer Engineering

MSBTE, Maharashtra, India

Graduated with First Class.

Awards

Excellence Award — Bitwise SolutionsExcellence Award — Bitwise Solutions