Philip White
SDE On Amazon Q Apps at Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Seattle, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolPhilip White is an experienced AWS software engineer with 11 years building customer-facing and platform services, currently driving a founding dev team at AWS Q Apps from ideation to GA. He combines hands-on service development (customer provisioning, GDPR compliance, onboarding) with a strong interest in highly available architectures, open standards, and digital sovereignty. Previously he shipped low-code/no-code and Honeycode features, introduced TypeScript/Kotlin/TLA+ practices, and contributed to CDK, Amplify, langchainjs, and projen. An active open-source contributor, he has improved the js_of_ocaml compiler with DOM, PerformanceObserver, and floating-point support—demonstrating language-level and cross-runtime fluency. Based in Seattle, he prefers fully-remote or local cloud/fintech roles where he can grow product influence while shaping operational excellence.
10 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science, Computer Science, Master of Science, Computer Science at The University of Texas at DallasFunctional Programming Principles in Scala, A, Functional Programming Principles in Scala, A at CourseraPasadena High School
Github Skills (8)
compiler10
dom-manipulation10
javascript10
compiler-compiler10
ocaml10
testing9
float329
floating-point9
Programming languages (16)
Github contributions (5)
ocsigen/js_of_ocaml
Dec 2020 - Jan 2023
Compiler from OCaml to Javascript.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:9 reviews, 8 commits, 11 PRs in 2 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Philip primarily contributed to the `js_of_ocaml` project, enhancing its capabilities for compiling OCaml code to JavaScript. They focused on expanding the project's DOM manipulation features by adding new event types, such as `clipboardEvent` and `submitEvent`, and integrating `PerformanceObserver` support. The user also implemented float primitives and added tests to ensure correct handling of floating-point operations. These changes demonstrate a focus on improving the library's compatibility and functionality.
javascriptocamlcompilerocsigenjsoo
pmwhite/dune
Jul 2023 - May 2024
A composable build system for OCaml.
Contributions:82 pushes, 21 branches in 10 months
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