Shah e Rome W.
Senior Python Engineer | PACS, DICOM, HIPAA | FastAPI Backend
Professional Software Engineer with 6+ years delivering scalable medical imaging platforms, AI-powered systems, and secure cloud solutions. I’ve led AI-based automation solutions, enterprise M365 migration, and AWS infrastructure for US healthcare imaging organizations. I specialize in PACS/DICOM workflows, HIPAA-compliant backends, and radiology AI pipelines. Beyond medical imaging, I architect high-performance Python backends using FastAPI and Django for SaaS and AI platforms — production-ready, secure, and scalable. 🚀 What I Deliver (End-to-End Ownership) ✅ Backend & system architecture ✅ Scalable APIs and microservices ✅ Healthcare & Medical Imaging platforms (PACS / DICOM) ✅ Python backend systems for SaaS & AI platforms ✅ Cloud, Ubuntu server & on-prem deployments ✅ CI/CD, DevOps & production automation ✅ Application security & compliance-ready systems ✅ OHIF Viewer customization for radiology workflows I don't just build features — I design, deliver, and support complete production systems. 🧠 Core Technical Expertise 🏗️ Backend Development Python, Django, FastAPI REST APIs, Microservices, Docker, Kubernetes PostgreSQL, Redis, Celery, OAuth ☁️ Cloud, Deployment & DevOps AWS, Azure, GCP Ubuntu servers & on-prem hospital infrastructure CI/CD: GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins Infrastructure as Code: Terraform, Ansible Monitoring: Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, CloudWatch 🩺 Healthcare, Medical Imaging & Radiology Radiology AI backends — PACS to diagnostic workflow integration PACS & DICOM Infrastructure (Orthanc, dcm4chee, OHIF Viewer v3) OHIF Viewer (v3) customization, Cornerstone.js, and VTK.js for 2D/3D rendering. CT, MRI, X-Ray, Ultrasound workflows AI-based image classification & triage Secure hospital ↔ cloud / on-prem connectivity AI-generated radiology & medical reports HIPAA-ready handling of PHI data Medical imaging AI pipelines (pynetdicom, pydicom) 🔐 Security & Compliance (HIPAA & ISO) Healthcare-grade application security HIPAA Compliance & ISO-aligned architectures OWASP Top 10 hardening Data encryption: AES, RSA, TLS Secure audit logs, API gateways & firewall-aware design 📊 Selected Highlights ✔ Built AI-powered PACS-integrated medical imaging platforms ✔ Delivered full-stack healthcare dashboards used in production ✔ Improved backend throughput by 40%+ ✔ Deployed systems on cloud and on-prem hospital environments ✔ Reduced deployment time by 50% using CI/CD automation ✔ Led security hardening for healthcare-grade compliance
Earnings and projects
Last 6 months ÷ 6
Last 6 months: $7.2k
Billed in all: $11,447$11k
$2.4k in the last 6 months
Across 7 contracts
Across 29 contracts
Earnings, last 30 days
Skill rankings: Top 10% in RESTful API
Ranked by MRR among everyone on Upwork with the skill.
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