Philip Boardman

Engineering Manager

Compono•  November 2018 - Present

At the end of 2018 I joined Compono as the fourth developer of this small startup, working as a Senior Full Stack Developer building React UIs with GraphQL and Node microservices backends, publicly launching at the start of 2019. As Compono grew, I took a Lead Developer role and formed a team to create a new product. I lead the team extending the existing feature set of the initial smart hiring product with new applicant tracking features including hiring pipeline, messages and interview scheduling. With continued growth and acquisitions, Compono's engineering had exceeded 30 developers and I was promoted to a new role of Engineering Manager, keen to share the knowledge of team building, performance and management I had learned and apply it across the several teams I would be managing. Keeping an eye on the developer experience and culture being important to myself as well as Compono, I have been involved in lots of hiring, performance management and planning activities and learning a lot along the way.