Da Kim
Software Engineer at The Hershey Company
Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDa Kim is a software engineer with 8 years of experience building big data infrastructure, real-time streaming platforms, and cloud migrations at enterprise scale. He designed and optimized large Spark frameworks and an in-house low-code Apache Flink streaming platform, achieving up to 25x performance improvements while cutting deployment time from weeks to under 48 hours. At JPMorgan Chase he led migrations from on-prem ETL to AWS, created secure cross-team authorization models, and delivered production-grade pipelines that process millions of records daily. Now at The Hershey Company, he continues to focus on scalable, auditable data solutions for complex business needs. Notably, he blends deep systems optimization with developer experience improvements—turning platform-level enhancements into tangible cost and time savings. Based in the Dallas–Fort Worth area, he pairs strong engineering execution with a track record of enabling cross-functional data use.
7 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science at University of Central Florida
Github Skills (9)
javascript9
open-source9
scala8
java8
python8
sql8
big-data7
apache6
apache-flink5
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
emsonn/ucfbox
Oct 2019 - Dec 2019
Contributions:52 commits, 5 PRs, 51 pushes in 1 month
killillian/test
Jun 2021 - May 2022
Contributions:2 pushes, 1 branch in 10 months
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