Education
University of Southern CaliforniaAug 2025 – May 2027
Master of Science in Computer Science (AI)
Gachon UniversitySep 2018 – Feb 2024
Bachelor of Engineering in Software Engineering, Cum Laude
Professional Experience
Software Engineering Intern, Integration & Interoperability PlatformJun 2026 – Present
Blue Shield of California · Long Beach, CA
- Developing reusable AI-assisted tooling for Boomi-to-MuleSoft migrations using MuleSoft Vibes, Anypoint Code Builder, and internal integration standards
- Built an initial reusable AI migration skill that guides phased analysis of Boomi processes, field mappings, transformation logic, configuration, counters, and error-handling patterns
- Analyzed a production integration reference process to identify mapping gaps and validation requirements, and defined Python MCP tools for structured Boomi parsing and MuleSoft standards compliance
Web Team Lead (NIH R01 Funded Project)Jan 2026 – Present
University of Southern California, Interaction Lab (Prof. Maja Matarić) · Los Angeles, CA
- Leading full-stack development of a secure NIH-funded research platform on AWS with Next.js and TypeScript, establishing code review standards and sprint workflows for a cross-functional team
- Translating study requirements into backend schemas and API contracts for longitudinal workflows and robot integration
- Implementing an LLM-assisted reflection module to personalize therapeutic content within study workflows
- Integrating web interfaces with socially assistive robots (Blossom) via AWS IoT Core (MQTT) for low-latency bidirectional communication
Full-Stack Engineer, AI Business DivisionSep 2023 – Jun 2025
EMRO – Korea's #1 AI-powered supply-chain software provider · Seoul, Korea
- Developed and launched "Quotation Doctor," a high-impact internal business application for Hyundai Motor Group, enabling search over historical quotes and surfacing price benchmarks and purchase history
- Built and extended enterprise-scale backend APIs using Java/Spring with MySQL/PostgreSQL to power validation, analytics, and monitoring workflows
- Developed interactive dashboards in JavaScript (HTML/CSS) to visualize validation outcomes and operational metrics
- Integrated a FastText-based similarity service (Python/Flask), validating 100K+ quotes/month and reducing page load time from 10s to under 2s
- Standardized CI/CD across Azure and on-prem environments (Jenkins, Docker) with automated health checks and rollback mechanisms
Projects
Peeko – Real-time AI lecture recovery systemApr 2026
Concept & Team Lead · 1st Place Overall, Build4SC Hackathon (GRIDS x Viterbi, USC, 47 participants)
- Led a 4-person team to design and ship an end-to-end AI product in 12 hours
- Built LLM pipelines for rolling session summarization, "Catch Me Up" recovery, and Q&A detection with a Node.js/Supabase backend
Visurai – AI-powered visual storytelling assistantOct 2025
Awards: 1st Place (Context Engineering), Software Engineering Award · USC Good Vibes Only Buildathon (LA Tech Week by a16z)
- Built real-time FastAPI backend converting text into visual storyboards & narration; streamed incremental results via SSE
- Designed an async multi-stage pipeline with concurrency control for slow generative workloads
Proact0 – Multi-agent LLM pipeline for AI InfluencersMay 2025 – Nov 2025
AI Agent Developer
- Architected a multi-agent pipeline using LangGraph to generate structured JSON storyboards for image generation; cut JSON errors ~30% via schema-constrained prompting and validation
Research Experience
Graduate Research InternSep 2025 – Present
University of Southern California, AI for Health Lab (Prof. Ruishan Liu) · Los Angeles, CA
- Developed a cold-start CAT pipeline integrating LLM-based simulation and IRT calibration
- Implemented evaluation tooling for CAT simulations (batch runs, metrics logging, reproducibility)
- Co-authored a paper on synthetically calibrated IRT item banks for CAT (submitted to ACL Rolling Review, ARR)
Skills
Languages
PythonJavaTypeScriptJavaScript
Frameworks
Spring BootFastAPIFlaskReactNext.js
AI & Agentic Systems
LLM applicationsAI agentsLangGraphMCPPrompt & workflow design
Integration & Data
MuleSoft Anypoint PlatformDataWeaveREST APIsMySQLPostgreSQL
Cloud & DevOps
AWSAzureDockerJenkinsCI/CD
Additional Information
Republic of Korea Army · Sergeant (Squad Leader)Sep 2019 – Mar 2021
- Completed mandatory service with honorable discharge; led a squad for 6 months following Signal School training