Jon Olson
Principal Engineer at Google
Seattle, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolJon Olson is a Principal Engineer with 17 years of experience building large-scale systems, currently architecting and operating AI supercomputers at Google from his base in Seattle. He combines deep systems and distributed-systems expertise with hands-on product instincts honed founding a boutique consultancy and shipping a consumer iPhone app. Previously at Amazon he helped design AmazonLocal end-to-end and built the scalable push-notification service that evolved into backing SNS mobile push. Jon holds BS and MS degrees in Computer Science from Georgia Tech and is known for preferring engineering craft over management theater. He brings entrepreneurial grit, a history of shipping production-critical backend services, and an appetite for tackling the infrastructure challenges of modern AI.
17 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
MS, Computer Science, MS, Computer Science at Georgia Institute of Technology
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Github Skills (56)
system-programming10
linux-kernel10
qemu9
kvm9
vdi9
linux9
virtual-machine9
vms9
kernel9
rust9
docker8
cri-o8
k8s8
security8
firecracker8
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
jon/pyroomba
Feb 2009 - Jun 2009
Python modules to control iRobot OI based vacuum cleaning robots via serial
Contributions:56 commits in 4 months
jon/kata-documentation
Feb 2018 - Jul 2018
Kata Containers documentation
Contributions:6 pushes in 5 months
containerskata-containersdockerkuberneteskata
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