Summary
Andrew Ligon is a Staff Engineer based in Norman, Oklahoma with a decade-plus association with software companies and four years of formal experience as an engineer. He moved from a long tenure as a Software Developer at NextThought (2014–2023) into a Staff Engineer role at Kubecost, bringing deep product-focused engineering experience to cloud-native cost observability. A University of Oklahoma computer science graduate, he combines practical, long-running project knowledge with current work on Kubernetes-related infrastructure. Andrew’s career shows a pattern of staying deeply involved in product development over many years, suggesting strength in ownership and delivering incremental, maintainable improvements. Though not highly visible on GitHub, his steady progression into staff-level responsibilities reflects technical maturity and an aptitude for bridging engineering and product needs.
4 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science at University of Oklahoma