Phillip Shannon
Staff Software Engineer at NPR
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
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Top SchoolPhillip Shannon is a Staff Software Engineer with a decade of experience designing and operating high-traffic web and mobile services, currently shaping NPR’s app platform in Pittsburgh. He blends backend and frontend chops—PHP, Java, JavaScript, C#, React/Redux—with hands-on migration work that has moved critical services to cost- and performance-optimized serverless and caching architectures. At NPR he’s driven projects that handle tens of thousands of requests per minute, balancing performance, cost, and editorial workflows while replacing legacy systems with more secure, robust services. A former support engineer who automated repetitive ops tasks early in his career, he brings a pragmatic, cross-team collaboration style and an uncommon background in philosophy that informs clear communication and product tradeoffs.
10 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree, Philosophy, Bachelor’s Degree, Philosophy at Lycoming CollegePHP, JavaScript, Drupal, PHP, JavaScript, Drupal at EpicodusMaster’s Degree, Philosophy, Master’s Degree, Philosophy at Brandeis University
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Github Skills (53)
static-site8
npm-package8
image8
image-processing7
nodejs7
javascript7
png7
jpeg7
wrapper7
react7
html6
netlify-cms6
avif6
webp6
svg6
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
nprapps/npr-audiogram
Aug 2016 - May 2017
Contributions:15 commits, 2 PRs, 12 pushes in 9 months
ffmpegshareablevideoaudio
shannonphillipl/SharpBucket
Dec 2016 - Nov 2019
SharpBucket is a .Net wrapper for the Bitbucket's REST API.
Contributions:2 PRs, 12 pushes, 2 branches in 2 years 11 months
api-clientapidotnetapi-wrapperbitbucket
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