Maximillian Phillips
Technical Writer at Cloudflare
Dallas, Texas, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMaximillian Phillips is a technical writer with five years’ experience building documentation systems and improving product UX, now based in Dallas and working at Datadog after leading docs at Cloudflare. He led a data-driven IA migration that unified Zero Trust docs across a seven-person team, migrated 600+ pages, and clarified over 1,000 UI instructions to reduce customer friction. He also automated screenshot updates using Cloudflare Browser Rendering and Workers AI, cutting manual maintenance overhead and surfacing product changes proactively. A hands-on contributor to Cloudflare’s open-source docs site, he implemented front-end features like light/dark styling, component redesigns, and accessibility tweaks. His background in digital narrative and applied research gives him a rare mix of user-focused storytelling, technical implementation, and metrics-driven decision making.
5 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Digital Narrative and Interactive Design, Summa cum laude, Bachelor of Science - BS, Digital Narrative and Interactive Design, Summa cum laude at University of Pittsburgh
Github Skills (7)
html10
css10
javascript10
documentation9
mdx9
cloudflare8
react5
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
cloudflare/cloudflare-docs
Jun 2022 - Jan 2023
Cloudflare’s documentation
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:462 reviews, 14 commits, 928 PRs in 6 months
Contributions summary:Maximillian primarily contributed to the Cloudflare documentation site by implementing front-end features and styling updates. They focused on the overview redesign, which involved creating and refining various components such as beta pills, shortcodes, and features layouts. The user also enhanced the site's visual appeal by adding light/dark mode styling, external link icons, and adjusting pill alignments. Additionally, the user updated the RSS icon and adjusted tutorial prerequisite padding and the collapse alt text.
cloudflaremdxmarkdowncloudflare-workers
maxvp/maxvp.github.io
Mar 2021 - Jan 2025
Personal website
Contributions:6 PRs, 222 pushes, 17 branches in 3 years 10 months
reactnextjs
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