Collin Sutton
Software Engineer II at Microsoft
Seattle, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolCollin Sutton is a software engineer with 18 years of experience, currently contributing to Microsoft as a Software Engineer II in the Seattle area. He blends deep Linux system administration expertise with fluency across multiple languages, paradigms, and cloud-scale engineering practices. His background spans roles from dev-ops at eBay to research at the University of Washington, giving him a pragmatic, systems-thinking approach to production reliability. Collin emphasizes engineering excellence paired with a people-first mindset, mentoring peers and prioritizing maintainable, observable systems. Trained in physics (BS, University of Washington), he brings analytical rigor and a penchant for solving tricky infrastructure and tooling problems that sit at the intersection of software and operations.
17 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS Physics, Bachelor of Science - BS Physics at University of WashingtonAssociate of Arts - AA, Associate of Arts - AA at Seattle Central College
Github Skills (61)
rust-language10
rust-lang10
javascript10
react-components10
react-component-library10
microsoft10
ui-components10
typescript10
web-components10
planets10
standard-library10
component-library10
crate10
compiler10
fluentui10
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
insaneinside/symtern
Feb 2015 - Jul 2019
Fast general-purpose interners for every use case
Contributions:84 commits, 2 PRs, 13 pushes in 4 years 5 months
use-casegeneral-purposepurpose
insaneinside/proxy-rmi
Feb 2014 - Mar 2015
Contributions:93 commits, 3 pushes, 1 tag in 1 year 1 month
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