Brian Paterni
Platform Engineering Lead Infrastructure
Des Moines Metropolitan Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolBrian Paterni is a platform engineering lead with 15 years of hands-on software and infrastructure experience, currently owning Platform Engineering at Bayer after progressing through multiple senior engineering roles within the company. He brings deep UNIX/Linux expertise and practical scripting fluency in Python, Perl, PHP, and Bash to build reliable automated systems for agriculture technology. Comfortable bridging legacy and modern stacks, Brian has led migration and automation efforts that translate domain knowledge into repeatable operational tooling. He pairs a strong Computer Science foundation from the University of Northern Iowa with a curiosity for niche topics like Haskell, Debian, and software reverse engineering. Based in the Des Moines area, he combines enterprise-scale delivery experience with a tinkerer’s mindset—often exploring space tech and low-level systems outside work. Colleagues describe him as a pragmatic engineer who thrives on solving messy production problems and making infrastructure quietly dependable.
15 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree, BS - Computer Science, 3.6, Bachelor’s Degree, BS - Computer Science, 3.6 at University of Northern Iowa
English
Github Skills (46)
ffmpeg10
mpv10
audio10
video-player10
player10
flask10
python9
twincat9
wsgi9
pyramid9
webapp9
cli9
multimedia9
web-development8
plc8
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
bpaterni/pycomm
May 2017 - Jul 2019
pycomm is a package that includes a collection of modules used to communicate with PLCs
Contributions:16 commits, 14 PRs, 15 pushes in 2 years 2 months
siemenspythontwincatcommunicatepython-script
bpaterni/flask-app-simple-blocking-eventlet
Dec 2018 - Dec 2019
Contributions:14 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year
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