Summary
Matt Kim is a UI engineer with 12 years of front-end experience and a background in photography and design, currently building user-focused interfaces at Sail Internet in Menlo Park. He specializes in simplifying complex information and minimizing cognitive load to create delightful, accessible experiences. His career spans startups and media organizations—including Grid Dynamics, NAUTO, One Concern, and Bay Area News Group—where he’s delivered pragmatic, design-driven front-end solutions. Trained as a chemist at UC Berkeley, he brings analytical rigor and visual sensibility to product design and engineering tradeoffs. Longtime experience as a professional photographer informs his attention to composition, visual hierarchy, and micro-interactions. He combines aesthetic craft with practical engineering to turn messy data into clear, usable interfaces.
12 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Chemistry, Chemistry at University of California, Berkeley