Michael Patterson
Software Engineer at Google
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMichael Patterson is a software engineer with 13 years of experience, currently contributing to Google Search from Chicago. He brings deep systems and low-level expertise grounded in a Computer Engineering MS and BS (summa/magna cum laude from Iowa State) and a background building MIPS processors in VHDL and teaching assembly-level programming. Prior roles include engineering work at Pillar Technology and early-career embedded/satellite software internships at Rockwell Collins, plus global audio/video technical work recording tribal-language Bible translations—an unusual mix that demonstrates adaptability across technical and cultural contexts. At Google since 2019, he focuses on high-scale search infrastructure and reliability, pairing rigorous academic foundations with practical production experience.
13 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science, Computer Engineering, 3.91 - summa cum laude, Bachelor of Science, Computer Engineering, 3.91 - summa cum laude at Iowa State University
Stackoverflow
1,750reputation
188kreached
18answers
1question
junit
top-5%
eclipse
top-5%
Github Skills (16)
junit9
eclipse9
objective-c6
firefox6
cocoa-touch6
chip86
browser-plugin6
python6
firefox-addon6
iphone6
cocoa6
browser-addon6
java6
react4
upstream3
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
mjpatter88/games
Dec 2014 - Feb 2016
Contributions:21 commits, 11 pushes in 1 year 2 months
mjpatter88/theWheel
Apr 2015 - Jun 2015
Contributions:38 commits, 36 pushes, 1 branch in 2 months
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