Colin Williamson
Senior Software Engineer at Amplitude
Berkeley, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolColin Williamson is a Senior Software Engineer based in Berkeley, California with a decade of professional experience building full-stack web applications and data-driven features. He blends a formal Computer Science education from RPI with hands-on expertise in React, Next.js, Python, and SQL, having advanced from internships to senior roles at Narrativ, Howl, and now Amplitude. Colin specializes in shipping product-focused engineering work that connects front-end experiences to robust backend data systems for commerce and analytics. He has a track record of accelerating teams through both implementation and mentorship while navigating fast-paced startup and scale-stage environments. Notably, he began contributing to production systems as a student intern, giving him deep institutional knowledge of product lifecycles from prototype to production. Colin brings an engineer’s curiosity about AI-informed features alongside practical experience delivering reliable, scalable software.
10 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
English
Github Skills (58)
nodejs7
javascript7
requirements7
game-center7
react7
angular7
cli7
extensible6
monorepo6
service-provider6
packaging6
typescript6
python6
nextjs6
lockfile6
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
Second-String/SecondString
Sep 2016 - Apr 2018
Contributions:67 commits, 6 PRs, 57 pushes in 1 year 7 months
Second-String/Backend
Oct 2018 - Apr 2019
Contributions:80 pushes, 1 branch in 6 months
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