Olafur Osvaldsson
LiveOps Engineering Lead at Epic Games
Washington, United States
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SeniorOlafur Osvaldsson is a seasoned engineering leader with over two decades of experience in system administration, software development, and operations, currently leading LiveOps engineering at Epic Games. He has managed complex, mission-critical systems at scale—most recently overseeing asset/configuration management and OTA updates for Project Kuiper’s LEO satellite constellation at Amazon. His background spans Linux/Unix-rich infrastructure, AWS cloud services, technical program management, and hands-on ops from ISPs to carrier-grade networks, giving him a rare end-to-end operational perspective. Olafur blends startup scrappiness with enterprise rigor, having led engineering teams in a stealth startup and multiple AWS organizations. He brings a pragmatic focus on reliability, automation, and cross-functional collaboration, often applying lessons from long-running infrastructure projects to product-facing systems. Based in Washington, he values diverse perspectives and builds teams that turn complex technical challenges into dependable, user-impacting solutions.
14 years of coding experience
32 years of employment as a software developer
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Github Skills (30)
end-to-end-encryption9
keybase9
aws9
react8
encryption8
sftp8
chat8
backup8
pgp8
react-native7
webdav7
duplicati7
go7
macos6
amazon-ec26
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
osvaldsson/dotfiles
Sep 2016 - Sep 2023
Contributions:20 pushes, 1 branch in 7 years 1 month
osvaldsson/aws-ops-wheel
Dec 2017 - Nov 2019
The AWS Ops Wheel is a tool that can be used to select from a list in a randomized way.
Contributions:4 PRs, 5 pushes, 2 branches in 1 year 11 months
opsrandomizedwheelaws
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