She is a director of educator support[2] at the Raspberry Pi Foundation and chairs the Computing At School (CAS) diversity and inclusion group, #CASInclude.

[7][8] Philbin leads strategy, continuing professional development (CPD) program and learning at the Raspberry Pi Foundation.

[11] She chairs the Computing At School diversity and inclusion program and was a member of the board of directors at Python Software Foundation until 2017.

[19] In 2019, Philbin was 17th in Computer Weekly's 50 'Most Influential Women in UK Tech' shortlist for her role as Director of Education at the Raspberry Pi Foundation[20] Geek Gurl Diaries was created by Philbin in 2012 to communicate to young people how exciting and creative science and engineering are.

In 2017 Philbin partnered with Crash Course to create a series of videos explaining the origins of modern computing.