Oliver King
Senior Software Engineer at Microsoft
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
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Top SchoolOliver King is a Senior Software Engineer at Microsoft with seven years of experience building cloud-native systems, currently focused on Azure Kubernetes Service where he works extensively with Go, TypeScript, and Kubernetes. Rapidly promoted through multiple engineering levels since joining Microsoft in 2021, he blends hands-on coding with platform-minded design to improve managed container infrastructure. Based in Raleigh, NC, he brings academic roots in computer science and early leadership from running his university ACM chapter and teaching as a TA. Known for bridging research and production—he’s moved from web app R&D and internships into production-facing cloud services—he prioritizes reliability and developer experience when shaping distributed systems. A practical communicator, he’s reachable directly and often pairs technical depth with mentorship across teams.
7 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree Computer Science, Bachelor's degree Computer Science at University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Github Skills (103)
visual-studio-code-extension10
javascript-client10
web-application10
api-client10
swagger10
dockerfile10
rest-api10
kubeconfig10
k8s10
openapi10
operator10
continuous-testing10
kubernetes-cluster10
docker-compose10
kubectl10
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
Azure/aks-app-routing-operator
Jan 2023 - Mar 2025
Kubernetes operator that implements AKS Application Routing
Contributions:704 reviews, 355 PRs, 225 pushes in 2 years 2 months
helmweb-applicationoperatorroutingk8s
Azure/setup-kubectl
Feb 2022 - Jan 2023
GitHub Action for installing Kubectl
Contributions:6 releases, 35 reviews, 12 commits in 11 months
installingkubectlsetupk8skubernetes
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