Colin Hemphill

At Bitly I work with the Link Experience team on our flagship link shortener product and QR Codes. As staff engineer with a front end focus, I’m responsible for driving decisions related to code health and new features on the React application that users rely on to create and manage their links and view engagement analytics. My role is cross-functional across the tech stack and across engineering as a whole, where I’ve helped lead several large-scale architectural initiatives to modernize systems and improve developer experience.

At The Zebra, I created front end applications in React and TypeScript within the Simplicity objective. I was responsible for implementing designs, building new features, and making continual improvements to a number of experiences, but primarily to the core funnel product. We focused on strict accessibility standards, performance, A/B testing, and maximizing conversions, while maintaining a user experience that makes the complex task of comparing insurance rates fast and simple. I was often responsible for leading tech initiatives, mentoring developers, and running the front end guild meetings. Some of my outstanding accomplishments include leading a complete rebuild of the core funnel application in Next.js, deprecating a legacy mobile web app in favor of new adaptive designs, moving the organization to TypeScript, and several major vendor integrations.

At Giftnix, I was lead engineer for a custom e-commerce platform designed for the purchase and instant delivery of digital gift cards. I also built and managed the internal admin and customer service systems for gift card orders and fraud mitigation efforts.

I worked directly with clients to build powerful, highly customized, real-time web applications from the ground up, then maintained and improved those applications as the clients grew.

I worked with professional engineers and producers in the recording industry, and trained in several world-class recording studios such as the Historic RCA Studio B and Ocean Way Nashville.

My coursework included Java programming, Programming Languages, Data and File Structures, Operating Systems, Computer Organization, Discrete Mathematics, Combinatorics, Graph Theory, Artificial Intelligence, and others. As part of the Honors program, I also completed a final thesis titled Applications of Audio Analysis Algorithms Using Discrete Fourier Transforms.