Kenneth Bambridge

Work History

Kraken Staking

03.2022 - Current

Company Overview: Led blockchain infrastructure operations for one of the world's leading cryptocurrency exchanges.
Managed infrastructure for 40+ different blockchains as validators and RPC nodes.
Participated in genesis events for key Layer 1 blockchains including Sui, Aptos, and multiple Tendermint-based chains.
Pioneered standardization of Tendermint-based nodes by designing a reusable Helm chart.
Operated and secured fleets of tens of thousands of Ethereum validators.
Deployed Fluent Bit operator to standardize logging collection across blockchain infrastructure.
Designed tenant structure for ArgoCD to properly isolate blockchain validator deployments.
Developed robust frameworks for launching validators in Kubernetes environments.
Implemented custom setups using KubeVirt for specialized blockchain requirements.
Secured and managed billions of dollars in staked assets.
Architected high-availability solutions for critical blockchain infrastructure.
Led blockchain infrastructure operations for one of the world's leading cryptocurrency exchanges.

Zoox

12.2018 - 03.2022

Company Overview: Pioneered infrastructure solutions for Amazon's autonomous vehicle division.
Spearheaded Kubernetes adoption across the organization, transforming nascent cluster into production-grade infrastructure.
Implemented comprehensive observability and alerting services including Prometheus Operator and ELK stack.
Added GPU support to enable service owners to deploy ML workloads on Kubernetes.
Established ArgoCD and Tekton for continuous deployment to Kubernetes.
Launched and managed EKS clusters for large microservice architecture (20+ services).
Configured network integration and DNS with IT teams.
Deployed observability stacks and automated ephemeral environment generation for PR testing.
Implemented new artifact repository serving as the organization's primary Docker, PyPI, and APT repository.
Deployed Istio Service Mesh for large microservice applications.
Created 20+ custom Grafana dashboards for infrastructure monitoring.
Performed SRE incident response for database performance issues, networking challenges, and GPU hardware troubleshooting.
Pioneered infrastructure solutions for Amazon's autonomous vehicle division.

Ads on Top

06.2017 - 05.2019

Company Overview: Full-stack engineer for an ad delivery platform for Digital Out-Of-Home (DOOH) advertising.
Developed React/GraphQL frontend applications for the DOOH sales process.
Managed Kubernetes infrastructure on AWS.
Implemented comprehensive monitoring stack with Istio service mesh.
Reduced infrastructure costs by over 70% through resource optimization and spot instance implementation.
Decreased build times by over 50% through improvements to CI/CD pipelines.
Set up distributed logging and monitoring systems for microservices architecture.
Built campaign booking and management applications.
Full-stack engineer for an ad delivery platform for Digital Out-Of-Home (DOOH) advertising.

Zoku Inc

05.2014 - 05.2016

Company Overview: Co-founded mobile technology startup with $1 million in seed funding.
Led development of mobile application for proximity-based social networking.
Implemented Bluetooth Low Energy technology for discovering nearby users.
Designed and implemented UI/UX for iOS mobile application.
Developed backend services and Core Data implementation.
Managed technical infrastructure and development team.
Co-founded mobile technology startup with $1 million in seed funding.