Erik Phillips
Software Engineering Manager at Apple
California, United States
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Top SchoolErik Phillips is a Software Engineering Manager at Apple with 11 years of experience building and leading teams on large-scale consumer software. A Cal Poly San Luis Obispo computer science graduate, he progressed from intern and individual contributor roles into senior and management positions within Apple’s engineering org. He combines hands-on engineering with mentorship, having taught AI and data structures as a student instructional assistant and guided cross-functional projects presented to senior executives. Based in the Bay Area, Erik balances technical leadership with practical problem solving rooted in automation and core OS work from his early Mobile Software Update projects. Outside of tech he brings a craftsman’s attention to detail—expressed through woodworking—and resilience from a Colorado upbringing that includes professional ski instruction and high-paced hospitality work. This blend of product-focused engineering, people development, and real-world discipline shapes how he delivers reliable, user-centered systems.
11 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis ObispoHigh School Diploma, High School Diploma at Aspen High School
Spanish
Stackoverflow
349reputation
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Github Skills (10)
objective-c6
mochajs6
uitableview6
ios6
swift6
firebase-authentication6
sailsjs6
firebase6
firebase-realtime-database6
binary-search-tree6
Github contributions (5)
erikphillips/wumpus_world
Nov 2017 - Feb 2018
Contributions:3 releases, 19 commits, 13 pushes in 3 months
erikphillips/erikphillips.github.io
Nov 2017 - Apr 2018
Contributions:9 pushes, 3 branches in 4 months
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