TaeJoon Kim 김태준

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Who Am I

Hi! My name is TaeJoon Kim. I am originally from South Korea. I am a US person with permanent recidency. I have over four years of experience as a Data Engineer at major financial institutions, including Wells Fargo and Regions Bank. I specialize in architecting robust ETL solutions and deploying stable and scalable AI solutions in production using MS SQL Server, Python, AWS, Terraform, Github Actions, snowflake, and Harness.

To bridge the gap between data infrastructure and AI, I am currently pursuing a Master of Science in Computer Science at The University of Texas at Austin. I am eager to apply my background in scalable data systems to an AI/ML Engineer role, particularly within the dynamic sectors of AI, robot, and life.

Beyond the Code: I am an avid cook, a food blogger, and an improver. Whether I'm experimenting in the kitchen, stage, or computer I bring creativity and spontaneity to everything I do.

Work Experience

Data Engineer - MLOps

Regions | Charlotte, NC

December 2025 – Present
  • Implemented RAG based AI chatbot based on AWS IDP template for document processing working with AWS solution architects, software engineers, and data scientists using Python, AWS, Terraform, GitHub Actions, and Harness
  • Maintained system reliability by proactively monitoring AWS Lambda metrics and logs through CloudWatch serving as the first line of defense to detect and resolve production incidents
  • Increased team productivity 10% by teaching 'how to use Copilot based on prompt engineering

Data Engineer

Wells Fargo | Charlotte, NC

July 2022 – Present
  • Spearheaded the migration of internal risk data aggregation application (3000+ users) from Azure Kubernetes Service to OpenShift, resulting in 20% operational cost reduction.
  • Drove Agile SDLC initiatives from sprint planning to production deployment using Jira, Confluence, and Github Actions.
  • Managed and monitored 100+ production ETL jobs using SSIS and AutoSys, guaranteeing 99% data availability.
  • Ensured 100% data accuracy for millions of financial risk data records through rigorous DML execution.
  • Updated C# scripts for timestamp logic and Stored Procs in MS SQL Server for alphanumeric data formatting.

Projects

AKS to OCP Migration

Wells Fargo

  • Migrated UI (Angular) and API (Spring) components to OpenShift Container Platform using Harness and GitHub.
  • Implemented non-functional requirements including searchable alerts, error handling, and user activity logging using Java, AppDynamics, and Splunk.
  • Tech: Java, Harness, Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes, Splunk.

DBMS for Wholesale Company

NCSU

  • Developed a relational DBMS to manage inventory, client info, transactions, and employee records.
  • Built a Java GUI to encapsulate SQL execution, providing role-based views for admins and customers.
  • Tech: Java, MariaDB, JDBC.

Invincible Tic-Tac-Toe Game

Personal Project

  • Developed a web-based single-player tic-tac-toe game against an unbeatable computer opponent.
  • Implemented minimax algorithm for adversarial planning, ensuring the computer player never loses.
  • Tech: HTML, CSS, JavaScript

Technical Skills

Languages

Python Java C# SQL R

CI/CD & Cloud

AWS - Lambda, EC2, S3, CloudWatch, Bedrock, SageMaker Snowflake Terraform Kubernetes Docker Jenkins OpenShift Harness GitHub Actions

Databases & ETL

MS SQL Server Teradata SQL Server Integration Services AutoSys: Workload Automation

Framework / Library

PyTorch Spring Angular

Education

The University of Texas at Austin

M.S. in Computer Science

Deep Learning - CNN, RNN, Transformer
Planning, Search, Reasoning Under Uncertainty - search algorithms, adversarial planning, Markov Decision Processing (MDP)
Advanced Linear Algebra

Exp. May 2028

North Carolina State University

B.S. in Computer Science

Software Engineering
Data Structures and Algorithms
Operating Systems
Automated Learning and Data Analysis

May 2022