Summary
Phili A is a seasoned software engineering manager with 15+ years of experience leading mobile-first and cross-platform teams across Europe and Asia. He combines hands-on expertise in Android, iOS, Flutter and Java/Spring back-ends with proven leadership—scaling teams from small mobile groups to 70+ engineers and transitioning products from SDKs to production-ready solutions. His track record includes doubling mobile revenue at BESTSELLER, cutting CI/CD costs threefold at Backbase, and instituting strong management practices to improve delivery at GoStudent. Comfortable in multicultural environments, he speaks native French, fluent English, and has lived and worked in three countries, which informs his people-first leadership style. Currently at Booking.com in Amsterdam, he focuses on empowering engineers to ship reliable, user-focused products while streamlining engineering processes. Notably, he blends product sensibility (early product director roles) with deep technical delivery experience, making him equally effective in strategy and execution.
15 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Licence, Licence at Aix-Marseille University
DUT, DUT at Université Joseph Fourier (Grenoble I)
French, English, Vietnamese