Patrick Burls
Principal Software Architect at Zühlke Group
Western Cape, South Africa
Summary
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Top SchoolPatrick Burls is a Principal Software Architect with over a decade of experience designing and leading distributed, event-driven systems and developer-centric delivery at scale. He has driven architecture and engineering culture for broadcast and multimedia platforms at Sky and now consults for Zühlke, blending hands-on development with people leadership and a focus on pragmatic, data-driven practices. Patrick champions proven patterns—microservices, CI/CD, and strategic tech radars—while running communities and special interest groups to spread engineering excellence. He started as an electrical/mechatronics engineer, which informs his comfort across embedded C++ multimedia tooling through to cloud-native services, and he often pairs technical decision-making with cultural change to simplify complex delivery.
9 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
BSc Elec Eng, Electircal Engineering (Mechatronics), BSc Elec Eng, Electircal Engineering (Mechatronics) at University of Cape Town
Github Skills (29)
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sky10
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openapi-generator10
api-server10
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architecture9
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
pburls/ark3
Apr 2017 - May 2017
Contributions:23 commits, 10 PRs, 14 pushes in 1 month
single-threadedthreadedmessaging
pburls/dewey
Aug 2016 - Apr 2017
Contributions:38 PRs, 60 pushes, 43 branches in 7 months
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