Summary
Young Kim is a Senior Security Engineer with 14 years of hands-on experience in application and infrastructure security, currently focused on protecting large-scale systems at Amazon. He has deep expertise in web and mobile penetration testing, threat and vulnerability management, and leading security training—having taught over 100 colleagues and led PwC’s web/mobile domain within their penetration testing team. A Georgia Tech MS/BS graduate, Young blends academic research in mobile web security with extensive consulting experience across Fortune 500 clients in finance, healthcare, and consumer goods. Known for scaling repeatable security assessments and developing new testing techniques and tools, he excels at turning complex security challenges into practical remediation and training programs. Based in Atlanta, he brings a rare combination of research-driven curiosity and production-grade security engineering.
14 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science, 3.78, Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science, 3.78 at Georgia Institute of Technology
Loveless Academic Magnet Program High School
English, Korean