Summary
Bruce Phillips is a Principal Software Engineer based in Lawrence, Kansas with over a decade of experience designing and delivering enterprise Java applications across finance and higher education. He has progressed through multiple engineering and leadership roles at Cboe Global Markets and previously led web application architecture and integrations at the University of Kansas, specializing in Spring, Hibernate, Struts2 and complex system integrations (including LMS and identity/card systems). Known for turning institutional requirements into reliable, data-driven web services, he combines hands-on coding with architectural judgment to ship production-grade systems. His background includes building interactive university tools for real-time class search and degree tracking, showing a knack for solving user-facing complexity with scalable backend designs.
13 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
MA Information Systems, MA Information Systems at Webster University