Philip Reynolds
InvestorVenture Partner at Anamcara
Dublin, Ireland
Writes $100K β $5M checks Β· typically $1.5M
About
Venture Partner at Anamcara; former VP of Engineering at Workday.
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Philip Reynolds @philreynolds
β¦ Also interesting that the ai assisted coding piece of the interview is only now in beta
Jul 30, 2026
Philip Reynolds @philreynolds
I think the leading indicator that software development as a craft or a skill isnβt dead but changing (significantly) is that the frontier labs sde interviews still exist and require deep technical depthβ¦ https://t.co/AM6aN6zBPD
Jul 30, 2026 Β· β₯ 1
Philip Reynolds @philreynolds
Agents need guardrails https://t.co/JIJGQUSgPe
Jul 26, 2026
Experience
- WorkdayVice President of Software Engineeringcurrent2025 β presentDublin, County Dublin, Ireland
- Contract HoundOwnercurrent2022 β present
- Anamcara CapitalVenture Partnercurrent2023 β present
- Dogpatch LabsNDRC Entrepreneur In Residence2022 β 2023Ireland
- Dogpatch LabsNDRC Managing Director2021 β 2022
- Dogpatch LabsNDRC Entrepreneur in Residence2021
- WorkdayVP of Engineering2019 β 2021Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland
- WorkdaySr Director, UI Tools2018 β 2019
- WorkdaySr Director, Platform Engineering2016 β 2018
- WorkdayDirector, Platform Engineering2015 β 2016Dublin, Ireland
- WorkdayManager, Engineering2013 β 2015Dublin, Ireland
- WorkdayTechnical Operations Manager2011 β 2013
- WorkdayInfrastructure Engineer2010 β 2011
- WorkdayBuild Engineer2009 β 2010
- DigiwebSenior Engineer2006 β 2009
- Hosting365Senior Engineer2005 β 2006
- RFC NetworksFounder2001 β 2005
Education
- Dublin City UniversityCA, Software Engineering1999 β 2003
Skills & more
Data Center13Server Architecture1Automation1Load Balancing1Scalability1Application Architecture1Virtualization8High Availability2Cloud Computing33Scripting1Architecture1Nagios1
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