Alistair King
Principal Data Engineer
Portland, Oregon, United States
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Top SchoolAlistair King is a Principal Data Engineer based in Portland with 15 years of experience building large-scale network measurement and data platforms. Trained with an MSc (Hons) in Computer Science from the University of Waikato, he cut his teeth on internet measurement research at CAIDA/UCSD and has since translated that domain expertise into production data engineering roles at Kentik. He combines deep research instincts—developing algorithms for global measurement systems—with hands-on delivery of data architectures, reporting features, and operational tooling for carrier- and grid-scale systems. Known for bridging requirements analysis, architectural design, and documentation, he excels at turning complex observability needs into auditable, scalable solutions. Colleagues rely on him for pragmatic leadership across both R&D and production data engineering.
15 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
MSc (Hons), Computer Science, MSc (Hons), Computer Science at The University of Waikato
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Github Skills (108)
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Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
alistairking/libtrace
Jun 2014 - Jun 2019
C Library for working with network packet traces
Contributions:14 commits, 12 pushes, 10 branches in 5 years 1 month
c-library
alistairking/scamper
Aug 2021 - Mar 2026
Contributions:3 releases, 21 reviews, 34 PRs in 4 years 8 months
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