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About Me

I'm a software developer currently working on the Google Cloud Platform serverless customer support team

Contact Details

Spencer Ottarson
spencer@ottarson.com

Education

Michigan State University

Master in Computer Science and Engineering May 2017

  • GPA: 3.93
  • Course-based masters including many projects centered around machine learning for various applications including natural language processing and cybersecurity

Michigan State University

Bachelor in Computer Science and Engineering May 2016

  • GPA: 3.81
  • Graduated with Honors
  • Business cognate

Work

Technical Solutions Engineer (Google Cloud Platform)

Google August 2020 - Present

  • Solved difficult customer support issues with Serverless specialization
  • Trained and onboarded new support vendor site
  • Wrote and updated internal knowledge base on serverless products

Software Developer

Michigan State University June 2017 - July 2020

  • Led mobile development team as tech lead and product manager
  • Developed and launched native iOS and Android app for MSU students and community members
  • Worked with students to create end-user driven experiences
  • Managed university app store publishing accounts, coordinating with other groups on campus developing apps

Teaching Assistant

Michigan State University August 2016 - May 2017

  • Managed and oversaw 80 students grouped into teams of 5 in CSE 498, the computer science senior design capstone course
  • Ensured progress by meeting with each team weekly
  • Identified and assisted struggling students

Software Engineering Intern

Kohl's Department Stores June 2016 - August 2016

  • Analyzed and transformed big data on large scale distributed systems
  • Automated and optimized existing proceses

Software Engineering Intern

Kohl's Department Stores June 2015 - August 2015

  • Developed and improved software to manage and source online orders
  • Introduced and taught unit testing to team and wrote tests for existing codebase

Undergraduate Research Assistant

Michigan State University September 2012 - September 2014

Languages

Languages that I have worked with professionally or have at least a moderate level of experience with:

  • Kotlin
  • Swift
  • Java
  • Python
  • Go
  • C++

Frameworks/Systems

Frameworks and technologies that I have worked with professionally or have at least a moderate level of experience with:

  • Android
  • iOS
  • GCP
  • Docker
  • AWS