Philip Senger is an AI Principal Engineer and seasoned full-stack technologist with 25+ years building production systems and 13 years of focused modern experience delivering cloud-native, event-driven platforms. He combines startup CTO experience with enterprise transformation work—leading migrations to Next.js, designing Terraform-driven, cloud-agnostic infra across AWS and Azure, and cutting developer setup times from days to under 30 minutes via Docker orchestration. Philip architects AI-enabled products end-to-end, embedding LLMs and ML for semantic clustering, recommendation, and a proprietary Expert System that operationalises domain knowledge. He is equally comfortable coding in Node.js, Python, Java/Spring Boot and Go/Elixir when needed, and has a track record of pragmatic decisions documented through ADRs and Spec Driven Development. Not obvious at first glance: he’s rebuilt legacy consoles in Erlang/Elixir, created private npm modules for cross-team observability, and consistently marries rapid prototyping with enterprise-grade reliability. Based in Sydney and available for freelance engagements, he’s a hands-on leader who drives both technical strategy and developer productivity.
13 years of coding experience
23 years of employment as a software developer
Engineer’s Degree, Engineering Graphics, Engineer’s Degree, Engineering Graphics at Western Michigan University
Github Skills (107)
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Programming languages (7)
TypeScriptJavaJavaScriptGoRubyRich Text FormatPython
Contributions:21 commits, 2 PRs, 17 pushes in 8 months
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Philip Senger - AI Principal Engineer at Compare Club