Scott Olafsen
Senior Software Engineer at The Gartrell Group
Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
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Top SchoolScott Olafsen is a senior software engineer based in Salt Lake City with 7 years of experience building full-stack geospatial applications. He specializes in modern front-end frameworks (React, Next, Vue) and mapping technologies like Mapbox and the ESRI JS API, paired with Postgres/PostGIS and ArcGIS Enterprise on the backend. At The Gartrell Group he leads geospatial UI development, translating complex spatial workflows into responsive, usable interfaces. His background in GIS analysis and Python scripting for automated geoprocessing at Salt Lake County gives him a practical understanding of spatial data pipelines and operational needs. Scott’s early career as a ski patroller honed rapid decision-making and risk assessment—skills he now applies to fast-paced engineering and production incident response. He holds a Full Stack Web Development certificate and a BA in Geography, blending domain knowledge with hands-on web engineering.
7 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts - BA, Geography, 3.0, Bachelor of Arts - BA, Geography, 3.0 at University of Maine at FarmingtonThe University of Utah
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Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
scottolafsen/Wasatch-River-Runner
Apr 2019 - Oct 2019
Contributions:18 commits, 17 pushes, 1 branch in 6 months
scottolafsen/WeatherStations
Oct 2019 - Dec 2021
Scalable weather web app using Mesonet Synoptic API
Contributions:21 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 1 month
apireactscalablejavascriptmesonet
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