Patrick Desjardins
Principal Software Engineer at Roblox
San Jose, California, United States
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Top SchoolPatrick Desjardins is a Principal Software Engineer with 12+ years of experience leading high-impact front-end and full-stack initiatives at companies like Roblox, Adobe, Jump Trading, Netflix, and Microsoft. He combines rapid adaptability—relocating internationally and repeatedly stepping into new tech stacks—with a consistent track record of driving performance, scalability, and measurable product improvements. Known for pragmatic leadership, Patrick architects systems end-to-end, introduces engineering standards and telemetry, and mentors senior engineers while shipping production-grade features and tooling. He has repeatedly reduced bundle sizes, cut latency and API bandwidth dramatically, and automated developer workflows to boost team velocity. An entrepreneur at heart, he balances disciplined planning with fast prototyping and shares progress relentlessly to align stakeholders. Outside code, he applies the same problem-solving instincts to hands-on fixes and practical improvements, reflecting a rare blend of technical depth and operational resourcefulness.
12 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science, Computer Science at PluralSightBachelor in Computer Science, Bachelor in Computer Science at École de technologie supérieureHigh School, High School at Collège LavalCEGEP - Computer Conceptration Computer Science, CEGEP - Computer Conceptration Computer Science at Bois-De-BoulogneMaster's degree Machine Learning, Master's degree Machine Learning at Georgia Institute of Technology
English, French
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (200)
dexie10
testing10
visual-studio10
express-graphql10
schema10
api10
environment-variables10
unit-testing10
popup10
regex10
php10
windows10
code-generator10
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Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
MrDesjardins/dataaccessgateway
Apr 2018 - May 2020
A simple library that cache in two different levels HTTP requests
Contributions:133 commits, 6 PRs, 69 pushes in 2 years 1 month
http-requestsaxiosperformancedexiecache
MrDesjardins/dataaccessgatewaychromeextension
Jun 2018 - Jul 2020
Chrome Extension for the Data Access Gateway which provide insight about how the data is manipulated
Contributions:102 commits, 1 PR, 41 pushes in 2 years
performance-monitoringdata-accessgoogle-chrome-extensionchromegateway
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