# Patrick Cooney

> Software Engineer

Location: Brooklyn, New York, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/patrickcooney

Prior experience as a software architect, engineering lead, and financial analyst, with industry experience in hedge funds, financial services, software consulting, and digital collectibles.

DM's are open if you'd like to connect or reconnect.

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ Agoric
Jan 2023 – Jan 2025 | San Francisco Bay Area
Agoric is an L1 blockchain founded by pioneers in secure programming languages, distributed systems, and smart contracts. I helped lead delivery of the Orchestration SDK (chain abstraction) and Fast USDC.

### Senior Software Engineer @ Fanatics, Inc.
Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | New York, New York, United States
Topps NFTs, part of Fanatics Collectibles

### Senior Software Engineer @ The Topps Company
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | New York, New York, United States
Tech lead for blockchain and NFTs

• ToppsNFTs.com is a platform where fans can buy, collect, and sell digital collectibles from their favorite brands like MLB, Bundesliga, and Godzilla
• Powered by the Avalanche blockchain, the platform provides a familiar experience to users with email login, fiat on/off ramps, and custodial wallets

### Software Engineer @ American Express
Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 | New York, New York, United States
Digital Acquisition / Card Shop

• Responsible for page speed, A/B testing, accessibility, and security for web pages generating millions of dollars in revenue per day
• Led page speed optimization efforts that resulted in a 30% / 1.3s improvement within the first 3 months of joining
• Contributed to several of the company’s inner-source projects used by thousands of developers, including a micro frontend framework and a cloud function service
• 1 of 25 engineers that received an award recognizing social open source contributions in 2020
• Helped hire and screen developers, performing technical interviews for nearly 100 candidates

### Co-Founder, Lead Engineer @ BarCard, Inc.
Jan 2017 – Jan 2019 | New York, NY
BarCard partners with venues to bring exclusive nightlife experiences to consumers.

• Built the first iterations of the platform, and helped raise $700k through a SAFE
• Designed a QR-code based ticketing system, and a complex account system that used a combination of RBAC and ABAC
• Built an iOS and Android app for users, a web based app for venue managers, and ticket scanning app for iOS and Android. Built and used a shared component library across all platforms. 
• Technologies Used: Node.js, GraphQL, Prisma, PostgreSQL, React, React Native, React Native Web, Jest, AWS, Stripe

### Partner, Software Engineer @ 92nd Collective, LLC
Jan 2015 – Jan 2018 | Greater New York City Area
• A technology consulting and development firm based in New York.
• Worked on various projects and applications for businesses and individuals under this LLC.

### Associate, Fund Accounting @ Silver Point Capital, L.P.
Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 | Greenwich, CT
• Silver Point Capital is a ~$8.5bn distressed credit hedge fund founded by two former Goldman Sachs partners 
• Performed weekly and monthly portfolio valuation, pricing complex and illiquid securities such as bonds, bank loans, trade claims, swaps, preferred equities, and CDS
• Performed a variety of roles for two of the smaller closed-end real estate funds, gaining exposure to things like investor reporting, audit liaising, pricing, valuation, trade settlement, treasury, and distributions

### Business Analyst, Absolute Return Strategies @ General Motors
Jan 2010 – Jan 2014 | New York, NY
• Worked on a 7 person team that managed at ~$7bn portfolio of direct hedge fund investments across a variety of strategies (Quant/Trading, Global Macro, Long/Short Equity, Event Driven, Distressed Credit)
• Used Excel, Bloomberg, and R to build and maintain a variety of reports used by portfolio managers to evaluate hedge fund managers and make investment recommendations. Experienced with metrics used to measure risk and analyze performance.
• Worked full time during summer and winter breaks and 15-20 hrs/wk during the school year.


## Education
### Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Business Administration, Finance
Fordham University

### High School Diploma
Regis High School


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/pcooney10
- GitHub: https://github.com/0xpatrickdev

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Last updated: 2026-03-31