{ "basics": { "name": "Carl Olsen", "label": "Full Stack Software Engineer", "picture": "", "email": "unstoppablecarlolsen@gmail.com", "website": "https://unstoppablecarl.github.io/resume", "summary": "A Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer with 15 years of experience architecting robust web applications and specialized tools. Expert in modern frontend ecosystems (Vue 3, Pinia), high-performance TypeScript, WebAssembly, and backend architecture (PHP/Laravel). Adept at integrating AI APIs, and implementing complex procedural generation algorithms. Proven technical leader in 100% remote environments. https://github.com/unstoppablecarl/resume", "location": { "city": "Nottingham", "countryCode": "US", "region": "Maryland" }, "profiles": [{ "network": "Linkedin", "username": "Carl Olsen", "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/carl-olsen/" }] }, "interests": [ { "name": "Travel" }, { "name": "3D Modeling and Animation" }, { "name": "3D Printing" } ], "skills": [ { "name": "Leadership", "keywords": [ "Scrum", "Project Management", "Architecture", "Hiring", "Mentoring" ] }, { "name": "Front End", "keywords": [ "Vue 3", "Pinia", "TypeScript", "JavaScript", "WebAssembly", "HTML5 Canvas", "WebGL" ] }, { "name": "Backend", "keywords": [ "PHP", "Laravel", "Microservices", "Node.js", "REST APIs" ] }, { "name": "Databases & Caching", "keywords": [ "MySql", "mariaDB", "MongoDB", "Redis", "ElasticSearch" ] }, { "name": "Systems", "keywords": [ "AWS", "Blackfire", "Bugsnag", "Circle CI", "S3", "Sendgrid", "Stripe", "Paypal", "Travis CI", "FedEx", "UPS" ] } ], "volunteer": [ { "highlights": [ "Worked one on one with students to work through parts of the lesson they were struggling with" ], "summary": "Volunteered to help students through a self guided intro to javascript", "startDate": "2015-03-29", "endDate": "2017-11-01", "website": "https://nodeschool.io/baltimore/", "position": "Mentor", "organization": "Nodeschool Baltimore" }, { "highlights": [ "Worked with youth to develop a wordpress website in one day for a local non-profit" ], "summary": "Volunteered as a coach for the Webslam youth hackathon", "endDate": "2015-12-01", "startDate": "2015-12-01", "website": "http://www.digitalharbor.org/", "position": "Volunteer", "organization": "Digital Harbor Foundation" } ], "work": [ { "highlights": [ "Enterprise web application development", "Web application scalability development and consulting", "Database and cache optimization", "Automated testing and CI pipelines", "AI systems integration", "SASS Startup architecture consultant" ], "summary": "PHP, Laravel, MySql, JS, VueJS, python", "startDate": "2022-05-22", "position": "Freelance Software Engineer", "company": "Consultant" }, { "highlights": [ "Designed and maintained Lumen microservice architecture for user subscription and access management", "Created realtime microservice error tracking system allowing error propagation tracing across services", "Created microservice api framework and composer packages for cross service communication updates", "Created microservice api communication testing framework" ], "summary": "AWS microservice architecture, PHP, Laravel, MySql, JS, VueJS, webpack", "startDate": "2021-2-09", "endDate": "2022-05-22", "website": "https://ine.com/", "position": "Sr Software Engineer", "company": "INE" }, { "highlights": [ "Coordinated planning, architecture, feature development, and maintenance of motionarray.com . A subscription service library of over 200K video asset files", "Defined and facilitated development testing practices, code standards, and procedures for remote dev team of 6 across 4 timezones/countries", "Managed job posting, interview process, and hiring", "Maintained subscription and content creator payments systems with paypal and stripe" ], "summary": "Team Lead, Full stack development, PHP, Laravel, MySql, JS, VueJS, webpack, Algolia, elastic search", "startDate": "2019-2-25", "endDate": "2019-12-11", "website": "https://motionarray.com/", "position": "Dev Team Lead", "company": "404 Media LLC" }, { "highlights": [ "Oversaw migration of distributed company data into a single salesforce location", "Created applications to support conference logistics", "Provided technical and software support to company staff", "Architected content provisioning systems" ], "summary": "Full stack development, PHP, Laravel, Drupal, MySql, JS, webpack, React, CouchDB", "startDate": "2018-5-13", "endDate": "2019-02-22", "website": "https://onlinelearningconsortium.org/", "position": "Senior Software Engineer", "company": "Online Learning Consortium" }, { "highlights": [ "Maintained and developed SAAS CRM that manages large amounts of student relational data for college admissions", "Collaborated with business staff to design features and create deployment plans", "Optimized performance of PHP code and MySQL queries for back-end Job Queue execution", "Helped created code standards and lead discussions to improve code quality and maintainability", "Designed architecture for front-end Vue components and data transport layer", "Worked effectively with a large 100% remote team" ], "summary": "Full stack development, PHP, Laravel, MySql, mariaDB, redis, JS, webpack, VueJS", "startDate": "2017-09-11", "endDate": "2018-05-02", "website": "http://fire-engine-red.com", "position": "Senior Software Engineer", "company": "Fire Engine Red" }, { "highlights": [ "Supervised a range of client web projects and applications", "Developed and executed marking concepts for video and web platforms" ], "summary": "Full stack development, js, PHP, MySql, nodejs", "endDate": "2017-06-13", "startDate": "2016-09-06", "website": "https://agencybcg.com/", "position": "Senior Software Engineer", "company": "BCG" }, { "highlights": [ "Developed and maintained in house content management framework (PHP, MySql)", "Supervised a wide range of client projects including: ecommerce, custom CMS, document / logistical data tracking and reporting, internal client company operation workflows, HTML5 phonegap apps, complex api development, branding, UX, mobile web apps, video on demand service integration", "Created project design / development spec and planed execution", "Worked with a wide range of existing codebases / frameworks in PHP and js" ], "summary": "Full stack development, js, PHP, MySql, nodejs", "endDate": "2016-07-19", "startDate": "2011-08-22", "website": "http://emoxie.com", "position": "Senior Web Developer", "company": "e-moxie" }, { "highlights": [ "Developed front end code focusing on scalable and maintainable implementations compatible with the mobile web", "Created or extended custom content management and integration solutions for Dot Net Nuke, Wordpress, and Drupal based websites", "Developed basic web and native applications for iOS and Android platforms (phonegap)" ], "summary": "Front end web app developer", "endDate": "2011-08-20", "startDate": "2011-01-07", "website": "http://www.r2integrated.com/", "position": "Web Developer", "company": "R2integrated" }, { "highlights": [ "Front end design, code, and ux", "Developed content management solutions and workflows for staff using MSSql", "Managed marketing metrics and reports of web traffic and advertising campaign conversions" ], "summary": "Web operations in a C# .NET environment.", "endDate": "2011-01-04", "startDate": "2009-02-02", "website": "", "position": "Web Developer", "company": "Nutramax Laboratories, Inc" }, { "highlights": [ "Worked in a collaborative team environment to create web, print, and video products specializing in very short turnaround time", "Provided client services by developing design briefs, negotiating contracts, and managing projects" ], "summary": "Client work", "endDate": "2008-09-07", "startDate": "2006-01-01", "website": "", "position": "Web Developer", "company": "Mediamasters" } ] }