Colin Maxfield is an engineering manager with a decade of experience leading cross-functional teams to build customer-facing SaaS products, currently driving engineering at Pendo.io. He combines hands-on backend and frontend expertise—spanning Ruby on Rails, React, Angular, Java, and Rust contributions—with a strong product focus informed by close customer feedback. At RealPage he led development of a full CRE management system and has a track record of modernizing stacks (React migrations, GraphQL adoption) and instituting CI/Agile practices. His open-source work improving the rust-postgres driver highlights a commitment to type safety and reliable database integrations beyond typical manager responsibilities. A software engineering master’s graduate and high-achieving BYU alum, he pairs technical depth with coaching and delivery leadership. Outside work he recharges through cycling, baking, and strategic games, suggesting a blend of persistence, precision, and creativity.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Software Engineering, Master's degree, Software Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin
Bachelor of Engineering (BEng), Computer Engineering, 3.94, Bachelor of Engineering (BEng), Computer Engineering, 3.94 at Brigham Young University
Native PostgreSQL driver for the Rust programming language
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Contributions:5 commits, 1 PR, 3 comments in 13 days
Contributions summary:Colin primarily contributed to the `rust-postgres` repository by implementing and modifying core backend functionalities. Their work involved adding and refining the `GenericConnection` trait, enhancing connection handling and query execution capabilities. They also focused on code formatting and ensuring the project's codebase maintained consistency, while also adding generics to the query and execute functions. The changes indicate a focus on improving the driver's flexibility and type safety.
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