# Galen K.

> Software @ Zip (we're hiring!) | EECS @ Berkeley

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

I'm a recent graduate in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from UC Berkeley. My interests include signal processing, software engineering, and teaching!

## Work Experience
### Senior Software Engineer @ Zip
Jan 2022 – Present
Full stack

### Undergraduate Student Instructor (uGSI) - EE120, Signals and Systems @ University of California, Berkeley
Jan 2020 – Jan 2021
Teach various topics including signals, systems, stability, discrete/continuous Fourier series/transforms, Laplace- and Z-transforms, and filter design. Provide academic resources for undergraduate students, including weekly office hours, homework parties and discussion sections; collaborated with teaching team to successfully migrate these online amidst COVID-19 pandemic.

### Software Engineering Intern @ Verily Life Sciences
Jan 2021 – Jan 2021
Software engineering intern for Alphabet's Verily Life Sciences, where I worked to create an automated pipeline using Copybara and GitHub Actions to synchronize message definitions between my team's Protobuf backend and TypeScript frontend.

### Software Development Engineer Intern @ Amazon
Jan 2020 – Jan 2020
Planned and executed migration of a Dynamo DB sweeper service from Apollo hosts to Native AWS, incorporating flexible autoscaling based on compute load, resulting in a 97% reduction in monthly compute costs. Onboarded and deployed onto AWS & cloud services including ECR, ECS/Fargate, Docker, and Cloud Formation. Migrated and improved legacy code coverage and quality for service spanning 3 million accounts and 25 regions.

### Undergraduate Researcher @ SWARM Lab
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Berkeley, California
Researched the system dynamics and controllability of cheap, mass-producible 10-gram spacecraft propulsed by solar sails. Modeled and simulated the system responses of the solar sail in a proportional-derivative feedback configuration using Simulink.

### Student Assistant @ Berkeley Sensor & Actuator Center
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Berkeley, California
Assisted the administrative portion of the Berkeley Sensor and Actuator Center in financial operation, infrastructure, and database maintenance. Ensure the smooth fulfillment of requests pushed through by researchers, involving funding, literature publication, and event logistics.


## Education
### Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering/Computer Science
University of California, Berkeley
Jan 2018 – Jan 2022


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

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Last updated: 2026-03-22