Olaf Alexander

olaf-alexander: git/oalexander
Dallas, TX: (+1) 512-940-9054; oalexander.sdf@gmail.com

Summary

Senior software engineer with ten years of experience across technology, finance, and education sectors. I combine technical leadership with business operations experience, allowing me to understand complex requirements and build scalable solutions. I have led teams, mentored engineers, and built systems serving millions of users.

Experience

Indeed: Staff Software Engineer; March 2022 - July 2025

Led a team that built tools to monitor system health and prevent outages, reducing downtime by creating early warning systems for production issues.
Created developer tools and documentation that allowed external companies to integrate with Indeed's job posting and candidate matching systems.
Guided junior engineers through code reviews, project planning, and problem-solving techniques to help them advance their careers.
Served on a technical review board that evaluated and approved architecture decisions for company-wide engineering projects.

Amazon: Senior Software Engineer; August 2018 - March 2022

Built new logging and event tracking features for CloudWatch that processed millions of log entries daily, helping AWS customers debug their applications.
Supervised summer interns through complete project lifecycles, from initial concept to deployed features used by thousands of customers.
Improved the performance and cost efficiency of existing services by identifying bottlenecks and implementing optimization strategies.
Participated in on-call rotations to diagnose and fix critical issues affecting customer-facing services, often under tight time constraints.

360Mortgage: Software Engineer; April 2016 - August 2018

Built web applications that allowed customers to apply for mortgages online and internal systems that processed loan applications from start to approval.
Taught junior developers how to write testable code, follow established coding patterns, and break down complex features into manageable tasks.
Investigated and fixed security vulnerabilities and performance issues that could have exposed customer data or caused system failures.
Collaborated with business stakeholders to understand requirements and translate them into technical solutions.

Texas State University: Research Assistant; August 2015 - April 2016

Evaluated and provided feedback on programming assignments for 40 undergraduate students in computer science courses.
Conducted research on automated testing techniques for Python applications, exploring how to detect bugs when code changes are made.

Randolph Brooks FCU: Branch Manager; October 2007 - August 2015

Managed multiple bank branches and their staff during a major technology upgrade that required retraining employees and migrating customer data.
Supported the credit union's expansion in Austin from three to eleven locations by establishing operational procedures and hiring strategies.
Led a team of managers to identify workflow inefficiencies and technology gaps that were increasing operational costs.
Participated in evaluating new banking technologies and software systems to improve member services and internal operations.

Education

M.S. in Computer Science: 2015 - 2017
Texas State University: San Marcos, TX

Skills

Programming Languages

Java, Kotlin, TypeScript, Python, C#, Ruby

Frameworks

React, Spring, AWS, .NET, Angular

Databases

SQL, MongoDB, DynamoDB, GraphDB, Prometheus

Technologies

Kafka, Redis, AWS, Temporal, Splunk, Datadog

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