Colin Monaghan

Software Engineer

Flock Freight•  June 2022 - September 2023

- Designed and developed responsive user experiences and REST APIs in three business critical workflows to enhance the customer quoting experience, using Java, TypeScript, MySQL and React - Built a high-impact top-of-funnel marketing lead generation tool, integrating it with Google Ads. This resulted in a substantial improvement to the customer onboarding experience and increased conversion rates by over 10% - Drove cross-functional collaboration with product and design teams to refine requirements, reducing development time while continuing to meet user and business objectives - Automated the release verification of critical systems through unit, integration, and end-to-end coverage. This eliminated a weekly 30+ minute manual task and paved the way for automated releases - Promoted coding and testing best practices through code reviews, setting a high standard for code excellence by eliminating redundant code and decreasing test run time by 15% - Addressed and resolved internal user support tickets and automated processes, reducing the on-call burden, decreasing support ticket frequency, and eliminating unactionable alerts and monitors - Created documentation, including playbooks and troubleshooting guides, to facilitate quick issue resolution and knowledge sharing among team members

University of Puget Sound

Computer Science, BS•  August 2018 - May 2022

- Coursework: Software Engineering, Database Systems, Algorithms and Data Structures, Natural Language Processing, Intro to AI, Operating Systems, Optimization, Linear Algebra, Number Theory - Led a collaborative team of five students to design and implement a quiz-based social media platform. Spearheaded the implementation of critical back-end features, including user authentication and storage of quizzes using React, JavaScript and AWS technologies like DynamoDB, GraphQL, S3, and Cognito - Developed a web-based grading app using JavaScript, Express.js, and MongoDB