Oliver King
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
Summary
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RockstarOliver 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.
8 years of coding experience
Github Skills (82)
visual-studio-code-extension10
api-client10
azure-cli10
dockerfile10
linter10
rest-api10
kubeconfig10
k8s10
kubernetes-cluster10
kubernetes-operator10
kubectl10
secrets10
api10
sdk10
helm10
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
Azure/aks-app-routing-operator
Jan 2023 - Jun 2026
Kubernetes operator that implements AKS Application Routing
Contributions:801 reviews, 453 PRs, 301 pushes in 3 years 6 months
kubernetes-operator
Azure/k8s-lint
Feb 2022 - Nov 2022
GitHub Action to validate Kubernetes manifest files
Contributions:24 reviews, 6 commits, 23 PRs in 9 months
kubernetesazurek8slint
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