Summary
Philip Brown is a contract software developer with 13 years' experience building web-first products and services from startup to scale, currently focused on Elixir work at Yellow Flag. He founded Prise, a task-prioritisation app, blending product intuition with hands-on engineering and a knack for reducing complexity into actionable work. Previously a lead developer at Papertrail.io and a long history of web development roles, he brings pragmatic architecture and delivery experience across backend systems and user-facing features. Based in Newcastle upon Tyne, he pairs a Business Information Technology background with entrepreneurial instincts, often favoring elegant, developer-friendly solutions over unnecessary complexity.
13 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Business Information Technology, Business Information Technology at Northumbria University