Lauren Colls
Full Stack Software Engineer at Xero
Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
Summary
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Top SchoolLauren Colls is a full stack software engineer based in Wellington, New Zealand, bringing nine years of end-to-end product delivery across UI/UX, authentication, APIs, and cloud services. At Xero since 2021, she builds and modernises cloud accounting software using C#, .NET, and TypeScript, collaborating with cross-functional teams in Agile environments. Her prior work at Todd Digital spanned Node.js, TypeScript, multi-factor authentication, encryption, AWS microservices, and REST API development, underscoring a strong backend and security focus. Lauren also holds an MSc with Distinction in Psychology, and has experience as a tutor and researcher, which she leverages to emphasize clear communication, empathy, and structured engineering practices. She maintains a personal site at laurencolls.com and is known as a natural collaborator who translates complex problems into practical, well-documented solutions.
10 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Victoria University of Wellington
English
Github Skills (10)
mime-types9
mime9
media-type8
database5
typescript4
twitter1
reactjs1
nextjs1
react1
redux1
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
Lau-Ren/laurencolls.com
Jul 2016 - Dec 2022
Contributions:37 pushes, 3 branches in 6 years 6 months
Lau-Ren/gov-bot
Mar 2017 - Jul 2019
Contributions:6 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 4 months
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