Hey, I'm Collin


I'm a Software Engineer from Toronto, currently based in the Greater Seattle Area.

Experience

My journey as a software engineer.

May 2025 - Present

Software Engineer

Visa Inc. • Bellevue, WA

  • Automated GitHub repository setups with Actions and webhooks, saving 6+ hours weekly.
  • Built security assessment automations in Groovy and Spring Boot, cutting manual checks by 90%.
  • Developed NLP-driven Jira automations to filter unsupported DevOps tickets, saving 40+ hours a week.
  • Created TypeScript deployment automations for Kubernetes, eliminating 25+ hours of manual deployments.
  • Boosted developer velocity by resolving 15+ infrastructure issues weekly across K8s, Jenkins, and GitHub.

Feb 2024 - May 2025

Software Engineer

Deloitte • Gilbert, AZ

  • Built front-end features for the Veterans Benefits Management System using React and TypeScript.
  • Integrated auto-refresh capabilities into the Exam Scheduling Assistant, reducing user errors by 15%.
  • Implemented robust autosave mechanics, preventing data loss and boosting claimant efficiency by 30%.

Jun 2022 - Sep 2022

Software Engineer Intern

Amazon • Toronto, ON, Canada

  • Designed a Lambda/DynamoDB pipeline processing 1M+ daily global fulfillment events for real-time observability.
  • Engineered a self-healing service using AWS StepFunctions and CloudWatch, reducing production failures by 80%.
  • Streamlined cross-team workflows with TypeScript automations, removing 8+ hours of weekly overhead.

May 2021 - Apr 2022

Software Engineer Intern

SequoiaDB • Markham, ON, Canada

  • Created a Go-based monitoring API for 300+ DB clusters, improving legacy Python service performance by 38%.
  • Architected a Bash orchestration layer for multi-VM provisioning, saving 10+ hours a week.

Sep 2020 - Dec 2020

Undergraduate Teaching Assistant

McMaster University • Hamilton, ON, Canada

  • Led technical instruction for 30+ students, architecting and debugging Verilog logic for FPGA integrations.

Skills

Python

Python

Java

Java

TypeScript

TypeScript

C++

C++

React

React

Spring Boot

Spring Boot

Docker

Docker

Kubernetes

Kubernetes

AWS

AWS

Ansible

Ansible

PostgreSQL

PostgreSQL

Kafka

Kafka