Summary
Daegeun Kim is a seasoned product and engineering leader with 15 years of experience building and scaling backend systems, SRE platforms, and data pipelines across Korean tech companies. Currently Product Owner and CTO at NRISE, he runs the QUAT core squad overseeing product growth, membership, and commerce while still shaping technical strategy. His background spans hands-on backend development, Kubernetes-driven SRE, IaC with Terraform, and DevOps automationโskills heโs applied to migration, performance tuning, and subscription commerce systems. He has held senior engineering roles including VP of Engineering and SRE Lead, combining product ownership with deep operational expertise. Notably, he transitions fluidly between technical lead and product-focused roles, enabling rapid iteration on both architecture and go-to-market features. Based in South Korea, Daegeun brings pragmatic technical stewardship to product teams that need reliable, scalable systems and measurable growth.
15 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer