Summary
Byungwoo Kim is a seasoned Java backend developer with over 10 years building reliable, scalable systems using Spring Boot, Kafka, and cloud-based microservices. He has led complex migrations and integrations—most recently unifying legacy services into a Kotlin Spring Boot platform and migrating search backends to AWS OpenSearch—while designing rule engines and resilient asynchronous pipelines. Comfortable across the full stack, he has shipped mobile apps with Flutter and modern React/Next.js dashboards, and he manages AWS infrastructure end-to-end. Now based in the NYC area, he combines enterprise experience at Samsung and LegalZoom with fintech exposure at JPMorganChase and a startup mindset from leading Givity. An independent game developer and open‑source NGO activist in his spare time, he brings a pragmatic, data-driven approach to operational reliability and system design.
10 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
USF
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science at Soongsil University
Master of Engineering - MEng, Computer Engineering, Master of Engineering - MEng, Computer Engineering at Manhattan University