Kyle Altendorf
Founding Engineer at Open Source Community
Pennsylvania, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolKyle Altendorf is a founding engineer with 15+ years of cross-disciplinary software and systems experience, blending embedded real‑time control, mechanical simulation, and blockchain attestation work. He led the open-source DataLayer project used for Climate Action Data Trust attestation, and recently rewrote performance‑critical paths in Rust to achieve a 10x synchronization speedup. His background spans industrial controls for cranes, forklifts, and power converters—where he built HiL test platforms and tuned electro‑hydraulic controllers—through to large CI and observability stacks for distributed services. A long‑time open source contributor and maintainer, Kyle has improved high-profile Python projects (attrs, Twisted, pytest, typeshed, pipenv) and routinely engages with upstream maintainers to fix dependency issues. Comfortable in remote, asynchronous teams, he drives developer efficiency with strong automation, type‑checking, and CI practices. Less obvious: he pairs mechanical engineering instincts with software rigor, enabling pragmatic solutions across hardware, simulation, and cloud-attested data systems.
15 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
B.S. Mechanical Engineering Computer Engineering (Minor) Computer Science, B.S. Mechanical Engineering Computer Engineering (Minor) Computer Science at Oregon State University
Github Skills (94)
datetime10
circular-progress-bar10
python10
testing10
windows10
progress-view10
attr10
progressdialog10
type-system10
twisted10
build-automation10
pip10
async10
stubs10
backward-compatibility10
Programming languages (20)
Github contributions (5)
Chia-Network/chia-blockchain
Sep 2020 - Jan 2023
Chia blockchain python implementation (full node, farmer, harvester, timelord, and wallet)
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:2893 reviews, 2565 commits, 3239 PRs in 2 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Kyle primarily contributed to the back-end functionality of the Chia blockchain project. They implemented database primary key changes within the wallet puzzle store, tidied up the installer building process including fix for rpm build and windows support. The user also corrected the usage of short options list in install.sh. These contributions demonstrate a focus on database interactions, software packaging, and system configuration.
chia-blockchainpythonwalletspython-blockchainwallet
twisted/towncrier
Dec 2020 - Nov 2022
Manage the release notes for your project.
Role in this project:DevOps Engineer & Python Developer
DevOps Engineer & Python DeveloperContributions:113 reviews, 92 commits, 101 PRs in 1 year 11 months
Contributions summary:Kyle primarily contributed to improving the continuous integration (CI) and continuous deployment (CD) pipelines, adding Windows support and associated fixes, including adapting the testing environment. They also made changes to the Python codebase, fixing bugs, and improving code quality. Furthermore, they updated project documentation, specifically the README.rst file. Their work included modifying build scripts and adjusting existing code for compatibility and efficiency.
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