Daehyun Kim
Software Engineer — Systems Programming
About
Software engineer with a strong foundation in CS, focused on systems programming, database internals, and low-level performance engineering.
I enjoy building reliable, efficient software close to the metal — memory management, concurrency, compiler internals, and the kind of problems where understanding the hardware matters. Currently deepening my work in Rust and C++.
The terminal is my primary interface for everything. I live in the CLI — composability, minimal tooling, and sharp feedback loops are what make me productive and keep things fun. I daily-drive Arch Linux and am equally fluent in RHEL and Ubuntu for production environments.
"What I cannot create, I do not understand" — Richard Feynman
Skills
Education
Korea University
- Operating Systems, Algorithms, Computer Architecture, Databases, Networks
- Programming Languages (OCaml) — implemented interpreter, type checker, GC
McGill University
- CS coursework: Software Systems, Computer Science, Foundations of Programming
- Thesis: Skewness in Individual U.S. Stock Log Returns at Different Investment Horizons — processing a 55-year dataset of 3,200+ companies led me to pursue CS
EIB The Victor Hugo School, Paris
- Entered McGill as a sophomore via IB credits
Projects
patchers
TUI tool — Rust · actively maintained
Terminal-based interactive tool for reviewing and slicing large diff/patch files. Lets you select specific hunks to include or exclude, then generates a minimal partial patch. Useful for breaking down large patches and preparing clean, review-friendly diffs.
Contact
Open to systems programming roles — C++, Rust, infrastructure, or database engineering.