Summary
Phil Sandler is a seasoned principal software architect with 12+ years of experience modernizing complex financial and enterprise systems from Chicago. He’s led end-to-end transformations—introducing microservices, messaging, CQRS, event sourcing, and automated testing—to migrate legacy trading and OMS platforms and improve system reliability and performance. Phil has repeatedly driven cultural and tooling change, migrating teams to Git/GitFlow, championing AngularJS and async patterns in C#, and mentoring engineers into stronger design and delivery practices. He combines hands-on implementation (microservice design, Akka.NET workflows, NServiceBus integration) with strategic delivery leadership, having built teams and owned product quality as a VP and Chief Technical Architect. An English BA by training, he brings clear communication and a pragmatic, cross-disciplinary approach that helps translate business needs into robust, auditable software.
12 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
BA English, BA English at Northern Illinois University