Robert King
Senior Software Engineer at Heidi Health
New Zealand
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Top SchoolRobert King is a senior software engineer and leader with 14 years of experience building scalable, production-first systems across startups and large tech firms. He has led engineering at Thred to make factories AI-ready with realtime observability and context engineering, and recently builds full‑stack AI agent solutions at Heidi Health. His background spans cloud-native architectures, realtime simulation, high-throughput conversion systems, and bespoke enterprise integrations from roles at Meta and TikTok to founding product-focused startups. A mathematician by training, he blends rigorous problem-solving with pragmatic product instincts, growing teams and improving processes while remaining hands-on in Rust, Go, TypeScript and realtime web technologies. Outside work he documents engineering topics as “Rusty Rob” on YouTube, reflecting a penchant for explaining complex systems in accessible ways.
13 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree in Mathematics and Degree in Computer Science. Also did some Mechanical Engineering and Game Theory, Bachelor's degree in Mathematics and Degree in Computer Science. Also did some Mechanical Engineering and Game Theory at University of CanterburyAuckland grammar
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Github contributions (5)
robert-king/mmsudoku
Jan 2015 - May 2015
Contributions:7 commits, 2 PRs, 7 pushes in 3 months
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robert-king/my-hash-map
Mar 2017 - Jul 2018
Contributions:13 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 4 months
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