Astrid Olson
About
Platform and Infrastructure Engineer automating systems and building tools to improve developer efficiency, creating solutions that give feature teams better visibility and confidence in their operations. Uses containerization, infrastructure-as-code, and CI/CD to establish reliable deployment workflows. Values clear processes and open collaboration, helping teams better understand and work with their technology stack.
Skills
Languages: Go, Python, Ruby (Rails), Elixir (Phoenix), JavaScript (Node, Deno, React, Angular, TypeScript), Shell (bash, zsh).
Cloud Infrastructure & Orchestration: Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Kubernetes, Helm, Terraform/HCL (Infrastructure as Code), Ansible.
VCS & CI/CD: Git, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, CircleCI.
Methodologies: Test-Driven Development, Behavior-Driven Development, Principle of Least Privilege, Single Responsibility Principle, RESTful API Design.
Experience
Virta Health
Senior Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
Denver (Remote)
July 2024 – Present
Virta Health
Senior Site Reliability Engineer
Denver (Remote)
Feb. 2022 – July 2024
Software for Good
Senior Software Engineer
Minneapolis, MN (Remote)
Jan. 2014 – Feb. 2022
LocBox Labs
Software Engineer
San Francisco, CA
Nov. 2012 – May 2013
Sevnthsin
Developer
Minneapolis, MN
Feb. 2012 – Sept. 2012
OLSON
Software Engineer
Minneapolis, MN
Nov. 2011 – Feb. 2012
Grandpa-George
Software Engineer
Minneapolis, MN
May 2011 – Dec. 2011
Projects & Contributions
Fitness Buddy
Personal week-long hackathon web app
buddy.fitness
June 2025
Langchaingo
Contributor
GitHub
2023
Education
Art Institutes International Minnesota
BS, Web Design & Interactive Media
2008 – 2011