Craig Olson

About Craig Olson

Software Engineer. Midwesterner. Traveler.A motivated and quick-learning software engineer pursuing challenges in efficient and effective supply chain software solutions. A strong foundation developed through a M.S. in Computer Science with an Artificial Intelligence concentration, a B.S. in Computer Science with minors in Math and Business, sprinkled with international and leadership experiences along the way. Master\'s Thesis in Knowledge Representation and Reasoning, Answer Set Programming, and Question Answering systems with the publications provided below and was presented at the 2019 International Conference of Logic Programming.Write clean code.Don\'t be afraid to break something.Develop flexible solutions.Iterate quickly.But a developer\'s real strength is their teammates.

Experience

1. Senior Software Engineer

   Spreetail

   Jan 2024 — Present · Omaha, NE, US

   Software engineer building efficient and effective Supply Chain software solutions. Developing Order Processing, Order Fulfillment, and Warehouse Management systems, and everything in between.Technical Experiences- C#.NET applications and Python Flask applications, utilizing Docker, Kubernetes, and Azure- API Integrations (REST and SOAP clients)- Small parcel and LTL carrier tracking number API integrations to retrieve over a million tracking updates daily - HRIS API integrations for employee account and time reporting synchronizations - Label generation with laser and label printers- API Development - Developed APIs in monolithic and microservice architectures for use by mobile, web applications, and other microservices- Algorithms - Developed a clustering algorithm for picking labels in a fulfillment center - Utilize Google OR-Tools for CVRP solutioning- SQL Server - Creating and altering tables, views, and stored procedures - Inserting, updating, deleting data in bulk- Testing - Building unit test collections with MSTest, xUnit, and NUnit - System testing on development, staging, and production environments- Development Tools - Postman, LINQPad, Visual Studio, VS Code - Source Control (git)Non-Technical Experiences- Agile methodologies- Project leadership- Interviewed interns, engineers, and managers- Intern mentorship- Code reviewal- Direct collaboration with stakeholders and collaboration through product managers- Writing documentation for runbooks, user guides, team standards, and product designs

Education

• University of Nebraska at Omaha

  Master of Science - MS, Computer Science

  2017 — 2019

• University of Nebraska at Omaha

  Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science

  2014 — 2018

• Lincoln East High School

  High School

  2010 — 2014