Forward Deployed Engineer / Oscilar
Dowon Kim.
New things are cool.
Building and deploying risk decisioning systems across fraud, credit, onboarding, and compliance.
Life route / 1998–present
Seoul → Cambridge
- Continents
- 03
- Span
- 1998 → present
- Current
- Cambridge, MA
How I approach engineering.
My work sits between software architecture, data, and delivery. I focus on problems where correctness, speed, and operational reliability all matter.
My training in statistics and data science shapes how I test assumptions and communicate tradeoffs. Research and teaching taught me to make complex ideas understandable.
Where I've lived and worked.
Six stops / 1998 → Present / Scroll to explore
Route projection / Interactive
- 1998
Born in Seoul
Seoul, South KoreaMoved to Lagos the following year.
- 1999 – 2012
Growing up in Lagos
Lagos, NigeriaAttended the American International School; played soccer, golf, and the saxophone.
- 2012 – 2016
High school in California
Irvine, CaliforniaAttended Arnold O. Beckman High School after moving from Lagos.
- 2016 – 2020
UC Berkeley
Berkeley, CaliforniaEarned dual degrees in Statistics and Data Science; completed all but one class for a History major.
- 2020 – 2022
Life in the SF Bay Area
San Francisco Bay Area, CaliforniaLived in Berkeley, Oakland, San Jose, and San Francisco during the two years after graduation.
- 2022 – Present
Cambridge
Cambridge, MassachusettsWorked at Galatea Associates from 2022 to July 2026, finishing as a senior engineer and tech lead. Joined Oscilar as a forward deployed engineer.
What I'm building.
03 records / Tools in context
What I do outside of work.
Golf / Football / Art / Games / History