Patrick Andrew

Fifteen years of distributed systems.
Now shipping on-chain.

Backend and protocol engineer working across storage, networking, and distributed systems — currently building crypto infrastructure at Anchorage Digital.

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15+
Years experience
2
Patents issued
1
B.S. Computer Science
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About

Career highlights

A quick readout on where Pat's been and what he builds.

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B.S. in Computer Science from Western Washington University
15+ years of professional software development and engineering experience
Two issued patents in distributed IP address management
Shipped highly-available clustered systems on Dell/EMC's OneFS protocol stack
Fluent in Go, C/C++, Rust, and Python — userspace and the FreeBSD kernel
Now building decentralized applications, smart contracts, and blockchain integrations
Skills

Where Pat operates

A systems engineer's range — from kernel to chain.

Blockchain Protocols
Storage Protocols
Software Deployment (DevOps)
Backend Development
Systems Architecture
Performance & Scalability
Distributed Systems
Networking
Infrastructure
Stack

Languages & tools

A wide range of programming languages and tooling, built for production.

Languages
Go C / C++ Rust Python Shell
Infrastructure
Docker Docker Compose Kubernetes NGINX Apache GNU Make Linux
Data
MySQL PostgreSQL
Work

Selected work

Projects and publications. Contact him to learn more.

Git Subdir Filter

A git command line tool for manipulating complex git repositories.

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Github

Patrick's Github profile

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Andrew, P. (May 2020) REBALANCING INTERNET PROTOCOL (IP) ADDRESSES USING DISTRIBUTEDIP MANAGEMENT (US 20200145369A1)

IP rebalancing patent issued circa 2020

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Andrew, P. (June 2021) DISTRIBUTED NETWORK INTERNET PROTOCOL (IP) ADDRESS MANAGEMENT IN A COORDINATED SYSTEM

IP management patent issued circa 2021.

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Employment history, block by block

Every role, recorded in order — genesis to latest.

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Member of Technical Staff, Anchorage Digital

Member of the crypto protocols org, building protocol infrastructure for digital assets.

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Software Engineer, Joyent (Samsung)

Member of the Joyent storage team, working on the MinIO S3 file system driver.

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Senior Software Engineer, Dell Technologies

Isilon Protocols org, working on SmartConnect, the file system driver, and the protocol stack.

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Senior Software Engineer, Dell EMC

Isilon OneFS Protocols org, working on the SMB stack and the file system driver.

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Software Engineer, Isilon Systems

Member of the Isilon Systems Protocols team, working on SMB & NFS protocols.

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Software Engineer in Test, Isilon Systems

Test engineer for the Isilon Systems Protocols team, working on iSCSI and SMB protocol testing.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

A site I built to share my work and experience — a digital resume.

To showcase some of my skills and experience, and make it easy to reach me.

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The Greater Seattle area.

Market rate for the Seattle area.

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Contact

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