Harry Kim
Co-Founder & Chief Architect at SendBird
San Francisco Bay Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolHarry Kim is a seasoned software leader and co-founder currently serving as Chief Architect at SendBird, with over a decade of hands-on experience building systems across search, social games, and real-time messaging. A Monash Computer Science graduate, he began in network security and moved through roles developing large-scale search engines, Facebook and mobile games, and chat SDKs—bringing deep expertise in event-driven architectures and algorithms. At SendBird he drives technical strategy and problem solving while contributing to the Android sample app and SDK updates used by the developer community. Known for low-level proficiency in C/C++/C# and higher-level languages like Java, PHP, and Python, he blends systems thinking with product-focused engineering. Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, he pairs startup founding grit with pragmatic engineering habits forged across acquisition and growth phases.
10 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
BS, Computer Science, BS, Computer Science at Monash University
Korean, English
Github Skills (6)
javas10
android10
java10
uid8
front-end-development8
ui-design8
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
sendbird/SendBird-Android
Feb 2016 - Aug 2016
A guide of the installation and functions of Sendbird Chat, and SyncManager for Android samples.
Role in this project:
Mobile Developer (Android)
Mobile Developer (Android)Contributions:24 commits in 6 months
Contributions summary:Harry primarily contributed to the Sendbird Android sample application, focusing on updating the application's SDK dependencies to newer versions. They updated the core Sendbird Android SDK version in multiple commits. Further contributions include bug fixes and UI adjustments within the sample application, with a specific focus on chat and messaging features, including handling of file uploads and push notifications.
android-sampleschatinstallationandroidsendbird
sendbird-graveyard/sendbird-sample
Feb 2016 - Feb 2016
Contributions:8 commits in 18 days
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