About
Hi, I'm Olivia! š
I'm a software engineer with a passion for game development and Rust. I am the author of the Rust Sokoban Book and I've been featured on multiple Rust Game Dev Newsletters due to my work on multiple Rust projects.
I was fortunate enough to be part of Twitter 1.0 where I led various Media Infrastructure projects. Before that I was the tech lead for Maisie Williams's creative startup Daisie, working on live streaming for Amazon Video and building services and Xbox games at Microsoft.
I'm currently a Senior Staff Software Engineer at Personio where I work on building Payroll.
Contact
If you'd like to reach out, please do so atĀ hello@iolivia.me.Blog
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