Patrick Walker
Senior Software Architect (Line Management Included) at eBay
Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolPatrick Walker is a senior software architect and engineering leader with two decades of experience building data-intensive, security-critical platforms and currently shaping a large-scale GCP-based lakehouse at eBay. He blends hands-on system design in Kubernetes and Python with line management of an 8-engineer team, driving platform standards around robustness, monitoring, and compliance. Patrick specializes in AI-enabled data workflows and event-driven systems, moving teams toward AI-native tooling while keeping delivery and risk alignment front and centre. His career spans founding and scaling engineering organisations—from early-stage cyber security startups to fintech and consumer SaaS—giving him a proven ability to modernise legacy platforms and grow teams fast. Comfortable toggling between deep technical IC work and strategic leadership, he prioritises developer productivity, clear technical judgement, and sustainable delivery. Outside the engineering world he even co-runs a small-batch hot sauce business, hinting at an appetite for hands-on creation beyond code.
11 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
2:1 Bsc Computer Science with Years Professional Placement, 2:1 Bsc Computer Science with Years Professional Placement at Queen's University Belfast
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Github Skills (134)
infrastructure10
bower9
npmjs9
ansible9
scale9
automation9
metalsmith9
devops9
chef-infra9
package-json9
database8
cypress-plugin8
react8
yeoman8
storage8
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
PatrickWalker/belfastGo
Sep 2020 - Jun 2022
List of companies in Belfast using Go
Contributions:6 commits, 4 PRs, 6 pushes in 1 year 8 months
golangbelfastgo
PatrickWalker/gopher-it
Sep 2018 - Oct 2018
Contributions:17 commits, 14 pushes, 1 branch in 27 days
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