Colin Delahunty
Senior Software Engineer at Invisible Technologies
Carmel, Indiana, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolColin Delahunty is a Senior Software Engineer with five years of experience building backend systems, data connectors, and computer vision tooling, currently leading engineering efforts at Invisible Technologies. He has a track record of simplifying codebases and accelerating delivery—reducing code by 35% at OpenBB and creating an internal Python workflow that cut client wait times from days to hours. An active open-source contributor, Colin has improved Python linting and formatting in the high-profile ruff project and added financial-data features to OpenBB, blending finance domain knowledge from his MBA with hands-on engineering. Comfortable leading small agile teams and shipping production systems, he pairs a competitive, results-driven mindset (honed in sales challenges at Penske) with a commitment to mentoring and community outreach. Notably, during a COVID furlough he self-taught Python and built a machine-learning trader for penny stocks, demonstrating rapid learning and practical experimentation.
5 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Business Administration - MBA, Accounting and Finance, Master of Business Administration - MBA, Accounting and Finance at Indiana University Bloomington
Github Skills (14)
linter10
finance10
apim10
error-handling10
rust10
static-analysis10
api10
statistical-models10
python10
modeling10
code-formatting10
pandas9
fraud-detection9
financial-analysis9
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
OpenBB-finance/OpenBB
Jul 2021 - Jan 2023
Investment Research for Everyone, Everywhere.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:222 reviews, 557 commits, 635 PRs in 1 year 5 months
Contributions summary:Colin's commits indicate they were involved in addressing an issue related to the AlphaVantage API key within the OpenBB financial research platform. They corrected an API key glitch, adding functionality for generating key indicators and refactoring code for added error handling and formatting. The user also added a metric for evaluating fraud indicators and integrating Zscore functionality.
stock-marketpythonalgorithmic-tradingmachine-learningtrading
astral-sh/ruff
Dec 2022 - Jan 2023
An extremely fast Python linter and code formatter, written in Rust.
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:52 reviews, 85 commits, 44 PRs in 29 days
Contributions summary:Colin primarily contributed to the `ruff` repository by implementing and modifying linter rules and related settings. They added features such as "magic trailing commas in isort" and implemented a new rule related to text annotations, demonstrating a focus on code quality and style. The user's work involved modifications to the `src/isort`, `src/checks_gen`, and `src/checkers/ast` directories, showcasing expertise in Python linting and code formatting.
linterpythonruststyle-guidepep8
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