# Chris Kim

> Fullstack Software Engineer with dash of Cognitive Science

Location: Berkeley, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/chriskim1

Software Engineer
oh and music
oh also cameras

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ Samsung Research America (SRA)
Jan 2024 – Present

### Software Engineer @ Tesla
Jan 2024 – Jan 2024 | San Jose, California, United States
- Released features for Tesla’s User Entity Behavior Analytic application, an infosec product for investigation based on thorough metrics and observability, integrated with 30+ data source ingest, over one million rows per day (React, Flask, Clickhouse)
- Implemented the Vehicle Training Clips Usage Observability feature, visualizing (1) data usages, (2) request statistics metrics, and (3) behavioral anomaly scores generated through Partial Probability Matching, an adaptive statistical data compression technique
- Delivered High-Level User Analytics, presenting various metrics specific to over 1.5 million unique users, highlighting significant insights with customized aggregation logic for generated drill-downs, along with detailed data scope for intuitive investigation

### Full Stack Engineer @ Rapid7
Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | San Francisco Bay Area
InsightCloudSec | Cloud Security Posture Management Service
- Expanded multiple microservices for the Host Vulnerability Management feature through (1) improved multi-layer data visibility, (2) enhanced in-progress assessment provisioning, and (3) newly integrated wizard design pattern (AWS, Azure, GCP, TypeScript, React)
- Leveraged Python and SQLAlchemy to create an API service facilitating seamless communication between micro services by pre-processing consolidated query results from various databases for direct consumption at the API endpoint
- Spearheaded UX improvement project scoping, drafting and testing multiple mock ups throughout design cycles in collaboration with UX designers and engineers for Host Vulnerability feature’s optimization and improvement (Figma)
- Refactored front-end service to decommission legacy Angular implementation in order to operate entirely in TypeScript and React ecosystem, considering both shared explicit type data structure consistency and future workflow expandability

### Full Stack Engineer @ Rapid7
Jan 2019 – Jan 2023 | San Francisco Bay Area
tCell | Runtime Application Self-Protection, NextGen Web Application Firewall
- Owned, led and oversaw the front-end service engineering team, implementing 20+ new features (incl. Whitelist Logic Flow), task-scoping for agile workflow, and resolving high priority customer support cases spanning multiple micro services
- Initiated refactor project for newsfeed service (front-end / API / backend services), both improving scalability and reducing browser processing, ultimately resulting in a 400% loading speed improvement and 60% reduction in over-fetching
- Implemented new front-end service (ClojureScript, React, DataScript) by decomissioning legacy microservice that utilized multiple frameworks (Angular, React, Grunt.js) for ease of current maintenance and future capacity expansion
- Drafted and validated 20+ Figma design proposals, collaborating with UIUX designers and engineers for feature expansion

### Software Engineer Intern @ NEPES PTE LTD
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Seocho-gu, Seoul, Korea
- Collaborated with Hardware engineers to build and deploy Maroon, an I/O packet manipulating Windows software with GUI for the Cypress FPGA microprocessor, while also enabling embedded silicon development process (C# .NET Framework)
- Developed 20+ Radial Basis Function integration test cases, unit tests, and usability tests for the AI centric Neuroshield: Embedded processor, providing verification layers on silicon’s expected output operations (C++ Arduino Neuroshield)
- Researched and designed Neuroshield technology application in the consumer space, with over 30+ ideations and implementation

### Information System Management, Staff Sergeant @ Republic of Korea Air Force
Jan 2015 – Jan 2017 | Korea
Maintained the front-end of the intranet web application to reflect client needs and refactor obsolete features (HTML, CSS, JS)
Operated the Command and Control system, which consolidates target locations and documented troubleshooting manuals that were distributed to 2000+ soldiers
Enforced cyber security protocols of network usage for 800+ computing units as a Cyber Emergency Response Division Lead of the 8th Fighter Wing


## Education
### Bachelor of Arts - BA in Cognitive Science
University of California, Berkeley


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/dongwookchriskim

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Last updated: 2026-04-11