Tyson Phillips
Senior Software Engineer, Backend at Upwards
Anaheim, California, United States
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Top SchoolTyson Phillips is a seasoned Senior Software Engineer, Backend based in Anaheim, California, bringing 11 years of experience delivering scalable, reliable systems across fintech, ecommerce, and benefits platforms. At Upwards, he designs resilient APIs that streamline onboarding for corporate benefits and improves testing and release processes by standardizing infrastructure with GitHub Actions and hooks. Previously at Feedonomics, he focused on DevOps—enhancing API error recovery, documentation, and infrastructure availability and monitoring to optimize service reliability. At LeadVenture, he led the development and internationalization of the ecommerce platform, driving adoption and automation strategies that boosted performance and revenue. Earlier at Phillips Data, Inc., he steered the full SDLC as Lead Developer, taking on Scrum Master, project management, DevOps, and mentoring roles to deliver high-quality, on-time results. Tyson holds a BS in Computer Science from California State University Fullerton and an MS in Computer Science from Cal Poly Pomona, underscoring a strong foundation in both fundamentals and advanced architectures.
12 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Cal Poly PomonaBachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science at California State University, Fullerton
Github Skills (62)
capistrano9
stripe-js9
random-string8
adyen8
session-store8
payment8
character-set8
recurly8
digital-ocean8
stripe-payments8
amazon8
session-management7
classes7
rest7
amazon-s37
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
phillipsdata/minphp-form
Apr 2017 - Jun 2019
Form Builder Library
Contributions:6 PRs, 4 pushes, 3 branches in 2 years 2 months
form-builderbuilder
phillipsdata/minphp-bridge
Aug 2016 - Nov 2024
Bridge for minPHP 0.x to 1.0 projects
Contributions:9 reviews, 29 PRs, 17 pushes in 8 years 5 months
phpbridge
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