Olivia Bennett

Senior Software Engineer focusing on distributed systems and infrastructure.

Currently independent. Previously at Google (L6) and Stripe. I build resilient backend architecture for products that demand high availability.

Available for Q4 projects View selected work

Selected Experience

2018 — 2024

Google — Senior Staff Engineer

Led the migration of Google Cloud's core storage orchestration layer. Scaled the system to handle 10x throughput with zero downtime.

2015 — 2018

Stripe — Infrastructure Engineer

Core contributor to the ledger systems. Architected low-latency consistency checks across multi-region databases.

Expertise

Distributed Architecture

System design for high-scale, fault-tolerant applications. Expertise in consensus protocols and event-driven systems.

Cloud Infrastructure

Kubernetes orchestration, Terraform, and cloud-native scaling strategies. Specialized in reducing operational overhead.

Performance Engineering

Optimizing Go and Rust services for sub-millisecond latency. Deep profiling and garbage collection tuning.

Technical Strategy

Helping startups navigate architectural debt and scale their engineering culture during rapid growth phases.

Need technical leadership?

I assist series A-C companies with architecture reviews, migration strategies, and complex backend implementation.