Dhwani Patel

Over the last four years, I have been developing websites using Python frameworks Django and Flask. The majority of my work during this tenure was in the area of Django Rest-Framework using PostgreSql, MySql. Additionally, I have worked in Frontend packages like HTML-CSS3, ReactJs, JavaScript. Usually I use GIT for deploying the code. I have worked on AWS and Digital Ocean server for deployment of codes using Docker container on Ubuntu server.

• Software Developer | Artefactual Systems Inc

Remote – BC, Canada | Jan 2023 – May 2025

• Contributor: Actively contributed to the development of Archivematica, an enterprise level open-source digital preservation system, and related repositories like Storageservice and Fixity by submitting multiple pull requests that were successfully merged. 
• Extended test coverage: Boosted code quality and stability in Fixity and related repositories by raising unit test coverage from 49% to 90% and generated CI/CD pipelines. 
• Upgraded core competencies to latest versions: Upgraded core system components, including Django (v1.2 → v3.2) and Ubuntu (18.04 → 22.04) and modernizing the tech stack to align with industry standards. 
• Feature enhancement: Improved file format validation in Archivematica by feature enhanced JHOVE integration to support multiple modules.
• Reduced security vulnerabilities: Upgraded frontend dependencies to reduce security risks by removing yarn packages and installing new NPM packages.
• Code reviews of contributors: Collaborated with external and internal contributors’ PR to enhance the functionality of the projects and enabling safer releases.
• Improved documentation: Modernized project documentation by upgrading Django versions references for Sphinx compatibility and enriched guides for each supported cloud storage in the Storage Service repo by detailing configurations.
• Built user-friendly UI: Built user-friendly frontend interface using datatable.js and made changes in templates to filter formats of files.

Remote-Ahmedabad, India | Jun 2020 – Dec 2022

• Developed Django & Flask services: Built and deployed RESTful API using Django Rest- Framework and FastAPI for 50+ users and resolved the bugs in various industries of clients.
• Deployed on Production server: Improved deployment of projects on EC2 and reduced API response time by 30%.
• Web scraping: Scraped data from Zillow, Bloomberg processed via ETL pipeline to support investment decisions for $30M+ fund.
• Swagger APIs: Developed comprehensive Swagger (OpenAPI) documentation of RESTful APIs, enhancing usability and providing a clear, user-friendly guide for developers and stakeholders.

IT Support: Established web-hosting server (Big Rock) and Outlook for smooth transmission of employees’ emails and handled email configuration & troubleshooting support.

Finance operations: Managed export finance activities and negotiated contracts with vendors.

• Accounts Executive | Multiple Roles (UK, India) (2010-2016)

Supervised finance operations by working on different ERP systems (QuickBooks, Sage).

• Instrumentation Engineer | SSPM Systems & Engineers (India) (2005-2006)

Developed ladder programs of pharmacy machineries within team of 4 engineers.

• MBA (Finance) – Gujarat Technological University, India – 2012
• Bachelor of Engineering – Dharamsinh Desai University, India – 2005