Colby Dauphinais is a Principal Software Engineer in Portland with eight years of focused experience leading innovation at Nike Valiant Labs, where he progressed from engineer to principal and managed teams building experimental product experiences. He combines full-stack craftsmanship—APIs, realtime systems, performant front-ends—and operational know-how from founding a startup and running AWS-driven infrastructure to support mobile and web clients. His background includes leading Reserve’s web team to deliver complex reservation systems and UI tools like a drag-and-drop floor plan editor, and earlier roles that blended client-facing technical leadership, systems administration, and process automation. Colby’s career shows a pattern of shipping pragmatic, production-ready solutions while inventing infrastructure and tooling behind the scenes, reflecting 23 years of self-driven software education alongside a formal international management background.
8 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
23-years of self-education, 23-years of self-education at Web & Software Development
International Management - US & Asia, International Management - US & Asia at Pace University
Contributions:13 releases, 219 commits, 28 PRs in 3 years 11 months
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Colby Dauphinais - Principal Software Engineer at Nike