Summary
Brandyn Phelps is a Senior Software Engineer with 11 years of experience building scalable systems, currently advancing developer tools at GitHub after a decade-long tenure at Microsoft. He excels at identifying systemic improvements, backing proposals with data, and driving measurable change from design through deployment. Based in Seattle with a Computer Science degree from Michigan Technological University, Brandyn blends deep engineering craft with cross-team collaboration to deliver production-grade solutions. His career shows steady progression through platform and product roles, and he brings a pragmatic focus on automation and deployment reliability that often uncovers high-impact optimizations others miss. Known internally for turning analysis into results, he combines institutional experience with a continual appetite for improving developer workflows.
11 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Computer Science at Michigan Technological University