Patrick Poitras
Senior Software Developer at D-Wave
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Top SchoolPatrick Poitras is a Senior Software Developer with six years of experience blending physics and software engineering to build sophisticated systems, currently contributing at D-Wave in Vancouver. With a Master’s in Physics and hands-on roles ranging from graduate research to leading software teams in biotech and processor software at D-Wave, he bridges scientific rigor and production-grade development. He’s comfortable moving between low-level processor/algorithm work and higher-level system design, and has led small teams to deliver complex, instrument-facing software. Known on GitHub as "your neighbourhood's friendliest mad scientist," he brings a curious, experimental mindset to engineering challenges and a talent for turning research-grade ideas into reliable products.
6 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS, Physics, Master of Science - MS, Physics at Université de Moncton
Github Skills (69)
reader10
firefox-addon10
garbage-collection10
rust-language10
rust-lang10
firefox10
compiler10
rust10
browser-extension10
crate10
allocator10
accessibility10
chrome-extension10
standard-library10
darkmode10
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
Patrick-Poitras/rust
Dec 2021 - Jan 2022
Empowering everyone to build reliable and efficient software.
Contributions:4 PRs, 43 pushes, 6 branches in 1 month
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Patrick-Poitras/emacs-material-ocean
Aug 2022 - Dec 2022
Contributions:2 releases, 59 commits, 54 pushes in 3 months
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