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
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
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
TypeScriptJavaScriptPythonJava
Frameworks
ReactNext.jsSpringFastAPIFlask
Cloud & DevOps
AWS (Amplify, IoT Core, DynamoDB)DockerJenkinsAzure
Data / AI
MySQLPostgreSQLPyTorchLangGraph
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