Summary
Philip Skinner is a Principal Engineer based in Bradford, UK with 11 years of polyglot software engineering experience spanning startups, scale-ups and enterprise teams. He blends hands-on coding, technical leadership and architecture work—recently leading research and architecture at CMR Surgical and now driving engineering at Acurable. Philip has moved between roles from CTO at a high-traffic consumer platform to senior .NET and engineering positions, showing an ability to scale systems that serve millions of daily users as well as to guide research-led product development. Comfortable across the stack, he’s known for turning complex requirements into practical, maintainable solutions and for mentoring teams through architectural transitions. An understated strength is his track record of moving between product, research and delivery contexts, giving him a pragmatic yet forward-looking view of engineering trade-offs.
11 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
University of Glasgow