Founding Engineer @ i4 Ops — building zero-exfiltration infrastructure security for the AI era.
I work at the intersection of infra security, cloud systems, and AI — where the interesting problems live and most tools fall short. Currently focused on preventing sensitive data from quietly leaking through AI agents, insider access, and privilege creep before anyone notices.
📍 Salt Lake City, UT | 🌎 vatsalgoel-portfolio.netlify.app | 💼 linkedin.com/in/vatsal-goel3
| Project | Status | What I did |
|---|---|---|
| AWS Powertools for Lambda (Python) | ✅ Merged | Recognized in v3.10.0 release notes for production-ready schema contributions |
| AWS Powertools for Lambda (TypeScript) | ✅ Merged | Recognized in multiple official release notes for extensive contributions |
| OpenTelemetry Go SDK | 🔄 In Progress | Working on 2 active issues — CNCF standard telemetry framework |
i4 Ops — Real-time infrastructure monitoring + zero-exfiltration data security. We catch the quiet stuff: AI agents aggregating files, privilege creep, insider data hoarding — before it becomes an incident.
Stack: Python · Go · TypeScript · AWS · Kubernetes · Terraform
Raft-Based Key-Value Store Fault-tolerant distributed KV store implementing the Raft consensus protocol — log replication, leader election, failure recovery from scratch.
DNS Server High-throughput DNS resolver handling 5K+ QPS with custom caching and recursive resolution.
CineMatch Full-stack AI recommendation engine — collaborative filtering + sentiment analysis. 30% accuracy improvement, 25% user retention boost.
Languages: Python · Go · TypeScript · C/C++ · SQL · Bash · JavaScript
Cloud: AWS · Docker · Kubernetes · Terraform · CI/CD
Security: Zero-exfiltration · Telemetry pipelines · Secure APIs · Cryptography
Frameworks: Flask · Node.js · React · TensorFlow
I write about infra security and AI risk on LinkedIn — building in public at i4 Ops.