Software Engineer·Content Creator
My journey
How I landed my first software engineering internship in freshman year, the whole story in 9 minutes.
Computer Science Student @ DCU · YC Startup School '26 · Software Engineer. Incoming SWE Intern at Stripe and SRE Intern at Google, and 2x HubSpot SWE Intern who's built production software on the FinTech billing team, shipped full-stack and iOS products of my own, and run PKodes, where I talk about my journey and host mock interviews to help people prepare with engineers from Apple, Meta, Google, and Netflix.
Experience
Production engineering on HubSpot's FinTech billing systems, from distributed backends to the frontends that make them usable.
HubSpot
Jul 2026 to Present
Built the full frontend for an automated payment matching system, surfacing invoice-to-transaction match confidence tiers to guide cash application workflows.
HubSpot
Apr 2026 to Jul 2026
Took on on-call responsibilities alongside senior engineers, monitoring production systems and responding to live incidents.
HubSpot
Jun 2025 to Aug 2025
Developed and deployed a production-ready internal tool to streamline billing-related communications between HubSpot employees and customers, projected to improve operational efficiency by ~25%.
Projects
Products I've designed, built, and shipped, from AI SaaS to App Store-ready iOS.
Freelance
KP Designs is my freelance web development studio for startups, small businesses, and personal brands that need reliable, beautiful web solutions.
Responsive marketing sites and portfolios shaped around clear positioning, conversion, and fast launch cycles.
Modern product builds with polished interfaces, reliable backends, and the workflows needed to run them.
PKodes
I run PKodes for coding and system design interviews with engineers from Apple · Meta · Google · Netflix · Amazon · HubSpot, plus journey videos about internships, rejections, hackathons, and breaking into big tech. 35+ videos, 135k+ views.
Offers, rejections, hackathons, and life as a CS student breaking into big tech.
Coding and system design interviews with engineers from Apple, Meta, Google, Netflix, and HubSpot.
Unfiltered career conversations with engineers about life inside the industry.
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Beyond the code
The things that keep me sharp, creative, and human.
Movement is the other creative outlet: performing and dancing whenever the chance shows up.
Playing with the DCU Basketball society, where competitive instincts don't switch off at the keyboard.
Active in Redbrick Networking Society and Afrosoc at DCU for community, culture, and connections.
Taught kids to build and code LEGO robots at STEAM Academy, sparking the same curiosity that got me here.
Led matchday teams at the Aviva Stadium for 2+ years across operations, training, and staying calm under pressure.
Contact
Open to collaborations, speaking, and interesting problems. Based in Dublin, Ireland, happy to talk wherever you are.