Summary
Phillip Hayward is a Staff Software Developer with 11 years of hands-on experience designing and operating high-performance, reliable systems from firmware distribution to large-scale deployment pipelines. He has a track record of practical optimizations—tripling backup throughput at Eclipse Hosting and centralizing firmware and test assets at Intel to save hours of weekly effort across teams. At Clearwater Analytics he builds centralized software management that releases hundreds of projects to thousands of servers, and his background spans SRE, DevOps, test automation, and core application development. He blends systems-level rigor with developer ergonomics, creating tooling and automation that make operations simpler and restores faster. Based in the Boise area, he pairs engineering work with community involvement—volunteering with Cub Scouts and experimenting with 3D printing and robotics in his spare time. His formal study in cybersecurity rounds out a pragmatic approach to building systems that are both performant and resilient.
11 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
Mechanical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering at Boise State University
Bachelor of Science - BS, Cybersecurity and Information Assurance, Bachelor of Science - BS, Cybersecurity and Information Assurance at Western Governors University
Brigham Young University