Karl Redgate
Senior Software Engineer at Boston Dynamics
Concord, Massachusetts, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolKarl Redgate is a seasoned senior software engineer and architect with 13 years of senior-level experience and a multi-decade track record building high-performance networking, storage, and security systems. Currently shaping Spot's networking at Boston Dynamics, he has driven product architecture and DevSecOps integrations at Akamai and led unified architecture and cloud initiatives at Carbonite. Karl combines low-level systems expertise (firmware, kernel, hypervisor) with modern cloud-native practices, having implemented everything from OpenBoot firmware and multicast VM services to OpenID Connect auth services and REST recovery APIs. He is known for pragmatic performance optimization—designing sub-microsecond policy engines and high-throughput load balancers—and for turning prototypes into production-ready services. Comfortable spanning code, architecture, and cross-functional stakeholder alignment, he also brings uncommon diagnostic depth and cost-modeling experience for globally distributed services. Based in Concord, MA, Karl often surfaces subtle platform issues early, reducing field failures and accelerating delivery.
13 years of coding experience
33 years of employment as a software developer
Partial, Computer Science, Partial, Computer Science at University of New Hampshire
Github Skills (9)
ifttt5
gui-toolkit4
desktop4
automation3
windows3
golang3
electron3
cross-platform2
go2
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
karlredgate/mDNS-sharp
Nov 2014 - Mar 2020
Contributions:6 commits, 3 pushes in 5 years 4 months
karlredgate/automation
Apr 2014 - Jun 2021
Scripts and config to automate processes
Contributions:1 review, 255 commits, 2 PRs in 7 years 3 months
iftttautomationconfig
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