Summary
Patrick Byrne is a seasoned engineering leader with over seventeen years of hands-on and executive experience, currently serving as Vice President of Engineering at Dribbble. He has helped scale Dribbble from a five-person team to a profitable organization of 70+ engineers serving tens of millions of users, combining pragmatic technical ownership with people-first management. Comfortable moving between code, infrastructure, and strategy, he emphasizes resilient, scalable, and straightforward solutions to complex problems. His background spans startups to Fortune 500s and roles from web developer and system administrator to executive, giving him a broad perspective on product and operational trade-offs. Based in Saint Paul, Minnesota, Patrick balances growth-minded leadership with a track record of developing engineers and shipping dependable, user-focused systems.
16 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer