Summary
Soohwan Park is a Staff Software Engineer with 17 years’ experience building scalable web and distributed systems, currently shaping LinkedIn Events and previously leading ad-platform and video-ads UX work. He blends frontend UI craftsmanship with backend and systems expertise—from Node.js and Ruby to C++ and NoSQL—having architected high-performance ad and network testing platforms at Coupang, BrightRoll, and Spirent. A proven team leader and polyglot engineer, he has managed engineering teams, instituted robust CI/CD and code-review practices, and driven product-first implementations of complex features. His background in network protocol engineering and a patented master-slave controller design reflect deep systems-level thinking beyond typical product work. Based in Stony Stratford, UK, he pairs academic research experience from UC Santa Barbara with a hands-on, curiosity-driven approach to evolving large-scale production systems.
17 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
M.S. Computer Science, M.S. Computer Science at UC Santa Barbara
B.E. Mechanical Engineering, B.E. Mechanical Engineering at Dongguk University
English, Korean