# Collin Oswalt

> Senior Software Engineer @ Surfside | Project Management, NodeJS, Java, React

Location: Richmond, Virginia, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/collinoswalt

At Surfside, my focus has been on reinventing software architecture, leading to a system-wide refactor that enhanced maintainability and reliability. Our team transitioned to TypeScript, fixing critical bugs and improving platform stability. It's rewarding to see our user interface upgrades translate into measurable user experience improvements.

## Work Experience
### Senior Software Engineer @ Surfside
Jan 2022 – Present
* Led a complete refactor of the system's frontend and backend, reducing technical debt and enhancing maintainability through modern software design patterns
* Led the migration to TypeScript, improving safety and productivity, fixing critical bugs, resulting in a more reliable platform.
* Enhanced user interface design, measurably improving user experience.
* Independently developed the company's Retail Media Supply Side Platform (SSP) and OpenRTB client code from the ground up
* Designed and implemented microservices for mapping PII to UID2, facilitating efficient UID2 mapping, and ensuring high scalability and performance through the use of coroutines

### Technical Solutions Software Engineer @ Amobee
Jan 2020 – Jan 2022 | Reston, Virginia, United States
* Led a project aimed at monitoring EC2 and bare metal server memory usage, identifying over-provisioned services to optimize hardware requirements and reduce costs.
* Successfully revitalized the service by transforming it into a stateless application
* Thoroughly refactored existing SQL queries, reducing execution times from several minutes to a few seconds, significantly improving data processing efficiency.
* Developed a service to aggregate millions of data points from Grafana to ascertain statistics of usage data

### Software Engineer @ Brightspot
Jan 2018 – Jan 2020 | Reston, Virginia
* Developed client websites using a proprietary Java-based CMS framework, focusing primarily on backend services and API design.
* Engineered API solutions to transition legacy systems to modern platforms, ensuring backward compatibility and system integrity in the absence of comprehensive documentation.
* Spearheaded integration projects with third-party APIs, including Amazon SNS and SQS, enhancing system functionality and interconnectivity.
* Led a critical project to synchronize data between a third-party ecommerce partner and the in-house CMS, optimizing the accuracy and timeliness of product listings.

### Intern @ AMC Technology
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Richmond, VA
* Developed Salesforce integrations with AI APIs such as Salesforce’s Einstein image recognition in .Net and Microsoft’s Cortana Voice Recognition API.
* Developed Private Key OAuth stack for company’s microservice-based development platform.
* Created configuration tool in .Net for company’s development platform which allowed developers to define configuration templates for their plugins.


## Education
### N/A in Computer Science
Virginia Commonwealth University
Jan 2016 – Jan 2018

### Computer Science
Northern Virginia Community College
Jan 2014 – Jan 2016


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/collinoswalt

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Last updated: 2026-03-22