Taehun Kim
Founder & CEO · AI/ML Engineer · Golden Kubestronaut
Summary
A software engineer with 17+ years of experience across embedded systems, machine learning, and cloud infrastructure. He began in 2008 by writing a Linux network driver for a TCP/IP chip — work that landed in the mainline Linux kernel — and went on to port the kernel to one of the first ARM64 single-board computers.
Beginning in 2019, he worked as a machine learning engineer across sound AI, data annotation, autonomous driving, and esports. He shipped an on-device AI SDK, distributed training pipelines, a Kubernetes-based MLOps platform, and match analytics models. One model reached 99% accuracy, while his FinOps work reduced cloud costs by 60%.
In January 2026, he founded Taehun Kim Software Lab in South Korea. Working with AI agents, he independently designs, builds, and operates production SaaS products, mobile apps, and games. He is a Golden Kubestronaut and holds 26+ cloud and AI credentials.
Skills
AI & Machine Learning
- Agentic AI
- Agent Orchestration
- LangGraph
- TensorFlow
- TFLite
- Model Quantization
- Scene Classification
- OCR
- On-Device AI
Cloud & Infrastructure
- AWS
- Google Cloud
- Azure ML
- Kubernetes
- Cloudflare
- Virtualization (KVM / Xen)
- FinOps
DevOps & MLOps
- GitOps
- Argo CD
- Kubeflow
- MLflow
- CI/CD
- DataOps
- MLOps
- SRE
Embedded & Systems
- Embedded Linux
- Linux Kernel
- Device Drivers
- Bootloader
- Buildroot
- BSP
- ARM64
- TCP/IP Networking
Product & Application
- Full-Stack Development
- Web Apps
- Mobile Apps
- Android
- Python
- SaaS
- Game Development
Career arc
2008 – 2017
Embedded & Linux systems
Worked close to the hardware, building bootloaders, kernel drivers, and board support packages for network chips and single-board computers.
- Developed a network driver for a hardwired TCP/IP chip that was merged into the mainline Linux kernel.
- Ported the bootloader, Linux kernel, and drivers to one of the first ARM64 single-board computers, and built its Ubuntu distribution.
- Ported the KVM hypervisor to ARM64 hardware.
- Linux Kernel
- Device Drivers
- Bootloader
- BSP
- ARM64
- TCP/IP
- Virtualization
2019 – 2025
AI · ML engineering
Built production machine learning systems, from on-device SDKs and distributed training to MLOps platforms and their underlying cloud infrastructure.
- Shipped an on-device sound AI SDK for Android and Python, using TFLite quantization to fit the models onto constrained hardware.
- Built distributed training and real-time inference pipelines on managed Kubernetes, along with MLOps platforms using Kubeflow and MLflow.
- Trained a scene classification model to 99% accuracy for esports analytics, with OCR models and real-time data pipelines alongside it.
- Led DevOps and FinOps end to end, implementing GitOps delivery with Argo CD and reducing cloud spend by 60%.
- Built a LangGraph-based DevOps agent that interacts with production infrastructure.
- TensorFlow
- TFLite
- Kubernetes
- Kubeflow
- MLflow
- Argo CD
- AWS
- GCP
- Azure ML
- LangGraph
2026 – Present
A company of one
Founded Taehun Kim Software Lab in South Korea. Three products are live, each designed, built, and operated by one person working with AI.
- Builds and ships infrastructure services, developer tools, and mobile games under a single operating model.
- Orchestrates multiple AI agents across design, implementation, review, and operations.
- Owns every layer — architecture, infrastructure, releases, and customer support.
- AI Orchestration
- Vibe Coding
- SaaS
- Mobile
- WebGL
- Cloudflare
- Full-Stack
Education
Sungkyunkwan University
Master's in Mobile Communications Engineering
2009 – 2011
Youngsan University
Bachelor's in Information and Communication
2000 – 2007
Publications
Concurrent Multipath Transfer using SCTP multihoming over heterogeneous network paths
Understanding Virtualization with Xen — CPU Virtualization
Understanding Virtualization with Xen — I/O Virtualization
Understanding Virtualization with Xen — Memory Virtualization
Credentials
A selection of 26+ cloud, Kubernetes, and AI credentials.
Golden Kubestronaut
CNCF
AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional
Amazon Web Services
AWS Certified Machine Learning – Specialty
Amazon Web Services
AWS Certified Data Engineer – Associate
Amazon Web Services
AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate
Amazon Web Services
AWS Certified AI Practitioner
Amazon Web Services
Google Cloud Associate Cloud Engineer
Google Cloud
Essential Cloud Infrastructure: Foundation
Google Cloud
Essential Cloud Infrastructure: Core Services
Google Cloud
Elastic Cloud Infrastructure: Containers and Services
Google Cloud
Neural Networks and Deep Learning
DeepLearning.AI
Machine Learning Data Lifecycle in Production
DeepLearning.AI
Open source
Upstream contributions to the Linux kernel, TensorFlow, and Buildroot — including a network driver merged into the mainline Linux kernel.
- Linux kernel
- TensorFlow
- Buildroot