Summary
Phillip Plummer is a Software Engineer IV with a decade of experience building reliable, high-uptime web applications from requirements through production and support. Based in Santa Rosa, he combines pragmatic engineering—CI/CD, automated testing, performance tuning, and Terraform—with strong cross-functional collaboration to deliver fast, user-friendly software. At Ciena he led a 20-month project, introduced regular tech talks, and drove performance improvements through query optimization, caching, and profiling, contributing over 150 substantial PRs in six months. He brings a disciplined work ethic shaped by balancing full-time overnight shifts with a full college course load and a background leading competitive EverQuest 2 raiding teams—evidence of leadership, persistence, and a penchant for coordinated, high-stakes execution.
10 years of coding experience
Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science, GPA: 3.84, Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science, GPA: 3.84 at Sonoma State University