Patrick Espake
Senior Software Engineer (Ruby On Rails) at obé Fitness
Aveiro, Portugal
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Top SchoolPatrick Espake is a Senior Software Engineer specializing in Ruby on Rails with two decades of web development experience and a proven track record of turning products into revenue-generating SaaS businesses. He authored Learning Heroku Postgres, has shipped high-impact systems for enterprises like GSK and Siemens, and helped startups scale to millions in annual revenue. Patrick pairs backend expertise (Postgres, Elixir/Phoenix, GraphQL, Redis, Elasticsearch) with cloud and deployment fluency (Heroku, AWS, Docker, Kubernetes) to deliver reliable, data-driven applications. He’s built complex map and telecom data platforms, payment/benefit conversion systems, and single sign-on infrastructure, often improving operational efficiency and customer outcomes measurably. Based in Aveiro, Portugal, he’s been exploring Elixir since 2020 and is actively diving into AI—bringing both long-term Rails mastery and a curiosity for emerging technologies.
16 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
MBA in Project Management, MBA in Project Management at Fundação Getulio Vargas / FGVSchool Pe. João BagozziPontifical Catholic University of Paraná
English, Portuguese
Stackoverflow
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4kreached
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Github Skills (47)
ruby9
mvc9
rails9
html9
activerecord8
ruby-on-rails8
omniauth7
java7
logic7
precompiled6
asset-pipeline6
heroku6
php6
amazon-s36
docker6
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
patrickespake/ghostblog-heroku
Dec 2013 - Sep 2014
Contributions:8 commits in 9 months
herokuworking-onghost-blogghostpostgresql
patrickespake/ruby-algorithms
Sep 2016 - Nov 2022
Contributions:9 pushes in 6 years 3 months
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