Yu Gyeom Jeong
3131 Walnut St. (Apt 234), Philadelphia
Summary
Backend engineer specializing in distributed systems, microservices architecture, and cloud-native platforms. Proven experience scaling high-traffic systems, improving reliability, and modernizing backend infrastructure on GCP. Strong background in event-driven systems, CI/CD automation, and performance optimization in high-growth environments.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
Software Engineer III
Nuuly
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
04.2024 - Current
- Led platform-wide architecture and reliability initiatives across microservices, scaling stateless distributed systems to support 11× traffic growth while improving latency, fault isolation, and reducing production errors by 90% through redesign of authentication and session flows
- Established independent service ownership model by designing per-service CI/CD pipelines and migrating Kafka-based state management to PostgreSQL persistence, enabling zero-downtime deployments, reducing operational complexity, and eliminating deployment coupling
- Led backend and cloud modernization on GCP using Kotlin, Spring Boot, and Kubernetes, improving system resiliency under high concurrency and delivering $2M+ annual infrastructure cost savings through compute and data flow optimization
- Built event-driven systems and asynchronous processing pipelines using Kafka, increasing throughput and enabling scalable cross-service workflows
- Developed MCP-based agentic AI orchestration layer to automate engineering workflows, improving developer productivity and reducing CI/CD cycle time across team
Software Engineer II
URBN (Urban Outfitters, Anthropologie Group, Free People & Nuuly)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
07.2022 - 04.2024
- Built high-throughput REST API using Kotlin Coroutines, processing 10,000+ updates for garment location tracking and reducing latency by 62%
- Developed Kafka Streams applications for processing Recurly webhooks and maintaining real-time state synchronization via state stores
- Integrated Kafka consumers with Braze APIs to automate customer messaging workflows at scale
- Contributed to internal tooling using TypeScript and Vue.js, improving developer alignment between frontend and backend systems
Internal Controls Project Management Officer
FMC Corporation
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
04.2018 - 09.2018
- Designed and programmed business-tools on Wdesk cloud database alleviating 25% of accounting control update bandwidth
- Migrated the annual accounting control-testing database from SharePoint to Wdesk reviewing its data integrity
- Managed the SAP S/4 HANA implementation project by creating the overall project tracker of four cross-functional teams
- Collaborated with external consultants on risk mitigation deliverables and internal control merges
Education
Bachelor of Arts - BA - Mathematics
Drexel University
06-2022
Bachelor of Science - BSBA - Finance, General
Drexel University
06-2022
Skills
- Agentic AI Harness Engineering
- Google Cloud Platform
- Terraform
- Kubernetes
- Kafka
- Redis
- PostgreSQL
- BigQuery
- Spring Boot
Honors-Awards
Full Ride Scholarship - Drexel Global Scholar Program
Languages
Korean (Native or Bilingual)
Indonesian (Native or Bilingual)
Timeline
Software Engineer III
Nuuly
04.2024 - Current
Software Engineer II
URBN (Urban Outfitters, Anthropologie Group, Free People & Nuuly)
07.2022 - 04.2024
Internal Controls Project Management Officer
FMC Corporation
04.2018 - 09.2018
Bachelor of Science - BSBA - Finance, General
Drexel University
Bachelor of Arts - BA - Mathematics
Drexel University