Summary
Dae K is an experienced engineering manager and former staff mobile engineer based in Toronto with nine years of delivering mobile-first products and scaling teams across consumer and enterprise domains. He has led teams of up to eight engineers, driving technical direction, agile processes, and cross-functional integrations for high-impact initiatives like a multi-million dollar B2B AutoCanada partnership. Hands-on from Xamarin to Flutter, he combines deep mobile engineering chops with a pragmatic focus on CI/CD, automated testing, and release stability to improve predictability and throughput. At Kijiji he introduced lightweight decision records and pre-planning reviews, raising sprint commit-to-complete predictability from ~65% to 90% and later to 100% sprint completion. He mentors through structured 1:1s and onboarding, has a track record of rescuing and upskilling teammates, and frequently balances delivery speed with security and privacy risk reduction. A Waterloo CS grad, Dae blends practical engineering craftsmanship with measurable operational improvements that de-risk strategic partnerships.
9 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's Degree Honours Computer Science with Business Option, Bachelor's Degree Honours Computer Science with Business Option at University of Waterloo
English, Korean