Daniel James Colson

Staff Software Engineer

Daniel James Colson is a highly experienced software engineer currently serving as a Staff Software Engineer at GitHub since June 2021, with prior roles including Senior and Software Engineer within the same organization. Daniel's experience includes a position as a Senior Programmer at a Chicago-based company known for creating Ruby on Rails from November 2020 to April 2021, and roles at thoughtbot as a Senior Software Developer and Developer between June 2018 and November 2020. Additionally, Daniel worked as a Software Engineer at CardFlight and as a Software Developer and Instructor at App Academy, where teaching responsibilities included programming instruction. In academia, Daniel has held faculty positions at The Juilliard School and Humboldt State University, focusing on music theory and composition, as well as serving as an Adjunct Lecturer at the City University of New York. Daniel holds a Bachelor of Music and a Master of Music in Composition from The Juilliard School, along with a Master of Philosophy in Composition from the CUNY Graduate Center.

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