Colin Scott
Staff Software Engineer at REA Group
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Summary
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Top SchoolColin Scott is a Staff Software Engineer based in Melbourne with 11 years of professional experience delivering product and consulting solutions across multiple industries. He progressed through senior and lead engineering roles at REA Group, rising to Staff Engineer after shaping platform and delivery practices since 2019. Colin has a long track record of stabilising and modernising core systems—from digital content delivery early in his career to large-scale property tech—combining hands-on development with mentoring and architecture. Comfortable in both product companies and consulting environments, he brings practical engineering discipline grounded in a Computer Systems engineering degree from Curtin University. Notably, his career shows a pattern of stepping into roles that require operational ownership and process improvement, not just feature delivery.
11 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering (Computer Systems), Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering (Computer Systems), Engineering at Curtin University
Github Skills (26)
rapid10
rapid-development9
azure9
aws8
terraform7
api6
terraform-provider6
get-started6
azure-functions4
csharp4
terraform-module4
dotnet-core3
docker3
dotnet3
journal3
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
LightBlueProject/LightBlue
Aug 2014 - Nov 2015
Alternative to the Azure emulator designed to be lightweight for rapid development.
Contributions:139 commits, 22 PRs, 43 pushes in 1 year 3 months
rapid-developmentrapidemulatorazure
ColinScott/LightBlue
Feb 2015 - Jan 2016
Contributions:1 PR, 16 pushes, 2 branches in 11 months
rapid-developmentrapidemulatorazure
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