Patrick Slagle
Senior Software Development Engineer at Zillow
Nashville-Davidson, Tennessee, United States
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Top SchoolPatrick Slagle is a senior software development engineer with 8 years of experience building and architecting full-stack, cloud-native applications using React, GraphQL, Java/Spring Boot, and NodeJS/Express. He’s led complex initiatives at Capital One—rearchitecting a 15+ service system, cutting developer time by 30%, and introducing reusable CI/CD and serverless infrastructure used across the organization. A hands-on technical lead and mentor, he combines deep frontend optimization (Next.js refactors, lazy loading, error boundaries) with robust backend design (ECS, Lambda, RDS, Redis, EMR) to deliver scalable, maintainable systems. Patrick co-leads GraphQL Designer, a prototyping tool that automates schema and code generation, showing his interest in developer ergonomics and tooling. Now at Zillow, he continues to blend product-focused engineering with a passion for empowering teams and writing modular, reusable code.
8 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis ObispoAdvanced Software Engineering Immersive Software Engineering, Advanced Software Engineering Immersive Software Engineering at Codesmith
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Github Skills (23)
graphql-api10
query-builder10
react-redux10
full-stack10
graphql-tools10
graphql10
apollo10
developer-tools10
react10
graphql-schema10
typescript9
web-developer8
experiences4
designer4
nextjs4
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
GraphQL-Designer/graphqldesigner.com
Sep 2018 - Jan 2019
A developer web-app tool to rapidly prototype a full stack implementation of GraphQL with React.
Contributions:435 commits, 125 PRs, 61 pushes in 4 months
reactgraphql-apifull-stackprototypeweb-developer
patrickslagle/graphqldesigner.com
Sep 2018 - Jan 2019
A user friendly Graphql designer aimed to simplify creation and implementation of a full stack React Graphql app.
Contributions:116 pushes, 10 branches in 3 months
reactreact-graphqlfull-stackdesignergraphql
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