Patrick Barnes
Lead Architect at Nordic Semiconductor ASA
Beaverton, Oregon, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolPatrick Barnes is a lead architect with 8+ years focused on building and evolving serverless IoT platforms, currently shaping Nordic Semiconductor’s nRFCloud architecture and leading its transition from a distributed monolith to microservices on AWS using Node.js and TypeScript. He blends hands-on engineering and technical leadership—frequently contributing code while overseeing platform design, deployment, and operational practices. His background spans founding a consultancy for healthcare data integrations, driving high-throughput Node.js systems at scale, and close collaboration with hardware teams on IoT device workflows. A former naval aviator and USNA-trained aerospace engineer, he brings disciplined systems thinking and real-world operational experience to complex cloud and embedded integrations.
8 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
Aerospace Engineering, Aerospace Engineering at United States Naval AcademyU.S. Naval Academy, U.S. Naval Academy at J. J. Pearce High School
Github Skills (88)
postman-collection9
asyncapi9
database8
api8
abaqus8
microcks8
testing8
postgresql8
sqlite8
mocking8
mock-server8
mysql8
swagger7
openapi7
javascript7
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
nRFCloud/jitp-example
Feb 2019 - Jun 2021
Demonstrate Just-in-Time Provisioning (JITP) of AWS IoT Things (Devices)
Contributions:1 review, 18 pushes in 2 years 4 months
aws-iotprovisioning
nRFCloud/dfu-device-simulator
Jun 2019 - Sep 2019
AWS IoT Thing simulator for nRF91 DFU
Contributions:3 PRs, 25 pushes, 1 branch in 3 months
aws-iotopcuadfudevice-managementsimulator
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