Philip Knapp

I’m a Senior Software Engineer with over 12 years building scalable, high-performance backend systems and distributed applications using C# and modern .NET technologies. I focus on microservices, asynchronous processing, and solving production performance and reliability challenges end to end.

At MathWorks, I built a distributed analytics platform with C#/.NET Core and ASP.NET Core Web API, redesigning synchronous workflows into asynchronous pipelines with TPL to improve throughput under heavy load. I also developed a microservices-based execution engine for simulation jobs, integrated Python-based ML models, reduced expensive repeated computation with Redis and in-memory caching, and strengthened production debugging with Serilog and Azure Application Insights.

Earlier, I delivered backend systems at VectorZero by redesigning workflows into idempotent API operations, improving query performance with Dapper and MySQL optimization, and implementing OAuth 2.0 and JWT authentication. I’ve also worked on event-driven ingestion with RabbitMQ for real-time IoT tracking, built continuous background sync with Windows Services, and developed interactive frontend features as a Web Developer—bringing a practical, systems-minded approach to every project.