Alex King

I'm Alex, a Staff Software Engineer at Google in Seattle, where I work on the core virtual machine infrastructure for Google Compute Engine. I build computers!

Before joining Google, I graduated summa cum laude from Tufts University with a B.S. in computer science. Along the way, I had the opportunity to work as a software engineering intern at Apple on the macOS Performance team and at Nordstrom on their ecommerce platform. Mentoring and teaching have always been important to me, from my time as a Teaching Assistant in college to my current role interviewing and mentoring fellow engineers.

I love seeing live music, brewing espresso at home, and exploring Seattle with my wife and daughter. I'm always reading about new developments in technology, gaming, business, and pop culture.

On this site, you can find a historical archive of blog posts, but I have not actively blogged in several years.

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Press

I had a blog post that gained a lot of traction and was featured on various websites. Below are some cool ones: