# Patrick M.

> Senior Software Engineer

Location: Seattle, Washington, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/patrickm

Product-focused Senior Software Engineer who builds complex platforms end-to-end — from React/Next.js interfaces to Python services and API layers. Employee #1 at a bootstrapped startup; previously shipped on a multi-million user marketplace at TrueCar (Nasdaq: TRUE). With a background in finance ($1B+ transactions at a Guggenheim Partners spin-off), I bring product and business fluency most engineers don't have.



Core technologies: TypeScript, React, Next.js, Node.js, Express, Python, Django, GraphQL, REST APIs, PostgreSQL, AWS. Experienced with auth architecture, design systems, testing strategy, performance optimization, and AI/LLM integration.

## Work Experience
### Senior Software Engineer @ LiveRead.io
Jan 2022 – Present
Employee #1 at an AdTech startup. Architected and shipped a workflow-heavy system-of-record platform — greenfield Next.js/TypeScript frontend, auth systems, and API integrations.

React / Next.js / TypeScript / Python

### Software Engineer II @ TrueCar, Inc.
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | Seattle, WA
High-traffic vehicle marketplace (Nasdaq: TRUE) serving millions of monthly users.
Drove REST-to-GraphQL migration and reduced SEO metric Largest Contentful Paint from 5+ seconds to under 1 second.
React / Next.js / TypeScript / GraphQL

### Software Engineer @ Kloudio
Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 | Seattle, WA
Early stage engineer at a seed funded no-code data platform. Led a 3-person frontend team. Architected the next-gen React + TypeScript platform and re-designed the authentication system.
React / TypeScript / GraphQL / Node

### Finance Manager @ ALTAVAIR L.P.
Jan 2016 – Jan 2019 | Seattle, WA
Investment professional - Commercial aviation finance. Worked on $1B JV with KKR and other transactions worth ~$1B+. Altavair is a spin-off from Guggenheim Partners.

### Analyst @ KeyBank Real Estate Capital
Jan 2014 – Jan 2016 | Various
Commercial real estate finance. Calculated P&L on CMBS (mortgage bond) warehouse and hedging derivatives, provided analysis on financings in range of ~$20M to ~$150M.


## Education
### Bachelor of Arts - BA
University of Washington


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/prm5
- Website: http://altavair.com/

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Last updated: 2026-03-22