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MS CE @USC | AI/SW/DevOps Engineer
I am currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Computer Engineering at the University of Southern California. My career interests broadly lie in the fields of AI, Software Engineering, and DevOps.
Before coming to the United States, I worked for three years as a Software Engineer at Samsung Research in South Korea, where I contributed to a wide range of projects. My experience spans across Automation, Backend, Big Data Processing, CI/CD, Cloud, DevOps, Full-Stack Development, Kubernetes, Language Model Evaluation, RAG, and Site Reliability Engineering.
During my BS in Electrical & Computer Engineering at Seoul National University, I also studied Entrepreneurship, with a focus on project management.
| Year | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| 2025 ~ Present | 🎓 University of Southern California (MS in Computer Engineering) |
| 2022 ~ 2025 | 💼 Samsung Research (Samsung Electronics) |
| 2020 ~ 2021 | 🪖 Republic of Korea Army |
| 2016 ~ 2022 | 🎓 Seoul National University (BS in Electrical & Computer Engineering, BBA in Entrepreneurship) |
| Year | Institution | Award / Honor |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Samsung Electronics | Samsung Software Awards (Internal) |
| 2023 | WorldQuant | International Quant Championship (Domestic Stage) – 1st in score, 4th overall |
| 2021 | Samsung Electronics | Research Scholarship (2 semesters) |
| 2018 | Seoul National University | SNU Development Fund Scholarship |
| 2017, 2018 | Seoul National University | Scholarship for Academic Excellence |
| Year | Category | Institution | Title | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Teaching Experience | Samsung Electronics | Customer-Centric Architecture Design Coach | Trained 100+ developers in customer-centric software architecture design. |
| 2024 | Event | HLTH | Project exhibition and presentation | Selected as a presenter for Samsung Electronics, I introduced the Health Research Platform (HRP)—a project that collects, refines, and visualizes data from mobile phones and smartwatches—at HLTH, the world's largest healthcare technology event. |
| 2023 | Contest | World Quant | International Quant Championship | As part of a team, I participated in a quant trading competition, where we ranked 1st in score and 4th overall in the national competition. |
| 2023 | Certificate (internal) | Samsung Electronics | Cloud Domain Specialist | While working at Samsung Electronics, I earned an in-house certification recognizing my cloud-related knowledge and skills. |
| 2023 | Certificate (internal) | Samsung Electronics | Associate Architect | While working at Samsung Electronics, I earned an in-house certification recognizing my knowledge and abilities in software architecture design. |
| 2023 | Certificate | Linux Foundation | Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) | Earned the CKA certification, offered by the Linux Foundation, which validates the skills and knowledge required to manage and operate Kubernetes clusters. |
| 2017~2022 | Leadership | Seoul National University | Class Representative | As a class representative in the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, I coordinated departmental activities and represented students in academic and administrative matters. |