Dukwhan David Kim
Programmer | Engineer | Chaplain
He/Him/His | INFP
I'm David - sometimes even Ducky. I build software and care deeply about the people who use it.
With a background spanning biomedical research, software engineering, and ministry, I bridge technical excellence with genuine care for people.
Skills
Go
- —Data ETL pipeline
- —Microservices architecture
- —Kubernetes orchestration
- —Custom tooling
Java
- —OOP design patterns
- —C/C++ integration via JNI
- —Scientific visualization
- —Hardware/embedded systems
- —Plugin architecture
MatLab
- —Algorithm development
- —GPU acceleration (OpenCL/CUDA)
Experience
Software Engineer
Tanium
Dallas, TX
2022 — Present
Cybersecurity software development
Chaplain Resident
UTSW Medical Center
Dallas, TX
2020 — 2022
Clinical pastoral education and patient care
Graduate Research Assistant
Texas A&M University
College Station, TX
2014 — 2017
Biomedical research in antibody engineering
Graduate Research Assistant
University of Texas at Dallas
Richardson, TX
2011 — 2014
Electrical engineering research
Projects
Go-based ETL Services in K8s
Containerized microservices for high-throughput data processing
- →gRPC-based inter-service communication
- →ClickHouse for analytical storage
- →Kubernetes deployment & orchestration
Microscopy Image Analysis Tool
Desktop application for biomedical research
- →GPU-accelerated image processing
- →Embedded systems integration
- →Extensible plugin architecture
QBI Conference Website
Full-stack conference management platform
- →Abstract submission & review workflow
- →Payment processing integration
- →Custom registration system