Sander Philipse
Principal Software Engineer at Elastic
Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
Summary
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Top SchoolSander Philipse is a Principal Software Engineer based in Amsterdam who combines hands-on full-stack engineering with people-first leadership, currently driving architecture and delivery at Elastic. He has a track record of shipping scalable, maintainable systems across frontend and backend, contributing to high-profile open-source work such as UI and accessibility improvements in Elastic’s Kibana. Comfortable alternating between implementation and management, he creates safe environments for engineers while ensuring teams focus on the right problems and dependencies. His background uniquely blends a technical education in computer science with a humanities master’s in history and a parallel career as a published writer on social issues, which informs his pragmatic, human-centered approach to engineering and communication.
4 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's, History, Bachelor's, History at Radboud UniversityPropedeuse, Computer Science, Propedeuse, Computer Science at Eindhoven University of TechnologyMaster's degree, History, Master's degree, History at Utrecht University
Github Skills (13)
uid10
typescript10
typescripts10
front-end-development10
ui-design10
react10
typescript-types10
searching9
web-search9
metasearch9
text-search9
kibana8
javascript7
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
elastic/kibana
Nov 2021 - Jan 2023
Your window into the Elastic Stack
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:1514 reviews, 113 commits, 655 PRs in 1 year 1 month
Contributions summary:Sander contributed to Workplace Search, working primarily on UI enhancements and bug fixes related to the front-end application. They increased the text size of recent activity and promoted the synchronize CTA. Furthermore, the user improved accessibility for an Inline Editable Table component, making adjustments to both TypeScript and React components. They also fixed minor textual errors and worked on the table's integration with search-optimized indices.
elasticdashboardskibanaobservabilitywindow
sphilipse/kibana
Nov 2021 - Mar 2025
Your window into the Elastic Stack
Contributions:1123 pushes, 322 branches in 3 years 4 months
elasticwindowelastic-stackelasticsearch
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