Summary
Dave Olszewski is a Senior Software Engineer with 17 years of experience building high-performance, production-grade systems across networking, call analytics, and runtime observability. Currently at Fastly, he brings deep C++ and JavaScript expertise from maintaining Node runtime integrations at NodeSource and architecting service-oriented call processing platforms at Marchex. Known as a self-taught, ownership-driven problem solver, he balances process with expedience and has a reputation for cutting through bureaucracy to ship impactful features. He has confronted high-volume, customer-specific issues directly and delivered stability to legacy platforms while enabling new, market-changing offerings. Based in the Greater Seattle area, he combines hands-on engineering with pragmatic product collaboration and a habit of pursuing good ideas relentlessly.
17 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer