CURIOUS BY DEFAULT.PORTFOLIO / 2026

Hey, I’m

Neel.

A little curiosity. A lot of purpose.
I build things, bring people together, and keep learning along the way.

BASED IN WEST LAFAYETTE, INCOMPUTER ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY @ PURDUESCROLL TO DISCOVER ↓
Neel PatelMore than a single title. ↗

Many interests.
One curious mind.

I’m a Computer Engineering Technology student at Purdue who feels most at home where technology meets people. At CME Group, I build tools that help developers find the context they need. At Aidra, I work on AI and augmented reality that help people respond in critical moments.

From my work as a Founding Engineer at Aidra to volunteering with BAPS and Project RISHI, I’m drawn to work that makes someone’s day—or their world—a little better.

↗ Builder at heart Community first∞ Lifelong learner

Built with intention.

My GitHub ↗
AIDRA / CONCEPT
+
Guidance when it matters.
AI + AUGMENTED REALITY↗
01 / FOUNDING ENGINEERAI · AR · MOBILE

Aidra

Turning bystanders into first responders with real-time AI and augmented reality guidance. On-device computer vision runs at 60 FPS, with guidance activated in under 15 seconds and roughly 3× faster critical action in internal drills.

Cal Hacks 12.0 Social Impact Award
FIND YOUR NATURE / CONCEPT
Go find
your outside.
A LITTLE CLOSER TO NATURE↗
02 / WEB APPLICATIONJAVASCRIPT · FIREBASE

Find Your Nature

A place to explore national parks, discover your next trip, and share reviews. Built with NPS and Google Maps APIs.

↗ Made for the explorer in all of us

A few stops
along the way.

Different teams, new perspectives,
and something to learn at every step.

01

CME Group

Software Engineer Intern

Chicago, IL · May 2026 – Present

Built enterprise metadata integrations for Google Cloud Workstations and VS Code, making schema parsing and context discovery easier across core services.

Engineered custom Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers and REST middleware across 50+ microservices, reducing manual API lookup time by 40%. A distributed context-provider pipeline cut cross-team architectural discovery overhead by 50%.

Led the launch pipeline for custom IDE plugins, from compatibility analysis to distribution and developer onboarding.

ENGINEERING
02

Aidra

Founding Engineer

San Francisco, CA · Oct 2025 – Present

Built an AI + AR first-response platform and a full-stack computer vision pipeline using CoreML, TensorFlow Lite, and spatial anchoring, maintaining 60 FPS rendering.

Brought CPR guidance to AR glasses with OpenXR and phone co-processing: under 100 ms glass-to-glass latency, stable 6-DoF overlays, and hands-free controls. Pilot users reported 73% higher preference over handheld guidance.

Earned the Cal Hacks 12.0 Social Impact Award and launched a public demo and source to grow early pilot participation.

BUILDING
03

MiraPhoto

Software Engineer Intern

New York City, NY · Jul – Sep 2025

Delivered booking and review flows with React Native, Expo, and 25 reusable TypeScript components. RTK Query and lazy-loaded images helped bring first paint to 1.1 seconds and onboard 3,000 users in the first month.

Introduced GitHub Actions CI/CD and 130 Jest tests with 87% coverage, halving production bugs and enabling same-day hotfixes.

ENGINEERING
04

Project RISHI

Events Co-Chair

West Lafayette, IN · Aug 2024 – Present

Bringing students together around sustainable health and social impact initiatives.

COMMUNITY
05

BAPS

National Development IT Member

Robbinsville, NJ · Jun 2022 – Present

Led front-end development and volunteered across IT to build apps and websites serving national and regional communities.

Used Jenkins and DevOps tooling to deploy front-end and back-end services while coordinating a nationwide volunteer developer community.

VOLUNTEERING
BOILERMAKER, THROUGH & THROUGH.

Purdue University↗

B.S. Computer Engineering Technology

Pursuing minors in Computer Science & Computer Information Technology

RELEVANT COURSEWORK

Data Structures & Algorithms · C Programming · Embedded Cross-Platform Interface and Communication · DAQ and Systems Control · Advanced Digital Systems · Digital Signal Processing · Wireless Communications

AUG 2023 — DEC 2027 (EXPECTED)WEST LAFAYETTE, IN

Tools I build with.

From an idea on paper to something people can use.

LANGUAGES

TypeScript · JavaScript · Python · Java · Swift · Go · SQL · R

WEB & MOBILE

React · React Native · Node.js · Express · AngularJS · Redux · Flask · Django · GraphQL · REST APIs · HTML · CSS

AI & DEVELOPER TOOLS

PyTorch · TensorFlow · Model Context Protocol (MCP) · VS Code Extension API

CLOUD & DEVOPS

AWS (Airflow, S3) · Docker · Kubernetes · Jenkins · Terraform · Argo CD · Heroku · Netlify · Git · Linux

DATA & ANALYTICS

MySQL · PostgreSQL · MongoDB · MATLAB · Power BI · Excel · Access

BUILD & TEST

Google Test · Bazel · Webpack · Babel

Have something
in mind?

A project, an opportunity, or just a good conversation.
I’d love to hear from you.

Let’s connect ↗