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Chris Olson

@chrisuser13

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Senior software engineer specializing in cloud payments, security, and scalable systems.

United States

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What I'm looking for

I seek senior engineering roles building secure, cloud-native payment or platform systems with strong automation, observability, and compliance focus.

I am a senior software engineer with deep experience designing cloud-native payment and cryptography systems for global financial customers. At AWS I led the design and global launch of a PCI-certified cloud HSM service and delivered cost and availability improvements that supported hundreds of financial institutions.

I build high-throughput, low-latency distributed systems across polyglot stacks — Java, Go, Python, and TypeScript — and modernize legacy monoliths into microservices to accelerate deployments and scalability. I have engineered trading and payment platforms processing millions of daily transactions with stringent compliance and performance needs.

My work spans cloud, DevOps, observability, and agentic AI automation: I architect multi-region disaster recovery, automated agent workflows, and secure metadata storage while achieving compliance certifications such as PCI, P2PE, and FIPS. I prioritize secure-by-design engineering, observability, and automation to reduce operational overhead and MTTR.

I seek to contribute engineering leadership, technical depth, and a track record of shipping secure, scalable products that meet regulatory requirements and delight customers and developer integrators.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Senior Software Engineer

Current

Amazon Web Services

Dec 2020 - Present (5 years 1 month)

Led design and global launch of AWS Payment Cryptography, reducing infrastructure costs by 70% and achieving 99.99% availability; deployed autonomous agents processing 10K+ monthly operational tasks at 95% accuracy while maintaining PCI compliance.

Java Go AWS DynamoDB Kubernetes Spring Boot Terraform PostgreSQL Distributed Systems

Senior Software Engineer

CME Group

Jul 2016 - Dec 2020 (4 years 5 months)

Engineered ultra-low-latency trading systems handling sub-millisecond responses and 60K orders/sec, supporting $5T+ daily derivatives volume and sustaining 99.9% uptime; owned payment platforms moving $2B+ daily with zero transaction errors.

C C++Java Low Latency Trading Systems PCI Compliance Performance Optimization

Senior Programmer

Accenture Technology Solutions

Jun 2010 - Jul 2016 (6 years 1 month)

Developed HIPAA-compliant healthcare enrollment and claims platforms processing 12M+ patient records and 500GB+ PHI daily; led modernization to Azure microservices, achieving FedRAMP authorization and reducing infra setup time from 2 days to 2 hours.