Rein Oterholm
Engineer | Leader | Stakeholder
Professional Summary
I’m an engineering leader who loves building teams and solving complex technical challenges. From real estate and automotive to esports, I’m passionate about mentoring and making sure tech and business goals align to drive real growth and operational success.
Experience
Unified Vision
Tech Lead Manager | Jun 2023 - Present
- Led a team of between 6 and 10 engineers to transition the platform to a marketplace model, implementing SaaS permissioning and multi-tenant architecture.
- Managed critical projects like billing and dashboard functionality, while mentoring engineers and improving architecture skills.
- Collaborated with key stakeholders to align technical execution with business goals, and improved operational excellence through on-call process improvements.
Atmosphere TV
Engineering Manager | Jan 2023 - May 2023
- Built trust with a team of 6 engineers, enhancing their architecture skills and resolving product crashing issues.
- Led projects to simplify content delivery configurations and integrated live data for March Madness (betting odds, box scores).
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams and engineering managers on testing and operational excellence procedures.
REX
Engineering Manager | Aug 2021 - Jan 2023
- Established and led both offshore and onshore teams, architecting a property listing platform and a self-service infrastructure (TechCore) adopted by 3 companies.
- Collaborated with product and design teams, driving technical decisions and innovations, receiving the 'Unicorn in the Making' award.
- Managed personnel matters, including hiring and firing, while leading the termination of a DevOps engineer.
Fleks
Sr Software Engineer | Nov 2020 - Jul 2021
- Developed backend APIs using serverless technology and converted the marketing site from Gatsby to Next.js.
- Led the development of a tool for the operations team, scaling the customer base from 700 to 2,000 during 'Operation Warp Speed.'
- Mentored and onboarded 3 new engineers, contributing to team growth and success.
Otter Productions
Software Engineer, Founder & CEO | Jan 2016 - Nov 2021
- Developed and scaled broadcast software for esports, using technologies like Node.js, websockets, SQL, and Kubernetes.
- Managed large-scale productions and a team of up to 14, growing Otter Productions into a top esports consultancy with major clients like Twitch, EA, and Dreamhack.
- Built a SaaS platform for esports teams, securing long-term contracts with top-tier teams while expanding the business into non-esports software projects.
Skills
programming
Java
Kotlin
JavaScript
TypeScript
NodeJS
Angular
Ember
React
NextJS
State Management
MongoDB
PostgreSQL
DynamoDB
HCP Vault
Redis
RabbitMQ
infrastructure
AWS
GCP
Docker
Kubernetes
Terraform
Datadog
Graphana
Loki
GH Actions
Education
Bachelor Degree in Computer Science
University of Oslo, 2015-2020
Computer Systems and Telecom
Elvebakken VGS, 2013-2014