Hello, I'm
Atharva Patil
Backend Engineer. DevOps. Building things that just work.
Software Consultant @ Mercedes-Benz R&D, Bangalore
1M+ API Calls Handled Daily
15K+ Secrets Identified
72 Teams Served
3+ LLM Providers Unified
About
Building, breaking,
and fixing things.
Backend Software Developer at Mercedes-Benz working across APIs, DevOps, infrastructure, and AI. Passionate about building, breaking (and fixing), and having fun doing it. Big on clean code, fast cars, and solving real-world problems with tech that just works.
B.Tech in Computer Science from Dayananda Sagar University (2019–2023).
3+ Years @ Mercedes-Benz
4 Awards Won
👨💻
Projects
Things I've built.
A selection of projects that showcase my skills and interests.
API Management & Gateway
Enterprise API management platform handling 1M+ API calls daily at 11.5 requests per second. Built gateway integrations with robust microservices architecture.
Software Consultant · Mercedes-Benz R&DLLM Proxy
Unified access layer integrating 3+ LLM providers (Azure OpenAI, AWS Bedrock, VertexAI) into a single gateway. Reduced integration complexity and ensured data compliance.
Graduate Trainee · Mercedes-Benz R&DIn-house Secret Scanner
Built an internal secret scanning tool that identified 15,000+ valid secrets across codebases, achieving 99.9% reduction in security findings.
Graduate Trainee · Mercedes-Benz R&DCode Compliance Platform
Internal platform for code compliance enforcement, ensuring standards are met across engineering teams with automated checks and reporting.
Software Consultant · Mercedes-Benz R&DInfrastructure Provisioning
Automated infrastructure provisioning with vRLCM, vRO, vRA, and Ansible serving 72 teams. Set up Kubernetes clusters, ELK stacks, and CI/CD pipelines.
Intern · Mercedes-Benz R&DDevOps CI/CD Pipelines
Designed and deployed GitHub Actions CI/CD pipelines for multiple projects with SonarQube integration, quality gates, and automated deployments.
Intern · Mercedes-Benz R&DOpen Source
Contributions.
Giving back to the community and contributing to large-scale AI infrastructure.
| Date | Repository | Contribution | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 2026 | github/github-mcp-server | Official MCP Server Fixed OAuth config for GHES & refactored host resolver logic in Go. | PR ↗ |
Skills
My toolkit.
Technologies and tools I work with every day.
Backend Development
AI & Databases
DevOps & Infrastructure
Cloud & Automation
Experience
Where I've worked.
Software Consultant
Aug 2024 – PresentMercedes-Benz Research and Development · Bangalore
API Management & Gateway Integration handling 1M+ daily calls. Building internal Code Compliance platform.
Graduate Trainee Engineer
Aug 2023 – Aug 2024Mercedes-Benz Research and Development · Bangalore
Built LLM Proxy unifying 3+ providers. Created In-house Secret Scanner identifying 15,000+ secrets.
Intern
Feb 2023 – Aug 2023Mercedes-Benz Research and Development · Bangalore
DevOps CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure provisioning for 72 teams. Kubernetes clusters, ELK stacks.
Open Source
GitHub Activity.
My contributions and pinned repositories.
Pinned Repositories
DefectDojo/django-DefectDojo
Open-Source Unified Vulnerability Management, DevSecOps & ASPM
github/github-mcp-server
GitHub's official MCP Server
gitleaks
Protect and discover secrets using Gitleaks 🔑
portfolio
My personal portfolio website built with SvelteKit, TypeScript, and mdsvex for blogging.
Contribution Graph
Awards
Recognition.
Excellence Award
Mercedes-Benz R&D · August 2025
Best Team Award
Mercedes-Benz R&D · February 2025
Champion of the Month
Mercedes-Benz R&D · November 2024
Spontan Award
Mercedes-Benz R&D · December 2024
Contact
Let's connect.
Based in Bangalore, India. Always up for interesting conversations about tech, F1, or a good trek.
🏎️ Formula 1 · 🏔️ Trekking · 🏍️ Motorcycling · 🏸 Badminton · 🏃 Running · 🎮 Video Games