Alex Olson
Software Developer at Lufthansa Technik
Hamburg, Germany
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Top SchoolAlex Olson is a pragmatic software developer with 11 years of hands-on experience building full-stack and embedded systems, currently working on in-flight entertainment and cabin management at Lufthansa Technik in Hamburg. He has a strong background in financial systems digitization from his time at Berenberg and extensive Node.js/React and Azure experience delivering bespoke collaboration platforms. Earlier roles span identity and access management, mobile connected-car apps, and Rails integrations, reflecting a knack for bridging backend APIs, cloud services, and user-facing clients. Comfortable across the stack, he combines enterprise-grade security and reliability concerns with pragmatic delivery, and has repeatedly transitioned between contract and permanent roles to solve domain-specific challenges. A lifelong tinkerer who restarted formal studies later, he brings both maturity and adaptability to complex, regulated software environments.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science, Computer Science at Utah Valley UniversityHigh School Diploma, High School Diploma at Utah County Academy of SciencesBachelor of General Studies, Bachelor of General Studies at Southern Utah UniversityComputer Science, Computer Science at Brigham Young University
English, German
Stackoverflow
65,134reputation
10.1mreached
231answers
117questions
console
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colors
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ruby
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regex
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escaping
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ruby-on-rails
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Github Skills (189)
python10
identity10
saml10
picocli10
authentication10
loopback10
sso-authentication10
auth10
javascript10
jquery10
reactive10
fido10
jwt10
apereo10
html10
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
byu-oit/notify-me-message-api
Feb 2016 - Apr 2016
Contributions:297 pushes, 1 branch, 11 issues in 2 months
alexkolson/node-duo-api
Jun 2018 - May 2019
Contributions:8 commits, 6 pushes, 3 tags in 11 months
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