Summary
Laurel Olson is a Software Engineer III with 10 years of hands-on experience building full-stack web applications, currently focused on back-end systems. She has strong expertise in Ruby on Rails, React, and TypeScript, and has led the design and delivery of production features from concept to launch while mentoring teammates and improving engineering workflows. Her background in biochemistry and proteomic data analysis with Python gives her a unique analytical perspective, enabling her to translate complex domain logic into well-tested, maintainable code. Notable projects include digitizing an energy-compliance Excel calculator into a robust service-backed feature and building performant, maintainable UI patterns for nested feature tables. Based in Greater Vancouver, she values clean, concise code and pragmatic solutions that balance correctness with future extensibility.
10 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
BSC, Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, BSC, Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology at The University of British Columbia
Web Development Immersive, Web Development Immersive at Lighthouse Labs
English