David Kim
Software Engineer at Datadog
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDavid Kim is a software engineer based in New York with seven years of professional experience who transitioned from a career as a Biglaw attorney to building serverless systems at Datadog. He brings a rare combination of legal rigor and engineering pragmatism to designing reliable, observable cloud-native services. Since joining Datadog in 2019 he has focused on serverless tooling and production observability, applying disciplined problem-solving learned in complex litigation to large-scale software problems. Educated with a J.D. from Georgetown and a coding immersive background from Hack Reactor, he bridges cross-functional teams and translates business and compliance constraints into pragmatic technical solutions. Quietly, his career path signals an ability to thrive in high-stakes environments and to reinvent technical expertise rapidly.
8 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Briarcliff High SchoolBachelor of Arts (B.A.), Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) at University at AlbanyJuris Doctor (J.D.), Juris Doctor (J.D.) at Georgetown University Law CenterHack Reactor
Github Skills (17)
hugo10
datadog10
documentation10
profiling9
lambda9
logging9
otel8
apm-agent8
azure-functions8
aws-lambda8
distributed-tracing8
monitoring8
observability7
go7
azure-app-service4
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
Allende-HR/Allende-HR
Aug 2018 - Sep 2018
Contributions:69 PRs, 51 pushes, 29 branches in 25 days
Chronobreak/Algorithms
Nov 2018 - Dec 2018
Contributions:42 pushes, 1 branch in 18 days
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