Jared Stensland

Jared Stensland is a dedicated Software Engineer with a passion for crafting well-designed systems in both Cloud-based environments and collaborative office settings. His current focus revolves around advancing highly resilient global systems by advocating for best practices and cutting-edge solutions in service availability, software deployment, and security.

Jared continuously enhances his expertise through a combination of professional experiences and independent study, broadening his skill set in development, DevOps tools, cloud infrastructure, networks, and security. Keeping abreast of the rapidly evolving technological landscape invigorates him and contributes to the continuous improvement of his company.

Working alongside a talented team, Jared Stensland drives the establishment and reinforcement of best practices throughout the organization, emphasizing top-priority initiatives and celebrating achievements on a regular basis.

Jared's educational background includes a Bachelor's degree in Physics from Middlebury College, coursework in Computer Science from Coursera.org, a Master's degree in Teaching from Relay Graduate School of Education, and additional studies at Universidad de La Serena.

Throughout his career, Jared has held various positions in reputable organizations such as Akamai Technologies, where he currently serves as a Senior Software Engineer. His past roles range from a DevOps Team Lead, DevOps Engineer, to Technical Support Engineer at Janrain, Inc. Furthermore, he has previous experience in education from teaching at Bronx Charter School for Excellence, serving as an Education Associate at the same institution, and being a Corps member at Teach For America.

Jared's early career exposure includes internships as an Astronomy Research Intern at Gemini Observatory and a Nanomaterials Engineering Research Intern at Dartmouth College. Additionally, he contributed to academic support as a Math and Physics Tutor at Middlebury College.