Colin Welch is a Principal Software Engineer based in New York with 11 years of experience designing cloud-native middle-tier and backend systems and leading engineering teams. He architects and implements full-stack solutions across Go, Java/Spring, Node.js/Loopback and has a strong background in CI/CD, automation, and .NET desktop tooling. At Paperspace he serves as lead architect and developer for backend infrastructure while also handling personnel and technical management responsibilities. His earlier roles include building scalable healthcare analytics applications and owning deployments and releases, reflecting a blend of product-focused engineering and operational rigor. Colin’s personal interests in collective intelligence and cross-technology CI/CD pipelines drive a pragmatic, systems-thinking approach to building reliable, repeatable delivery workflows.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts Computer Science, Bachelor of Arts Computer Science at Macalester College
Contributions:7 reviews, 13 PRs, 16 pushes in 2 years 6 months
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Colin Welch - Principal Software Engineer at Paperspace