Testimonials

Claudio Fuzek

Engineering Manager @ VML Enterprise Solutions

Philip is honestly one of those rare professionals who makes everyone around him better. I've worked with him for 5 years, and I can't think of anyone I trust more when things get complicated. What sets Philip apart is how he approaches design. He doesn't just build systems that work; he creates elegant, strategic solutions that stand the test of time. I've watched him take complex requirements and transform them into clean, scalable architectures that the whole team can understand and build upon. His design thinking goes beyond the technical—he considers how people will actually use and maintain what he's creating.

Philip has this gift for seeing potential in people that others might miss. During our recruitment processes, I learned so much from watching him interview candidates—he asks the right questions and really listens to the answers. He helped me understand what "good" actually looks like, both technically and as human beings who work well together.

What really impressed me was how Philip's design approach became a learning catalyst for our entire development team. Through his architectural guidance and code review support, the majority of our developers significantly improved their coding skills, learning to build complex solutions with robust, elegant approaches and best practices. Philip was instrumental in showing the team not just what good code looks like, but how to think about crafting it.

Philip was instrumental in our successful transition of a 60-person team from UK-based to 70% offshore for a global client. His recruitment expertise and ability to evaluate technical talent, soft skills, and cultural fit made this complex transition seamless. As my trusted partner in technical recruitment, Philip helped establish clear standards for "what good looks like" when building high-performing development teams. Beyond all the technical expertise (which is outstanding), Philip is just a genuinely good person to work with. He's reliable, passionate about what he does, and someone you want in your corner when the pressure's on.

I'd work with Philip again in a heartbeat.

Stephen Wan

Software Engineering Manager at JustGiving

I have known Phil for a number of years and he is a real pleasure to work with. Not only does he have excellent understanding and knowledge of Magento and it's associated technology stack, he is also one of the most professional developers I have ever worked with.

At Missguided, he has been instrumental in delivering a number of key projects under pretty challenging timescales. He does an exceptional job on the projects he is assigned to, and is a great co-worker.

Graeme Lambert

Development Team Lead

Phil is quite possibly the strongest developer I have worked with in my career so far. The quality of his work and the attention to detail is second to none. I could honestly count the number of times a Phil Elson pull request has been sent back for re-work.

Phil has delivered very high quality work no matter what project he has worked on, not least the product import/creation side of our SAP integration, which he pretty much single handedly delivered. Phil is the perfect example of a contractor that you would want to hire; someone who is an ultimate professional, who can pick up the ball and run with it, who will always deliver high quality work and someone who your permanent team will learn from, rather than the other way around.

I hope to work with Phil again in the future.

Kevin Varley

Lead Cloud Engineer

I've worked closely with Phil for a year now and I can safely say that he is a gem of the digital industry. He has a wealth of experience working with clients of all sizes and always goes the extra mile to ensure that any solution delivered exceeds their expectations.

He always delivers neat solutions consisting of clean, maintainable and modular code which will lead to reduced development costs and happier developers in the future.

Technical accolades aside, he is a great guy to work with and will be an integral part of any team he is part of. If you're building an all-star team of engineers, Phil would be a perfect addition!