Kevin Mckinney
Senior Software Engineer Team Lead at BLUE ORIGIN
Kent, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolKevin Mckinney is a Senior Software Engineer Team Lead with 14 years of experience, currently leading engineering efforts at Blue Origin from Kent, Washington. He combines hands-on software development and team leadership to deliver mission-focused systems, having progressed internally from software engineer to team lead since 2022. With an MS in Computer Software Engineering from Carnegie Mellon and a background in Computer Systems from Kent State, he blends rigorous academic training with practical, production-first engineering. Kevin is known for driving results in high-stakes environments where reliability and precision matter, translating complex requirements into operational software. He favors mentorship and cross-functional collaboration to scale team capabilities while still contributing directly to code and architecture. A detail that sets him apart is his long-term commitment to aerospace software challenges, indicating both domain expertise and staying power in demanding technical programs.
14 years of coding experience
Computer Systems, Computer Systems at Kent State UniversityMaster of Science (MS), Computer Software Engineering, Master of Science (MS), Computer Software Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University
Github Skills (35)
moto10
beagleboard8
kernel6
samsung-galaxy5
perf5
ptrace5
lustre5
linux5
samsung4
nfs4
seccomp4
galaxy4
linux-kernel4
overlayfs4
performance-tuning4
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
turtleletortue/android_kernel_retroid_pocket2
Aug 2011 - Jul 2014
Contributions:301 commits in 2 years 11 months
crevanthsvt/kernel_xiaomi_sakura
Aug 2011 - May 2016
Contributions:304 commits in 4 years 10 months
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