Philip Harper
Technical Principal at Motability Operations Ltd
Bristol, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolPhilip Harper is a Technical Principal based in Bristol with 10 years' experience designing and delivering large enterprise web applications, primarily using Java, Spring, web services and modern front-ends. He has progressed through hands-on engineering roles into leadership positions at Motability Operations, where he now drives technical strategy, operability standards and cross-product alignment for pricing systems. Known for replacing legacy systems with resilient Java services and React interfaces, he balances detailed technical analysis with clear translation of business requirements. A first-class Computing graduate who won top prize for his final-year project, he blends academic rigor with practical delivery in agile teams. Colleagues describe him as a steady technical steward who emphasizes planning, process improvements and predictable deployments. He brings a pragmatic, product-focused engineering mindset and a track record of turning complex legacy landscapes into maintainable, scalable platforms.
10 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's Degree, Computing, First Class with Honours, Bachelor's Degree, Computing, First Class with Honours at Solent UniversityCallington Community College
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Github Skills (10)
json6
transform6
xml6
xpath6
typescript6
xslt6
wikipedia6
angular6
webservice6
wikidata5
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
philharper/power-analysis-tool
May 2020 - Jul 2020
Contributions:17 commits, 10 PRs, 40 pushes in 1 month
philharper/Random-Meetup
Mar 2019 - Jun 2020
Contributions:28 pushes, 2 branches in 1 year 3 months
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