# Pat Mellon

> Software Engineer

Location: Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/patmellon

Software Engineer with 7 years of experience in developing robust web applications. Proficient in Ruby, TypeScript (React), and Python. Skilled in building scalable, maintainable solutions, with a strong focus on user-centric design. Passionate about leveraging technology to solve real-world problems and continually exploring new ways to improve code quality and system efficiency.

## Work Experience
### Staff Software Engineer @ H1
Jan 2024 – Present

### Senior Software Engineer @ H1
Jan 2023 – Jan 2024

### Software Engineer III @ GitHub
Jan 2022 – Jan 2023
- Work with Ruby on Rails, TypeScript, and Python
- Utilize Azure services such as Blob Storage and Cognitive Services
- Use Terraform to manage Azure resources
- Led launch of an NLP text classification project
- Worked on creating a machine learning pipeline to deploy models. Pipeline steps included PII filtering and text preprocessing
- Planned and conducted various machine learning experiments using scikit-learn and Azure Cognitive Services

### Lead Developer @ Shift Lab
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States
- Primarily worked with Ruby on Rails and React on a number of e-commerce sites
- Worked with TypeScript, Next.js, and Tailwind
- Selected and vetted technology, planned sprints, and mentored junior developers as a project lead
- Used Heroku and Vercel for deployment of staging and production environments
- Implemented pixel perfect UX
- Utilized Git and GitHub for version control and peer review process
- Experience with Jira and the Agile method for project management
- Integrated third-party services such as Shopify Plus, Spree, Stripe, Salesforce, Cloudinary, Avalara, and various analytic services
- Worked with AWS services such as EC2, S3, Lambda, API Gateway, EventBridge, CloudFront, and SageMaker

### Developer @ Shift Lab
Jan 2018 – Jan 2021 | Lancaster, Pennsylvania Area

### Junior Software Engineer @ iDrive Interactive, LLC
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Area
Developed a dashboard app using Ruby on Rails. The app gave users the ability to upload CSV files that contained financial and employee data. The uploading process utilized Redis and Sidekiq. Once the upload was complete the data was transformed and displayed in various charts with the help of Chart.js.  Basecamp's google_sign_in gem was used for authentication, and the pundit gem was used for user authorization. I also employed Bootstrap to help with CSS styling.

### Branding Specialist @ BrandYourself
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Lancaster, Pennsylvania Area
- Introduced clients to the BrandYourself process in a 30 - 45 minute orientation phone call. As part of the orientation, I conducted an interview to learn about the client's career, background, and goals with using BrandYourself.
- Wrote up to 3 unique 500-word biographies based on the client's life and interests
- Designed multiple WordPress websites that highlighted the client's career/hobbies
- Created new social media accounts to help bolster the client's online presence

### Reputation Specialist @ BrandYourself
Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | Lancaster, PA
- Managed a roster of 15 - 20 clients
- Responsibilities included writing weekly original blog posts for each client, managing their social media presence, and providing monthly updates of SEO progress
- Studied and utilized SEO best practices to assist clients and answer their questions related to their search results

### Head Administrator @ Philadelphia Area Diversity Job Fair
Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | Philadelphia, PA

### Program Coordinator for the Office of Career Services @ Temple University - James E. Beasley School of Law
Jan 2013 – Jan 2016 | Philadelphia, PA


## Education
### Master’s Degree in Human Resources
Fox School of Business at Temple University
Jan 2014 – Jan 2016

### Bachelor's Degree in English Language and Literature, General
Temple University
Jan 2006 – Jan 2012

### Machine Learning Engineer Nanodegree in Machine Learning
Udacity
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019

### Front End Certificate
freeCodeCamp
Jan 2016 – Jan 2017


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/patmellon
- Website: https://www.patmellon.com

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Last updated: 2026-03-29