Patrick Mcgill
Senior II Backend Software Engineer at Khan Academy
Point Roberts, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolPatrick Mcgill is a Senior II Backend Software Engineer with four years of professional experience building cloud-native, microservice-driven systems. He currently advances backend architecture at Khan Academy, focusing on Go, GraphQL/Apollo Federation, GCP, and emerging AI integrations after earlier backend and leadership roles at JPMorgan Chase and Securus Technologies. Comfortable both leading small teams and shipping production services, he brings hands-on expertise across Java and Go ecosystems, Kubernetes, and API-first design. Before tech, he built a client-focused career as a certified Pilates instructor, a background that informs his collaborative coaching style and attention to user outcomes. Based in Point Roberts, WA, he pairs pragmatic engineering with a knack for translating complex requirements into maintainable services.
4 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science at University of MontanaHighschool Diploma, Ballet/Modern Dance, Highschool Diploma, Ballet/Modern Dance at University of North Carolina School of the Arts
Github Skills (7)
khan-academy10
renderer9
youtube-dl8
python8
youtube7
editor6
yt-dlp5
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (3)
Khan/perseus
Sep 2023 - Oct 2023
Perseus is Khan Academy's exercise question editor and renderer.
Contributions:1 review, 4 PRs, 5 pushes in 1 month
questionkhan-academyrendererperseuseditor
pmcgill88/pm1121
Nov 2021 - Nov 2021
Contributions:1 branch in 1 day
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