Hello there, I'm Pat Sissons

I'm a Vancouver based Front End Developer, soon to be working at Boulevard building a client experience platform for appointment-based, self-care businesses. Previously I was in Engineering at Goldsky on the App development team, and before that a Senior Staff Web Developer for Shopify on the Capital, Installments, and Blockchain teams. I've been building software professionally for over 15 years.

In my free time time, you can catch me tinkering on open source projects, designing 3D models in Onshape and printing them on my Prusa MK3S, riding my Onewheel, crafting custom cocktails for my bi-annual menus, tending to my herb garden and tropical plants, or exploring the Canadian west coast.

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About me

Professionally, I like working with designers and building design systems that help developers efficiently create beautiful and intuitive web experiences. On my own time, I like building small front end applications for various ideas and concepts, most often to learn new tools and libraries. I have a passion for learning and sharing my knowledge with others through talks and mentorship. I am passionate about quality software while balancing timelines and scope to meet the needs of a project. I like to spend my down time with my pomeranian, walking around town meeting up with other dog friends and visiting various dog friendly venues. I am a social extrovert, I love meeting new people whether at a local pub or an external tech event.

Where is home?:Vancouver, BC
Smartified at?:University of Alberta
First software job?:2007
Office hours?:Goldsky, Remote
After hours?:Coding, 3D Printing, Cocktails, Onewheeling, Biking, Hiking, Walking, Socializing.

Education

BSc with specialization in Computing Science

University of Alberta•June 2007

Primary degree, focus on algorithms and compiler design, President of the computer science student group.

Diploma in Computer Systems Technology

Northern Alberta Institute of Technology•June 2003

Technical skills and intro to programming.

Work

Engineering

Goldsky•Jan 2023 - Present

I joined the startup Goldsky early in 2023 to help grow their blockchain data services product by working closely with our designer to rewrite the marketing site and web app front end from scratch. I have been a core part of our small engineering team, helping out from the AWS k8s layer, to front end engineering in all capacities, all the way up to DevRel at external events.

Senior Staff Web Developer

Shopify•Jun 2017 - Jan 2023

I worked at Shopify for 5 years on many different teams building various large scale projects. I started out as a web developer and quickly grew into a senior web developer role a few months after joining. I then grew into a staff web developer about 1.5 years after joining, and was promoted to senior staff shortly before departing. I built teams, ran projects, supported other teams, orchestrated relationships with external parties, and operated the after work social program in Vancouver.

More history available on my LinkedIn profile.