Summary
Philip Bergen is a Senior Staff Software Engineer with 13+ years building developer productivity and ML engineering tooling at scale, currently reducing wasted reliability time and shaping ML model metrics at Meta. He combines deep systems and low-level optimization instincts—from early Commodore/x86 tinkering to modern cloud and container platforms—with a pragmatic, data-driven approach that prizes artful simplicity and performance. Previously he led large productivity and CI/CD transformations at Salesforce, founded and sold a successful web analytics company, and has run consulting and advisory engagements in AI and infrastructure. A hands-on architect and mentor, he builds high-retention teams through transparent leadership, delegated ownership, and continuous hypothesis testing. Based in Sandpoint, Idaho, he still enjoys squeezing out performance gains that most engineers consider negligible, reflecting a lifelong habit of optimizing for less waste.
13 years of coding experience
23 years of employment as a software developer
Teknik, Teknik at Chapmanskolan
Diploma 3 years of electro technics signal processing and software development, Diploma 3 years of electro technics signal processing and software development at Blekinge Institute of Technology
English, Danish, Swedish