Phil Ewels
Senior Product Manager For Open Source Software at Seqera
Stockholm, Sweden
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Top SchoolPhil Ewels is a Senior Product Manager for Open Source Software with 14 years of experience building user-friendly, reproducible bioinformatics tools and leading community-driven projects from Sweden. He is the author of MultiQC and co-creator of nf-core, and now shapes roadmaps and community engagement for Nextflow, MultiQC, Wave and Fusion at Seqera. His background blends hands-on backend development (notably Python work across MultiQC, nf-core/tools and Nextflow) with QA and DevOps experience, ensuring pipelines are robust, well-tested and automatable. Phil has led teams at SciLifeLab scaling computational analyses for national genomics infrastructure, combining scientific rigor with product discipline. Beyond product and code, he’s an effective bridge between open-source communities and commercial engineering, translating user needs into sustainable OSS strategy. An unexpected detail: he still contributes low-level Nextflow enhancements (even name-generator refinements) showing a readiness to improve developer tools at all levels.
14 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
PhD, Molecular Biology, PhD, Molecular Biology at University of CambridgeShrewsbury Sixth Form CollegeBSc, Biochemistry With Year In Industry, BSc, Biochemistry With Year In Industry at University of Bristol
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Github Skills (41)
go-modules10
docker10
develop10
python10
groovy10
testing10
command-line-interface10
workflow-engine10
kernel-module10
dockers10
cicd10
nextflow10
pipeline-framework10
automation10
workflow-automation10
Programming languages (28)
Github contributions (5)
nf-core/tools
Feb 2018 - Jan 2023
Python package with helper tools for the nf-core community.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:28 releases, 636 reviews, 2283 commits in 4 years 11 months
Contributions summary:Phil's contributions primarily focused on enhancements to the nf-core/tools package. They made changes to the `list.py`, `launch.py`, `schema.py` and associated test files, suggesting a focus on the tool's core logic and parameter handling. Their work included improvements to the software version and branch handling, validation for pipeline parameters and added the ability to update the software based on different parameters.
nf-corelinterpythonpipelinelinting
nf-core/methylseq
Feb 2018 - Dec 2022
Methylation (Bisulfite-Sequencing) analysis pipeline using Bismark or bwa-meth + MethylDackel
Role in this project:DevOps Engineer
DevOps EngineerContributions:11 releases, 81 reviews, 500 commits in 4 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Phil's commits primarily focused on updating and modifying the pipeline's configuration and testing procedures. This included changes to the test script, adjustments to the docker image used for testing, and modification of the email template to align with the current version. Moreover, the user has integrated a new tool (preseq), and made changes to the MultiQC reports, showcasing a focus on the automation and maintenance of the pipeline's infrastructure.
nf-coreanalysis-pipelinepipelinebisulfite-sequencingdna-methylation
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