Michael Phillips

Pipeline Engineering Manager in Platform Engineering at Grainger

Role: Engineering Manager at Grainger
Location: Champaign, IL, US
LinkedIn followers: 500 followers

About Michael Phillips

Engineering leader specializing in Developer Platforms, CI/CD, and Engineering Productivity at scale. Proven track record of designing and operating platform systems that improve developer velocity, enforce standards, and enable large-scale repository and workflow modernization.Experienced in leading cross-functional initiatives across thousands of repositories, building automation platforms using GitHub, Kafka, and serverless architectures and driving adoption of modern engineering practices. Combines deep technical expertise with organizational leadership to deliver measurable improvements in reliability, efficiency, and developer experience.

Experience

Engineering Manager
Grainger
May 2025 — Present
Leading Pipeline team to optimize CI/CD pipelines, GitHub Actions/Workflows, and SonarQube, focusing on innovation, reliability, and collaboration to deliver impactful solutions for our developers.

Education

Eastern Illinois University
Bachelor of Arts - BA, Interdisciplinary Studies
Auburn University
Physics, Computer Science
2011 — 2016
The Gatton Academy of Mathematics and Science
High School Diploma with Honors
2009 — 2011

Skills

Java
Configuration Management
Space Systems Engineering
Matlab
Ni Labview
C++
Computational Physics
Latex
Microsoft Office
Public Speaking
Fortran
Jira
Project Management
Statistics
Simulations
Powerpoint
Mathematica
Mathematical Modeling
Research

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Current company

Razorpay

4K employees · Bangalore, Karnataka, India

Power your finance, grow your business. Razorpay is India’s first full-stack financial solutions company. We are on a mission to enhance the payment experience of over 300 million end consumers. And in doing so, we aim to enable Indian businesses - big and small - accept payments digitally with minimal effort and maximum ease. Razorpay has grown from being a payment gateway provider to a solutions-driven organization boasting of an extensive products suite to accept and disburse payments as well as raise capital and park money. In a nutshell, we fit into every nook and corner where your business touches money. #OutgrowOrdinary We identify ourselves as disruptors in the digital payments space and our vision is to power the financial ecosystem for other disruptors. Like attracts like and Razorpay actively looks to partner with established companies and startups that have either broken the glass ceiling in their industry or are set to. The Razorpay Product Suite today comprises verticals, along with Payment Gateway, like Payment Links, Payment Pages, Subscriptions, Smart Collect, Route, Razorpay Capital, RazorpayX, Payroll and Thirdwatch. Razorpay was started in 2014 by two IIT Roorkee alumni, Harshil Mathur and Shashank Kumar. Just a short few years later, Razorpay has evolved into a 800-odd strong organization with some of the best talents in the country helping some of the best companies manage their money movement seamlessly. Certified cool We are a bunch of spirited, ambitious and fun folks. And no, we’re not saying this ourselves--leading institutions have recognized Razorpay for the high trust and high-performance culture that we maintain. Our strength lies in the people we are and we go to great lengths to nurture a family of coders, designers, sellers, marketers, analysts, writers, runners, photographers, gamers, tinkerers, and above all, people who are dreamers and doers at the same time. Be a part of our exciting journey.

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About Michael Phillips

Experience

Engineering Manager

Education

Eastern Illinois University

Auburn University

The Gatton Academy of Mathematics and Science

Skills

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