Philip Meulengracht
Software Engineer - Ubuntu Core at Canonical
Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark
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Top SchoolPhilip M is a software engineer with 11 years of experience, currently building Ubuntu Core at Canonical and focused on OS-level and back-end systems. He contributes to the snapd project—working on quota management and cross-layer refactors—bringing practical experience with large open-source system tooling. His career spans embedded firmware, full-stack development, and consultancy, giving him a rare ability to bridge device-level constraints and cloud/OS infrastructure. He also designs protocol/RPC libraries and hobby projects from scratch, including a homebuilt operating system that can run Doom, reflecting deep systems expertise and a playful engineering curiosity. Based in Copenhagen, he holds a bachelor's in computer science from the University of Copenhagen.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Datalogi, Bachelor's degree, Datalogi at Københavns Universitet - University of CopenhagenGymnasium Uddannelse STX, Fysik / Kemi, Gymnasium Uddannelse STX, Fysik / Kemi at Ordrup Gymnasium
Danish, English
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Github Skills (7)
systemd10
go10
back-end-development10
linux9
system-administration8
entity-framework6
sql6
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
canonical/snapd
Jan 2022 - Jan 2023
The snapd and snap tools enable systems to work with .snap files.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:2360 reviews, 424 commits, 693 PRs in 1 year
Contributions summary:Philip primarily focused on back-end development tasks within the `snapd` repository, specifically related to quota management functionality. Their commits demonstrate work on refactoring code, modifying function signatures, and implementing new features, such as supporting journal quotas. The contributions involved changes to multiple code files indicating modifications across different layers of the system.
snapdsnap
Meulengracht/MollenOS
May 2014 - Jan 2023
MollenOS/Vali is a modern operating system that is built with focus on abstraction and a modular design, allowing anyone to port it to any architecture. It currently targets the x86-32 and x86-64 platform.
Contributions:4 releases, 2019 commits, 60 PRs in 8 years 9 months
driverskernelx86-32cppoperating-system
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