Summary
Patrick Paxson is a versatile software engineer in San Diego with 11 years of hands-on experience spanning embedded Linux audio, robotics, and machine learning. Currently building software at MagCanica, he previously advanced audio tooling and crash-log NLP research at Qualcomm while also shipping tooling in C++, Python, and C for on-device and offline diagnostics. A founder of UCSD’s Triton Robosub, he led AUV systems design and developed underwater object-detection models, demonstrating a rare blend of systems engineering and applied ML. He pairs academic rigor from a BS/MS in Computer Science and Cognitive Science with creative pursuits as a musician and artist manager, often consulting on software projects in his free time. Notably, his background bridges low-level performance work and higher-level ML/NLP experimentation, making him adept at turning research ideas into production-ready tooling.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
San Diego City College
GED, GED at Westview High School
San Diego Mesa College
University of California, San Diego
Associate's degree Computer Science, Associate's degree Computer Science at Palomar College
Chinese, English, Latin