Casey Colby
Lead Developer at Northwestern University
Evanston, Illinois, United States
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Top SchoolCasey Colby is a Lead Developer with 10 years of experience building cloud-native web applications and infrastructure at Northwestern University, specializing in Node.js, Laravel, AWS, and Terraform. They lead full application lifecycles—from requirements and architecture to CI/CD and production support—while mentoring teammates and defining repeatable cloud practices. Notable projects include a daily-use COVID testing management app, a Student Opportunity Application Portal in Laravel, and the DataHub tool that exposed 36 SQL-backed APIs. A pragmatic DevOps advocate, Casey has created reusable Terraform modules and automated environment cost savings, blending hands-on coding with systems thinking. With an MS in Data Science and a background in linguistics and research, they bring a rare mix of analytical rigor and user-focused engineering.
10 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
The Blake SchoolMaster of Science - MS Data Science, Master of Science - MS Data Science at Northwestern University
English, French, asl
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Github Skills (12)
laravel6
aws6
soa5
php4
dynamic-forms4
nodejs2
datahub2
admin2
javascript2
terraform1
terraform-module1
aws-fargate1
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
NIT-Administrative-Systems/AS-fargate-modules
Jun 2020 - May 2021
Shared AWS Fargate Terraform modules for use by Admin Systems
Contributions:6 releases, 8 PRs, 45 pushes in 10 months
fargateadminterraform-modulesterraformaws
NIT-Administrative-Systems/AS-serverless-api-IaC
Oct 2020 - May 2024
Serverless API terraform module for Admin Systems
Contributions:3 releases, 8 reviews, 4 PRs in 3 years 8 months
apiadminterraform-apiserverlessserverless-api
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