Summary
Hyein Gim is a data scientist focused on product analytics with a decade of experience turning complex user and marketing signals into testable hypotheses and measurable product improvements. Currently at Google working on YouTube Search experiments, she blends rigorous statistical methods with product intuition to influence strategic and operational decisions. Her background spans major tech platforms including Meta and PlayStation, where she led CRM, paid media analytics, and experimentation. Trained in international economics and political science, she brings a global perspective and strong quantitative foundations to customer-experience problems. Beyond corporate roles, she spent 18 months overlanding across 30 countries, producing travel journals and budget analyses—an unusual hands-on experience that sharpened her skills in real-world data collection and storytelling. She also codes full-stack JavaScript projects on GitHub, bridging analytics and implementation to ship end-to-end solutions.
10 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
University of California San Diego
Master's Degree, International Economics, GPA: 3.78, Master's Degree, International Economics, GPA: 3.78 at UC San Diego School of Global Policy and Strategy (GPS)
Bachelor's degree, Political Science & International Studies/ English Language and English Literature, Bachelor's degree, Political Science & International Studies/ English Language and English Literature at Yonsei University