Allison Pierson
Software Engineer at SpruceID
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Summary
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RockstarAllison Pierson is a software engineer with 11 years of experience specializing in networking, CLI tooling, and creative Linux hacks, currently building at SpruceID after platform engineering at Fly.io. She blends low-level systems thinking with pragmatic platform work, shipping infrastructure and developer tools that make complex environments more manageable. A Rust and microcontroller enthusiast who refuses to choose between embedded and systems work, she brings hands-on expertise across cloud platforms and constrained devices. Her background includes driving web and platform projects for startups and product teams, with a knack for automating the tedious and making Linux do things it doesn’t want to do. Based in Chicago, she balances technical rigor with a creative streak as a music producer, which informs a collaborative and iterative approach to problem solving.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Github Skills (72)
programming-language10
golang10
code-editor10
cli10
stack-based10
pixel10
odin10
decoding10
opengl9
api9
audio9
developer-tools9
rust9
compiler9
interpreter9
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
alichay/zig-wasm3
Feb 2021 - Sep 2022
Zig bindings and build system for https://github.com/wasm3/wasm3
Contributions:32 commits, 2 PRs, 25 pushes in 1 year 7 months
build-systemzigwebassemblywasm
zangent/GnomeYosemiteIcons
Aug 2015 - Dec 2016
Contributions:2 PRs, 2 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 4 months
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