Clinton Collins
Staff Software Engineer at Thorn
Kirkland, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolClinton Collins is a Staff Software Engineer with a decade of experience building and leading web and deployment engineering efforts, currently at Thorn in Kirkland, Washington. He combines deep Python and Linux expertise with a strong focus on REST APIs, DevOps, and Agile delivery, honed through roles at the Institute for Disease Modeling, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and consulting firms. Clinton has improved maintainability and deployment efficiency for notable open-source projects like the COVID-19 simulator Covasim by refactoring builds, optimizing Docker cache use, and adding healthcheck endpoints. He pairs hands-on implementation skills with engineering leadership, having progressed from individual contributor to manager and staff-level roles across public health and philanthropy domains. A Bluefield State College computer science graduate, he brings a pragmatic, operations-minded approach to delivering reliable, production-grade systems.
10 years of coding experience
23 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Computer Science at Bluefield State University
Github Skills (10)
docker10
dockers10
cicd10
flask8
flask-ask8
python8
covid-testing7
co7
vi7
agent7
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
InstituteforDiseaseModeling/covasim
Mar 2020 - Apr 2020
COVID-19 Agent-based Simulator (Covasim): a model for exploring coronavirus dynamics and interventions
Role in this project:
DevOps Engineer
DevOps EngineerContributions:32 commits, 2 PRs, 12 comments in 1 month
Contributions summary:Clinton focused on improving the project's build and deployment process. They refactored the project's build process by splitting the `requirements.txt` file and optimizing Docker cache hits. Further, they added a healthcheck API endpoint to the web application. These changes suggest an emphasis on improving the project's maintainability and deployment efficiency.
agent-basedcontact-tracingagentmodelcovasim
devclinton/putioDownloader
Apr 2016 - Oct 2022
Contributions:13 pushes, 2 branches in 6 years 7 months
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