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Colin Armstrong
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Hi! I am currently a Senior Software Engineer at Google in Mountain View, since September 2017. I lead the Real-time Communications Abuse team within Counter-Abuse Technology. I'm also a part of the Privacy Working Group, advising teams on privacy best practices and approving launches.
My interests include algorithms, distributed systems, security & privacy, startups, and coffee. ☕️
Previous work & education
- Internship at Google, Google Search, California Jan - Apr 2016
- Internship at Coinbase, Payments, California May - Dec 2015
- Internship at Blackberry, Device Infra, Waterloo Sep - Dec 2014
- BASc. Honours Computer Engineering, University of Waterloo, Canada Sep 2012 - Jun 2017
Startups & projects
- ShoutShare - collect & analyze feedback from your users Current
- BoltScale - better uptime monitoring & status pages Apr - Sep 2020, acquired
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BoltFare - AI powered flight-deal-finding Facebook chatbot Oct 2016 - Aug 2017, acquired
- Over $1m in flight deals found from 10k+ users
- YepLive - mobile livestreaming app Mar 2015 - Jun 2015, acquisition offer
- Thousands of users across iOS, Android and web
Press
- Side projects & startups
- Google (notable press covering projects that me or my team was directly involved in)
- Personal
Awards
- 'Top Cryptocurrency Hack' at HackMIT in 2016, ultimately leading to an internship at Coinbase
- Highest performance evaluation - Outstanding - at 5 internships during my undergrad (listed above)