Senior Software Engineer · Galatea Associates
Dowon Kim.
Senior Software Engineer and tech lead at Galatea Associates, building real-time, ML-driven decision systems for some of the world's largest financial institutions.
About
A bit about me
I'm a senior software engineer and tech lead at Galatea Associates, where I build the real-time decisioning systems behind JPMorgan Chase's card-authorization platform, one of the largest in the world. I focus on taking hard problems from proof of concept to production at scale.
I've lived across three continents: born in Seoul, raised in Lagos, and schooled in California before earning dual degrees in Statistics and Data Science at UC Berkeley. It's made me adaptable and at ease working across cultures and contexts.
Dual B.A. in Statistics & Data Science, UC Berkeley
Journey
Seoul to Cambridge, and everywhere between
- 1998
Born in Seoul
Seoul, South KoreaWhere it all started.
- 1999 – 2012
Growing up in Lagos
Lagos, NigeriaGrew up in Lagos, where I attended the American International School and picked up soccer and saxophone along the way.
- 2012 – 2016
High school in California
Irvine, CaliforniaMoved to Southern California for high school at Arnold O. Beckman High School.
- 2016 – 2020
UC Berkeley
Berkeley, CaliforniaEarned dual degrees in Statistics and Data Science, and came one class short of a History major, too.
- 2020 – 2022
Life in San Francisco
San Francisco, CaliforniaSpent a couple of years in the city between graduating and joining Galatea, with a few research and teaching stints along the way.
- 2022 – Present
Galatea Associates
Cambridge, MassachusettsJoined as a software engineer and became a senior engineer and tech lead, building real-time decisioning systems for JPMorgan Chase's card-authorization platform.
Skills
Tools I work with
Languages
Backend & Distributed Systems
Cloud & DevOps
Data & Storage
ML & Statistics
Domain
Beyond work