Yousung (Ally) Kim
yousungkim98@gmail.com
I'm a backend software engineer passionate about building distributed, scalable systems that power high-performance applications. With a dual background in computer science and finance, I'm particularly interested in the intersection of technology and financial systems. Outside of work, I enjoy exploring new programming languages and studying real-world system architectures used across the tech industry.
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Education
University of Pennsylvania
Masters of Science, Computer Science
GPA: 4.0
2024 UPenn MCIT Hackathon - Honorable Mention | 2024 DragonHacks MLS Hackathon - Best Domain Awards
Dec 2024
Princeton University
May 2021
Bachelors of Arts, Economics
GPA: 3.86, Magna Cum Laude
Experience
Morgan Stanley
Software EngineerNYCQuantitative Investment Strategies Team
  • Engineered a multi-threaded, distributed microservice to automate index rebalancing workflow, leveraging a thread-safe queue and distributed workers to concurrently process requests from REST APIs and external databases
  • Developed an index sign-off service, streamlining the publishing of 8,000+ proprietary indices to Bloomberg by 89%, by implementing a rules engine for validating indices and a multi-day cache for storing real-time index summaries
  • Built a real-time intraday monitoring system that improved intraday server anomaly detection by 96%, using a pub/sub queue to process over 4,000 updates per minute and providing instant alerts on missed updates
    • Java SpringbootAngular.jsLinuxSQLMongoDB
    Feb 2025 - Present
    AT&T
    Software Engineer InternDallas, TXData Analytics and Insights Team
  • Architected a full-stack platform for 3,000+ supply chain employees to publish and download data analytics reports, by designing UI and developing database schema, optimized SQL stored procedures, and REST APIs
  • Created an integrated system for building dashboards on the web to provide users with an end-to-end reporting solution, leveraging JavaScript and Microsoft Embedded Analytics Client API to enable interactive data uploads and analysis
    • Node.jsReact.jsSQLSnowflakeFigma
    May - Aug 2024
    Keep.ID
    Software Engineer InternPhiladelphia
  • Engineered a multi-page, user-facing application workflow for government aid submissions, reducing human errors by 94%, and implemented robust server-side validation to ensure data accuracy and consistency
    • React.jsJavaApache MavenMongoDBTailwind CSS
    Oct 2023 - Nov 2024
    Technical Skills
    Languages:
    C++, Java, Python, Javascript/Typescript, HTML, CSS
    Development/Deployment:
    React.js, Angular.js, Next.js, Node.js, Express.js, Bootstrap, Tailwind, Docker, CassandraDB, Apache Kafka, Docker, Linux, Jenkins
    Database:
    MongoDB, MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite, Neo4j
    Data Analytics / BI Tools:
    R, Stata, PowerBI, Advanced Microsoft Excel