Philip Russell is a Senior Staff Software Engineer based in San Diego with 12 years of experience building large-scale distributed systems and leading engineering teams. He has held senior roles at Intuit (now returning to lead ML/AI engineering for QBO Mid-market), Amazon, and growth-stage fintech Pipe, combining product-focused leadership with hands-on system design. Philip specializes in productionizing ML/AI and cloud-native architectures for high-throughput financial and enterprise platforms, and is comfortable navigating both startup velocity and large-company operational rigor. His background includes a CS MS from UCLA and early systems work at Northrop Grumman and IBM, giving him a strong foundation in secure, reliable engineering. Notably, he repeatedly moves between senior IC roles and technical leadership, reflecting a preference for driving both architecture and delivery.
12 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Computer Science at University of Minnesota
Shrink your large GraphQL Schema to only what you need with Intuit LeanSchema!
Contributions:1 release, 27 commits, 3 PRs in 3 months
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Philip Russell - Senior Staff Software Engineer at Intuit