Hi, I'm
Jay Gohel
Software Engineer with 4 years of experience architecting scalable SaaS, agentic workflows, and AI platforms with Python, React, and AWS. I specialize in autonomous agent orchestration, multi-tool function calling, and distributed data pipelines, recently cutting LLM response latency by 40%.
A bit about me
I'm a Full Stack Engineer based in Chicago with a Master's in Computer Science from the Illinois Institute of Technology. Over the past 3+ years I've built scalable, AI-integrated platforms — owning everything from data models and real-time backends to fast, accessible user interfaces.
I love turning ambiguous problems into clean, production-ready systems. Recently I've been focused on LLM-powered applications: retrieval-augmented generation, tool-calling agents, and real-time integrations with third-party APIs.
When I'm not shipping, I'm exploring new frameworks, contributing to open source, and building side projects at hackathons.
- AI agents & RAG pipelines
- Real-time systems & webhooks
- Cross-platform apps with Flutter
- Clean, scalable API design
Currently based in Chicago, IL, USA
jaygohel109@gmail.comTechnologies I work with
A modern toolkit spanning the full stack — from AI-powered backends to polished, responsive frontends.
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The path that shaped how I build software today.
Founding Software Engineer
Mar 2026 — PresentWhimbli Inc. · San Francisco, CA
- Built an automated document intelligence pipeline (PDF/Excel/CSV) using LLM orchestration for data extraction with 95% accuracy, integrating SSE for real-time streaming and cutting catalog generation overhead by 40%.
- Engineered application-side encryption for Railway S3 vendor data, a persistent JWT session revocation system, and global API rate-limiting — mitigating spam vectors by 99.9%.
- Designed a dynamic multi-tenant engine on JSON logical schemas plus a secure asset-sharing platform with time-boxed links and view tracking, accelerating partner data sync by 60%.
Founding Software Engineer
Dec 2025 — Mar 2026Thursday Thrift, Inc. · Pittsburgh, PA
- Architected a multi-seller checkout system with TypeScript, Node.js, and Prisma, enabling split payments and automated payouts via Stripe Connect.
- Implemented dynamic commission tiers (5–20%) and atomic inventory locking to safely handle concurrent transactions.
- Engineered a Flutter-based multi-vendor cart that parses nested inventory data to group items by seller with real-time synchronization.
AI Software Engineer
Oct 2024 — Nov 2025Change Agent AI LLC · Aldie, VA
- Owned a modular AI backend platform in Python (OOP) integrating LLMs and MCP-based web/Wikipedia search, boosting response performance by 30%.
- Refactored and secured Stripe authentication, reducing login time by 30% while hardening access.
- Engineered prompt strategies (Few-Shot, Chain-of-Thought) and structured output parsing to enforce deterministic behavior and eliminate hallucinations in agent actions.
Software Engineer
May 2024 — Aug 2024NEW EIC · Boston, MA
- Spearheaded the full-stack architecture of a data-intensive analytics platform serving 1,000+ active users with sub-second query response via MongoDB indexing.
- Optimized backend throughput with lazy loading and caching across 50+ API endpoints, cutting initial load latency by 40% and setting code standards for a 15-person team.
Software Engineer
Jan 2022 — Aug 2023Crest Data Systems · Ahmedabad, India
- Owned end-to-end development of a critical appraisal-lifecycle feature using FastAPI and MongoDB, modifying 5,000+ records with 99.9% accuracy.
- Built and optimized scalable React frontend components, reducing page load time by 30% across internal tools.
- Integrated GitHub with Splunk by mapping 20+ webhook fields into Splunk-readable formats, enabling real-time vulnerability insights for Fortune 500 clients.
- Led migration of 15+ projects from Bitbucket to GitLab, designing CI/CD pipelines (Python, YAML, GitLab Runners) that achieved a <1% deployment failure rate.
M.S. in Computer Science
Aug 2023 — May 2025Illinois Institute of Technology · Chicago, IL
- Focused on scalable systems, AI/ML, distributed systems, and applied software engineering.
B.Tech in Computer Engineering
Aug 2018 — May 2022Gujarat Technological University · Ahmedabad, India
- Built a strong foundation in data structures, algorithms, databases, and software engineering.
Selected work
Scroll through a mix of AI platforms, full-stack web apps, and cross-platform mobile projects.
Let's build something together
I'm open to full-time roles, contract work, and interesting collaborations. Drop me a message.