Summary
Patrick Maguire is a Software Architect in Fort Collins with nine years of experience building scalable software and leading cross-functional teams to solve real-world problems. His career spans healthcare, disease response, physics education, and solar energy projects, with a tech transition in 2011 where he has architected, implemented, tested, released, and managed software initiatives. Most recently, as a lead software developer at a renewable-energy startup, he designed and built APIs, AWS infrastructure, and a front-end GIS application while steering the QA and release process for a 100+ person organization. He champions DevOps, automation, and close collaboration across ops, QA, and development, emphasizing ownership and shared tooling to deliver reliable software faster. Proficient in AWS, CI/CD, JavaScript, Python, Docker, PostgreSQL, and Linux, with experience across MySQL, shell scripting, PHP, and some C#, Java, Scala, and Salesforce Apex; self-taught and relentlessly curious about learning new technologies and improving systems.
9 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Swahili, English