Patrick Plunkett
Software Engineer at Google
Oakland, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolPatrick Plunkett is a software engineer with 12 years of experience blending systems-level engineering and applied mathematics, currently working on DaydreamOS at Google. He has deep Android expertise from building Kamcord’s recording SDK—spanning Java, NDK C, and even assembly—paired with a strong academic background (PhD in Applied Mathematics) in numerical methods and stochastic modeling. Patrick’s career bridges research and production: he’s developed adaptive algorithms and high-performance C++ codes, taught numerical analysis, and contributed to supercomputing practices. Based in Oakland, he brings a disciplined, performance-oriented approach to platform and systems problems while keeping a creative interest in CAD/CAM and computer animation. Notably, his work history shows comfort moving from low-level optimization to user-facing SDKs, making him effective at both root-cause debugging and shipping developer tooling.
12 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Arts (M.A.), Mathematics, Master of Arts (M.A.), Mathematics at UCSBBachelor of Science (B.S.), Mathematics and Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Mathematics and Computer Science at Duquesne University
Github Skills (11)
elo9
geometry9
vtk9
mesh9
pong8
python8
ping8
triangular7
sounds6
ranking4
audio3
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
drknotter/elemental-sound
Jul 2016 - Dec 2021
LIsten to the sounds of the elements
Contributions:4 PRs, 7 pushes, 4 branches in 5 years 5 months
elementssoundsaudio
drknotter/kamcord-ping-pong
Jun 2014 - Oct 2016
Contributions:108 commits, 2 PRs, 22 pushes in 2 years 4 months
ranking-systempongping-pongrankingping
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