Phillip Campbell
Senior Engineering Manager at Gusto
Roswell, Georgia, United States
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Top SchoolPhillip Campbell is a senior engineering manager with 17 years of experience leading teams that build resilient Ruby on Rails platforms and developer-facing tooling. He currently oversees architecture and developer productivity at Gusto and has led high-impact efforts at SeatGeek and Linode, spanning site search, on-sale reliability, async processing (Sidekiq/Karafka), Terraform, and developer experience. Phillip combines hands-on backend refactoring—demonstrated by contributions to an Elo/TrueSkill Rails app—with strategic program building that grew a team to drive $1M MRR in third-party tools. He is skilled at bridging product and platform needs, reducing operational risk during traffic spikes while improving developer velocity. Based in Roswell, GA, he brings a practical mix of continuous improvement, open-source collaboration, and cross-functional leadership.
17 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Managerial Sciences in Information Systems Computer Information Systems, Managerial Sciences in Information Systems Computer Information Systems at Georgia State University
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Github Skills (19)
ruby-rails10
datetime10
postgresql10
python10
back-end-development10
rails10
ruby10
timezone10
gameplay9
videogames9
django9
constants6
freeze6
ruby-on-rails6
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Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
elovation/elovation
Jan 2013 - Jul 2013
Simple rails app to track your game results with elo and trueskill ratings
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:19 commits, 1 comment in 6 months
Contributions summary:Phillip primarily focused on refactoring the backend logic of the Rails application. They modified models and services to improve the handling of game results and player ratings, specifically targeting the `Result` and `Rating` models. The commits demonstrate the user's focus on enhancing the system's core functionality for tracking game results and player performance using Elo and TrueSkill rating systems. Furthermore, they improved the UI to display results.
rails-appherokutrueskilltable-tennisgame
phillc/linodego
Sep 2019 - Mar 2021
Go client for Linode REST v4 API
Contributions:69 pushes, 24 branches in 1 year 6 months
golangapiapi-clientgo-clientlinode
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