Patrick Pilch is a Director of Engineering with 12 years of experience building high-performance, scalable systems—particularly in financial services—who combines hands-on architecture with people leadership across startups and large enterprises. He has led mobile and backend transformations at E*TRADE/Morgan Stanley, drove a major Android redesign and modularization efforts, and managed teams focused on code quality, CI/CD, and cloud-native build processes. Patrick also brings practical backend pedigree from OptionsHouse where he reengineered ACH to real-time, built fault-tolerant message frameworks, and accelerated analytics jobs by orders of magnitude. As an adjunct professor at DePaul he teaches full-stack web development and release engineering, reflecting a commitment to mentoring the next generation of engineers. Based in the Chicago area with an MS in Computer Information and Network Security, he pairs security-minded systems thinking with pragmatic delivery and a knack for turning legacy pain points into repeatable, automated platforms.
12 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS Computer Information and Network Security, Master of Science - MS Computer Information and Network Security at DePaul University
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Patrick Pilch - Director Of Engineering at DePaul University