Summary
Joseph Fitzpatrick is a software engineer with a decade of hands-on experience building reliable network and distributed systems, currently developing Layer 2 routing features for Arista Networks' EOS with a focus on 802.11, DHCP and LLDP. He combines practical production engineering with academic depth as a Trinity College Dublin master's student in Computer Science, and earlier work spans fault-tolerant, large-scale Python/Django services at Hosted Graphite. His background includes systems risk analysis, cybersecurity internships, and research-assisted big data analytics鈥攄emonstrating an unusual blend of networking, security, and data-centric problem solving. Comfortable across Linux/Windows environments and cloud automation, he brings a pragmatic, data-informed approach to debugging and optimization. Colleagues describe him as someone who seeks hard problems and ships robust solutions rather than chasing novelty.
10 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, 1.1, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, 1.1 at Trinity College, Dublin
Master's degree, Computer Science, Master's degree, Computer Science at Trinity College Dublin
Leaving Cert, 605 points achieved in the Leaving Certificate, Leaving Cert, 605 points achieved in the Leaving Certificate at Ardscoil na Tr铆on贸ide
English, Irish