Kevin McGonigle

Professional builder of cool internet things for over 7 years. Recreational one for many more.

Currently building cool internet things at Microsoft.

You can call me Kev.

Work

Since 2025

Senior Software Engineer @ Microsoft

Working on a wee indie project called Word. Clippy sends their regards.

2024 — 2025

Senior Full-Stack Engineer @ Robin AI

My fintech stories were so fascinating, I had to ramp up the intrigue and try legaltech. Played with shiny new LLM toys to draft NDAs, review MSAs, plus a bunch of other acronyms that went over my head.

2022 — 2024

Senior Software Engineer @ WeTransfer

You get a file, you get a file, everybody gets a file - and you can thank me (and my lovely colleagues) for it. Architecting, integrating, scaling, and lots of trips to Amsterdam on the Eurostar. Fun times.

2020 — 2022

Software Engineer @ Patreon

Got creators paid from the comfort of my couch (cheers, COVID). Built lots of super exciting payments processing and actually exciting content moderation tech.

2018 — 2019

Software Engineer @ Aryza

Cut my engineering teeth at the Dublin-based fintech. Built some cool things, broke (and later, fixed) other things, sucked at 5-a-side.

School

2016 — 2020

BSc Computer Applications & Software Engineering @ Dublin City University

Graduated with first-class honours at the top of my class - cementing my status as a massive nerd.