Phillip Whittingham

Experienced in building, designing, and maintaining Python backend software. Evidenced by success in projects which were pivotal in allowing companies to launch their software to new customers in new regions while managing internal complexity, ensuring that success is sustained and sustainable.

When I'm not making backend software, I'm leveraging DevOps practices to ensure a fast and safe road to production. I have experience using Github Actions, AWS CodePipeline, AWS CodeBuild, Jenkins to enable engineers. I build dashboards in Grafana and AWS Cloudwatch to monitor key performance and health metrics of live systems.

Usually found using mature Python libraries and tools; Django, FastAPI, Flask, Pydantic, Black, Ruff, Pipenv. Often found engineering simple, well-tested code using behaviours such as Test Driven Development, Pair / Mob programming, Domain Driven Design, Keep It Simple Stupid (KISS), Extreme Programming (XP).

Proficient in AWS technologies such as Lambda, CodePipeline, RDS, EC2, EventBridge, Cloudwatch and management and profile features such as IAM and ParameterStore. Passionate about developer experience and overall efficiency in the development system, using evidence and empiricism to improve throughput (deployments / day) and safety (change failure rate).