Sam Olds
Software Engineer at Cisco
United States
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Top SchoolSam Olds is a software engineer with 14 years of experience building backend systems and R&D solutions, currently working on emerging technologies and incubation at Cisco. His career spans senior and lead backend roles across startups and product companies like Stretch Metrics, Vivint Smart Home, and Ardusat, where he focused on delivering scalable, production-ready services. He pairs advanced academic training—a Master’s in Computer Science from the University of Utah—with hands-on engineering across the full development lifecycle. Known for moving ideas from prototype to production, he thrives in teams that blend experimentation with pragmatic engineering. Based in the United States, he brings depth in backend architecture, system integration, and incubation-stage productization. Colleagues would describe him as someone who quietly steers innovative projects toward measurable impact.
14 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Undeclared, Undeclared at University of WashingtonThe University of Utah
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Github Skills (55)
slack-api10
api10
slack10
golang10
delimited10
x1210
fixed-width10
fixed-length10
txt9
csv-parser9
codeless9
parser9
edi9
go9
edifact9
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
samolds/samster
May 2013 - Aug 2015
Contributions:172 commits, 9 pushes in 2 years 3 months
nataliemcmullen/WikiMiney
Mar 2015 - May 2015
Contributions:52 commits, 46 pushes in 1 month
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