Summary
Phillip Kelly is a Senior Software Engineer II in Boston with 11 years of experience building scalable full-stack web applications for government, e-commerce, and media organizations. He specializes in React, TypeScript, GraphQL, Node.js, and Ruby on Rails, and has shipped features that contributed to more than $1M annually and supported products driving $100M+ in revenue. Phillip excels at designing modular component systems and data-backed A/B experiments, and has repeatedly improved user flows and performance—most recently delivering ML-facing UIs, real-time refresh, and complex upload/retry surfaces. He pairs hands-on implementation with stakeholder collaboration and operational rigor, having owned e-commerce payment systems and internal tools used by 40,000+ employees. Known for pragmatic problem solving, he also digs into subtle client-side issues like cache invalidation and optimistic UI behavior that often evade teams. Based in Boston, he blends product-focused engineering with a history of mentoring and building reusable design system components.
11 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor Degree, Interactive Design, Bachelor Degree, Interactive Design at The New England Institute of Art
West Roxbury High School
RampUp
English, Spanish