Colin Mathews
Founding Engineer at Colin Makes Software
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolColin Mathews is a founding engineer and startup builder with 25+ years of hands-on experience across frontend, backend, DevOps, and UX, and a proven track record of bootstrapping products to market success. He co-founded Mailshake and took it from zero to $20M cumulative revenue while personally handling core technical work through rapid growth, and has generated six-figure outcomes from solo products and enterprise deals. Colin excels at fast onboarding—becoming productive in hours—and fills whatever role a project needs, from design to AWS architecture to shipping mission-critical systems that delivered $600k+ annually for healthcare clients. He leverages AI agents to multiply engineering productivity 3–10x and runs a one-person product studio that’s driven strong lifetime sales, top Product Hunt placement, and near-perfect marketplace reviews. Based in Indianapolis, he blends startup leadership, pragmatic engineering, and clear cross-functional communication to accelerate product velocity without the overhead of traditional hiring.
11 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
BS, Computer Science, BS, Computer Science at University of EvansvilleBS, Computer Science, BS, Computer Science at Indiana University BloomingtonBS, Computer Science, BS, Computer Science at Harlaxton College
Github Skills (32)
single-page10
turbo9
ember-cli-addon9
addon9
api8
flags8
hotwire8
ember-addon8
web-application8
nodejs7
javascript7
npm7
ember-cli7
api-documentation7
documentation-generator7
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
colinmathews/node-workhorse-aws
Feb 2016 - Feb 2018
Extensions for workhorse to interact with Amazon Web Services.
Contributions:2 PRs, 18 pushes, 3 branches in 2 years
amazoninteractweb-servicesamazon-web-servicesextensions
colinmathews/node-workhorse
Feb 2016 - Jan 2020
Flexible framework for executing tasks
Contributions:14 PRs, 99 pushes, 16 branches in 3 years 11 months
javaflexible-frameworkflexible
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