Taedong Kim
Research Scientist at Instagram
Los Altos, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolTaedong Kim is a Research Scientist and seasoned software engineer with 18 years of experience, currently leading technical efforts for Instagram Business and monetization at Meta. He blends deep theoretical expertise—holding a Ph.D. in numerical optimization—with practical leadership across ad delivery systems, auction design, signal generation, and ads quality tooling used company-wide. His background in power-grid optimization and sequential linear programming informs a methodical, optimization-first approach to large-scale systems and failure-mode analysis. Known for building highly customizable platforms that scale new monetization efforts, he bridges rigorous research and production engineering. Based in Los Altos, he brings a rare combination of academic depth and hands-on product impact in ad tech.
18 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
B.S., Computer Science and Engineering, B.S., Computer Science and Engineering at Seoul National UniversityPh.D, Optimization in Computer Sciences, Ph.D, Optimization in Computer Sciences at University of Wisconsin-Madison
Korean, English
Github Skills (5)
cgi4
c-programming2
cpp2
programming-language1
cross-platform1
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
ktd2004/doxygen
Mar 2015 - Jan 2020
Contributions:5 pushes, 22 branches in 4 years 10 months
ktd2004/vimrc
Mar 2015 - Dec 2017
Contributions:18 pushes in 2 years 9 months
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