Sungwon Chung
Software Engineer II at Microsoft
Bellevue, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolSungwon Chung is a software engineer with 11 years of experience building scalable backend systems and shipping production services across startups and large tech companies. Currently a Software Engineer II at Microsoft, he previously optimized CI/CD, testing, and SQL performance at Metropolis—cutting pipeline runtime by over 50% and test times by 60%—and owned a subscription/payment service for more than a million users. He founded a medical information startup that secured MOUs with Olympic organizations, showing entrepreneurial drive and product delivery in regulated domains. His background spans distributed systems, performance tuning on low-power hardware, and full-stack work from REST APIs to frontend optimizations at Google, complemented by research and military-grade encryption operations. With graduate studies in computer science and a track record of practical optimizations that materially reduced costs and latency, he brings a blend of systems-level troubleshooting and product-minded execution.
11 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Masters, Computer Science, Masters, Computer Science at University of Southern CaliforniaComputer Science, Computer Science at The University of Texas at AustinBachelor’s Degree, Information Systems, Summa Cum Laude, top of the class, Bachelor’s Degree, Information Systems, Summa Cum Laude, top of the class at Hanyang University
English, KoreanProgramming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
sungpia/Whoshungry
Apr 2015 - Jul 2015
Contributions:79 pushes, 1 branch in 3 months
sungpia/sungpi.postach.io
Mar 2015 - Mar 2015
Contributions:14 commits, 14 pushes, 1 branch in 16 days
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