강지혁

Software Engineer in Seoul, Korea

wlgur7238@snu.ac.kr

About

  • Software Engineer with 3.5 years of experience in product server development.

  • Proficient in maintaining the stability of complex projects and prototyping MVP products with agility.

  • Bachelor of Computer Science undergraduate, have served as military service obligation through the Industrial Personnel System (산업기능요원).

Work Experiences

Viva Republica (Toss)

Seoul, Korea

Product Server Developer

Nov. 2022 - Now

  • Developed demand-side advertising platform for advertisers in Ads Platform & Performance Team.

    • In charge of serving & feature engineering of pCTR Models & Performance tuning of Ad Server.

    • Researched & implemented budget pacing algorithm and stabilized platform revenue stream.

    • Constructed ad event collector module to develop pCVR Models.

  • Managed advertising execution pipeline on the platform of several ad product types, including performance and reward ads.

    • Built audit log and notification system of the platform with cross-functional architecture using internal event bus.

  • Launched ‘My Privacy Report’, a data-centric product highlighting the company’s transparency of privacy usage in Privacy Silo.

    • Built real-time data pipeline using Apache Kafka, handling 13M+ data daily average.

    • Made significant improvements upon internal cache library: migration from Java to Kotlin DSL, resolving cache stampede issue, and reducing redundant deserialization process.

  • Voluntarily assembled a team to launch a “Daily Fortune” service and generated ₩100M+ profit.

Select Star

Seoul, Korea

Backend Engineer

Nov. 2021 - Nov. 2022

  • Developed in-house data labeling service using Spring MVC Framework with Kotlin.

  • Migrated manual settlement system to an automated internal admin platform.

PRND Company

Seoul, Korea

Backend Engineer

Aug. 2021 - Nov. 2021

  • Developed used car trading backoffice using Django Rest Framework.

Projects

MediSpoon: Practice CPX with Agents

South Korea

Aug. 2024 - Now

  • Developed a medical interview (CPX) simulation service.

Educations

Seoul National University

South Korea

Computer Science & Engineering

Mar. 2019 - Now

  • Relevant Courses: System Programming, Algorithm, Data Structure, Computer Architecture...

  • Leave of absence until March 2025 to fulfill military service obligation (산업기능요원).

Awards

3rd Place in Primer GenAI Hackathon

South Korea

  • Won 3rd place among 130 teams by developing CPX simulation service for medical students.

Aug. 2024

Certifications

Industrial Engineer Information Processing

Human Resources Development Service of Korea

Jan. 2021

Skills

Software Development

  • Proficient in developing stable, complex product servers with multiple programming languages.

  • Experience in k8s infrastructure & distributed MSA systems management.

  • Comprehensive understanding of database storage solutions and caches.

  • Intermediate level of communication skills in English.

Contacts

Email

wlgur7238@snu.ac.kr

LinkedIn

jhstevekang

Phone

+82 010-3623-1620