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Patrick Fricano
Senior Software Engineer
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Location: Seattle, Washington, United StatesApprox. Years of Experience: 15
Patrick Fricano's Current Workplace
Tesla
Company Size
2500+
Amount Raised
$19.2B
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Notable Investors
Deutsche Bank, Citi, Tencent, Google, Goldman Sachs
CleanTech
GreenTech
Automotive
Clean Energy
Energy Storage
Sustainability
Electric Vehicle
Renewable Energy
Experience
Tesla
Jul 2019 - Present
Senior Software Engineer
Jul 2020 - Present
4 yrs 10 mos
Software Engineer, Frontend
Jul 2019 - Jul 2020
1 yr 1 mo
Blurb
Aug 2016 - Jul 2019
Software Engineer, Web
Jun 2017 - Jul 2019
2 yrs 2 mos
Helped lay the groundwork for the modernization of our frontend ecosystem, using a Lerna monorepo housing shared React components, apps, and tooling. Webpack to create frontend bundles, Jest for unit testing, Testcafe for E2E testing. Helped rebuild older Rails pages into entirely new, complex, single page applications in React displaying users' ecommerce data at a glance. Refactored older frontend code to our React monorepo. Designed and built a system from the ground up for detecting spammy users and projects and for our support team to administer them. Implemented a significant redesign of our login/registration flow to reduce friction and increase signups. Lead the frontend effort and also made backend and database schema changes to improve checkout and guide users to purchase additional copies. Shifted our Continuous Integration workflows from Jenkins 1 to Jenkins 2, building and debugging new pipelines used throughout the technology stack. Designed the database schema, data migration strategy, and engineering workflow around an initiative to shift from user-generated tags to multiple categories for books.
Customer Support Software Engineer
Aug 2016 - Jun 2017
11 mos
Worked in all ends of the software stack for smaller projects and bug fixes outside of the typical business-driven sprint cycle. Technologies include Ruby/Rails, Java-based microservices, PostgreSQL, Front-End (mostly Ember). Investigated logs and databases to track down the sources for errors or customer issues. Worked on improving or creating new tools for admins and customer support/ops.
SurveyGizmo
Dec 2013 - Aug 2016
Customer Experience Engineer
Apr 2016 - Aug 2016
5 mos
Escalated Support
Jul 2015 - Apr 2016
10 mos
Customer Support
Dec 2013 - Jul 2015
1 yr 8 mos
Graphicly
Nov 2011 - Dec 2013
Project Manager
Jul 2013 - Dec 2013
6 mos
Graphicly is a Boulder-based start-up with employees spread out all over the country. We provide a digital book distribution platform for visually-based media, such as comic books, cookbooks, and textbooks, working with self-publishers as well as some of the largest publishers in the country like Scholastic and DC Comics. My roles in this position include: Communicating with the sales/accounts teams to complete projects for clients. Building an organization infrastructure the team uses to manage these projects. Liaison between the conversion team and the development team, testing front-end and back-end toolset. Working on streamlining project workflow and gather metrics. Communicating with clients on outstanding and completed projects. Documenting team processes for consistency and for team expansion. Testing the technology, reporting bugs and UI/UX feature requests. Reporting and ownership of data that is seen by upper management, all the way to the CEO, as well as by clients for invoicing. Strict deadlines and constantly shifting demands require immense orginational effort.
Source File Ingestion and Apple Marketplace Specialist
Nov 2011 - Jul 2013
1 yr 9 mos
Working with pre-press or pre-digital PDFs/InDesign/Quark source files and edit them to digital specifications to look their best on e-reading platforms such as iBooks and Kindle and comply with standards. Thorough working knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite. Regularly editing EPUB2 and EPUB3 deliverables in HTML to make minor adjustments. Handle all iBooks marketplace uploads with a familiarity of Apple's iBooks guidelines.
Store Clerk
Video Rodeo
Jul 2009 - May 2011
1 yr 11 mos
Video Rodeo is an awesome local video and DVD rental shop in Gainesville. Duties included: Store organization. Interacting and conversing with customers via phone and in person. Data entry and cataloging. Spearheaded an organization effort keeping track of customer requests. Community building by creating and organizing Facebook events and social media updates.
Education
  • 2006 - 2010
    University of FloridaBachelor of Arts cum laude, English Language and Literature/Letters