Colin Walsh

About Me

🍊 I was born/raised in the Syracuse, NY area
🐂 I am an alumni of University at Buffalo
- 💾 B.S. in Computer Science
- 📚 Minor in English
- 🎓 Class of '22
🏛️ I currently reside in the Washington D.C. area
🖼️ My current professional focus is in front-end/full-stack web development
🏃 Outside of software, I'm a big fan of film, running, books, and farmers markets

Work Experience

Software Engineer

Alarm.com

Jul. 2022 - Present

Ember.js, TypeScript, C#, Mirage.js, Sass, Atlassian

Undergrad Teaching Assistant

Intro To Computer Science I

Aug. 2019 - May 2022

Python, JavaScript, HTML/CSS, SQLite3, Bottle

Software Engineering Intern

Alarm.com

May 2021 - Jul. 2021

Ember.js, TypeScript, JavaScript, C#, Highcharts, Sass

Projects

Crafting Cannon

Jan. 2022 - May 2022

React, Figma, HTML/CSS

A writing platform where the direction of a story is decided upon by the community built around it. Frontend created with a team of 5 for Applied Human-Computer Interaction (CSE370)

Live Demo | [Source code available upon request]

UB Marketplace

Sept. 2021 - Dec. 2021

React, Figma, Spring, MongoDB, Java, HTML/CSS

A community marketplace where college students can buy/sell various items. Created with a team of 5 for Software Engineering (CSE442)

Live Demo | GitHub

Miiverse Museum

Dec. 2020

Python, PostgreSQL, SQLite3

Twitter bot which randomly posts images from the now defunct social media platform "Miiverse"

GitHub

Startpage

Dec. 2020

Next.js, React, JavaScript, HTML/CSS

Single-page web application which aggragates productivity/weather data

GitHub

Minecraft Camera

Oct. 2020

Python, JavaScript, HTML/CSS

Webpage which transforms camera feed into Minecraft blocks. Made for UBHacking 2020.

Devpost | GitHub

JobApplication.Space

Aug. 2020

React.js, JavaScript, HTML/CSS

React webpage to organize job applications by type/status.

GitHub

BADA BING

Jun. 2020

Godot, GDScript, Aseprite

A mystery adventure game about mafiosos visiting a rural town. Honorable mention in the "I Can't Draw" 2020 game jam

Itch.io

Fishing Bot

May 2020

Python, SQLite3

Bot for the social media platform Discord which plays an idle fishing game and stores in-game progress

GitHub

Drill Shakespeare

May 2019

Python

A collection of sonnets generated by splicing the writings of Shakespeare with lyrics from popular Chicago drill rappers. Written as a final project for "Introduction to Electronic Literature" (ENG281)

Read Online | Artist Statement

NewsMood

Mar. 2019

Python, JavaScript, Flask, Google Cloud Platform, HTML/CSS

A full-stack web application which determines the sentiment of media coverage around user provided topics. Built for SteelHacks 2019 with a team of 5.

Devpost | GitHub

Movie Auction

Dec. 2018

Python, JavaScript, Flask, Google Cloud Platform, HTML/CSS

A party game about guessing popular film box office returns, using movie data dynamically retrieved from OMDb. Built as a final project for Intro to Computer Science I (CSE115).

GitHub