Colton Hurst
Tech Lead at Bitwarden
Earth, Texas, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolColton Hurst is a Tech Lead with a decade of software engineering experience, currently advancing product and platform work at Bitwarden after progressing from Software Engineer to Senior Engineer and now leading teams. He brings full-stack fluency—shipping TypeScript/Angular front-end improvements and server-side API and Secrets Manager features—and has contributed to the widely used open-source Bitwarden clients and server. Colton has a track record of turning security-sensitive features into production-ready capabilities, including import/export and access control work for secrets and configuration endpoints that improve observability. Prior roles at Shift4 Payments and PDI sharpened his backend and systems engineering skills in payments and enterprise software. He pairs hands-on coding with team leadership, mentoring engineers while staying active in code contributions. Based in Texas and educated in computer science at Old Dominion University, he blends practical product focus with a keen attention to secure, maintainable systems.
9 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science at Old Dominion University
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Github Skills (34)
javascript10
net10
typescript10
dotnet10
asp-net-core10
asp-net10
secrets-manager10
api10
typescript-types10
dotnet-core10
webextension10
typescripts10
web-development10
csharp10
vaultwarden10
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
bitwarden/server
Sep 2022 - Jan 2023
Bitwarden infrastructure/backend (API, database, Docker, etc).
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:171 reviews, 15 commits, 64 PRs in 4 months
Contributions summary:Colton primarily focused on developing and modifying the backend API for the Bitwarden server. Their work included implementing a configuration endpoint to retrieve server information and version details. They made significant contributions to Secrets Manager features, including import/export functionality and associated access controls, and contributed to the removal of the Secrets Manager Beta functionality. The user also touched on areas like event logging and updating revision dates for secrets.
database-apisql-serverdockersignalrdatabase
bitwarden/clients
Jul 2022 - Jan 2023
Bitwarden client apps (web, browser extension, desktop, and cli).
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:358 reviews, 27 commits, 90 PRs in 6 months
Contributions summary:Colton contributed to the Bitwarden client applications, specifically focusing on the web and browser extension clients. They implemented bug fixes related to locale searching and server version display. The user also refactored code, added new features such as import/export functionality for Secrets Manager, updated navigation, and addressed spacing issues. This involved changes in TypeScript, JavaScript, Angular, and potentially interacting with the backend.
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