# Colin Vandergraaf > Software Engineer Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/colinvandergraaf I'm a Software Engineer with experience developing Javascript applications with specialization in with experience building commercial applications with JavaScript, React and Node. With both extensive experience in technical fields and in international education and training, I'm excited to collaborate in cross-functional settings and contribute technical solutions technical solutions to real world problems. Former Frontend Engineer on the Core Platform Engineering team at Indico Data building a UI for the core platform and creating delightful user experiences in collaboration with the Product Team. Co-creator of Socketcast, an open-source connectivity testing tool for real-time UI application features Find me on GitHub: https://github.com/colinvandergraaf You can find me at: github.com/colinvandergraaf ## Work Experience ### Software Engineer @ Vagaro Jan 2024 – Present ### Software Engineer @ UNSHUT Jan 2023 – Jan 2024 Architected and deployed an automated story-building engine, enabling content creators to design immersive, web-based multi-platform experiences and interactive entertainment products Implemented a robust, event-driven infrastructure with AWS Lambda, Twilio and Node.js serving as the backbone for integration of technical touch points for an interactive storytelling tool Crafted innovative client-side applications with React and Next.js for puzzle-based, immersive experiences Utilized React and Tailwind CSS’s utility-first approach to faithfully replicate Figma designs to streamline feature development and styling, accelerating product delivery times and ensuring visual consistency across products Executed a state management overhaul from Redux to Zustand, harnessing its simplified, hooks-based approach, achieving a more intuitive codebase and a 14% reduction in frontend code Integrated generative AI content into user onboarding workflows via OpenAi and Gemini API integration with Express.js servers, delivering dynamic and context-aware content for immersive user experiences Integrated unit testing into multiple client applications using Jest, Vitest, and React Testing Library, achieving a 63% increase in front-end test coverage, mitigating regressions, and ensuring robust codebase stability Collaborated with the QA team to integrate Cypress E2E testing across the core UI platform, component library and Jenkins CI/CD pipeline, resulting in a 22% reduction of post-deployment bug reports Onboarded and mentored new engineering team members, established engineering guidelines and workflows, contributed to architecture, product design and planning as an early team member ### Software Engineer @ Indico Data Jan 2021 – Jan 2023 | Boston, Massachusetts, United States Leveraged React, TypeScript, Apollo GraphQL and CSS-in-JS to create core UI features for an intelligent document intake platform enabling users to build custom ML models, datasets, and data pipeline workflows Led the integration of a pluggable OCR solution by abstracting OCR functionality into more modular architecture, leading to lower server costs, more empowered users and a 6% increase in revenue Partnered with product and design teams to build a custom, React-based component library using Storybook, boosting feature delivery by over 30% and enhancing brand integrity via reusable components Spearheaded the transition of React class-based components from JavaScript to functional components with hooks in TypeScript, enhancing type safety by 40% and streamlining code maintenance and performance ### Socketcast | Software Engineer @ Open Source Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 Engineered a cross-platform desktop tool for testing real-time features by serving stub data over WebSocket and SSE protocols in the absence of a complete backend server Developed a state management solution with Redux and Thunk utilizing a singleton server manager abstraction, facilitating the creation and control of server instances directly from the frontend ### Web Apprenticeship @ DoveCore Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | San Francisco, California, United States Created Shopify storefronts using HTML, CSS and Shopify Liquid APIs for emerging e-commerce businesses ### English Language Specialist Grantee @ U.S. Department of State Jan 2015 – Jan 2019 | Hungary, Laos, Serbia, Vietnam, Morocco Led cross-functional, international teams in the implementation of education technology, digital literacy and professional development training programs with U.S. Embassies and local organizations in 15+ countries ### Intensive Academic English Instructor @ International Education Center At Diablo Valley College Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 | Concord, California, United States ### Laboratory Research Assistant @ UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine Jan 2013 – Jan 2014 ### English Language Specialist Grantee @ U.S. Department of State Jan 2012 – Jan 2013 | Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences, Université de Thiès, Thiès, Senegal ### Lead English Instructor @ Diplomatic Language Services Jan 2010 – Jan 2012 | Air Force Air Defense Institute, English Language Section at Zayed Military City, Abu Dhabi, U.A.E. ### English for Specific Purposes - Corporate Training & Development @ Princess Cruises Jan 2008 – Jan 2010 | Asia, South Pacific ### English Second Language Instructor @ University of California, Davis Jan 2006 – Jan 2008 ## Education ### Master of Arts - MA in Linguistics University of California, Davis ### Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Cultural Anthropology and German Southeast Missouri State University ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/colin-vandergraaf --- Source: https://flows.cv/colinvandergraaf JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/colinvandergraaf/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-11