Smruti Patel

Smruti Patel

Building for success, scale and sustainability -- an engineering leader, a systems thinker and a life long learner.

Growth in a Downturn

Keynote address on navigating engineering growth during economic uncertainty - strategies for building resilient teams and sustainable practices...

Acceleration, Autonomy, and Accountability - a framework for successful platforms

Lessons from building three platforms across VMware, Stripe, and Apollo GraphQL - from Solis cost platform to ShuttleCrawler delivery platform to Monster async processing...

Infrastructure Engineering Deep Dive: Leading Data Platform at Stripe

Comprehensive interview on building critical data infrastructure, debugging velocity, managing distributed systems, and navigating organizational programs at scale...

Building a thriving graph ecosystem

Panel discussion on creating sustainable GraphQL ecosystems at scale - exploring federated architectures, developer experience, and community building strategies...

Designing a Growth Framework for Your Engineering Team

When and why growth frameworks become essential as organizations scale, and how to create one that actually works for your team...

Building High-Performance APIs at Scale with GraphQL

Lessons from leading Apollo GraphQL's engineering team on rapid digital transformation and scaling GraphQL for enterprise...