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Chi Kim

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Director of Engineering at Sidecar Health
📍 Redondo Beach, California, United States

Chi Kim is an engineering leader with over 20 years of experience modernizing complex systems in healthcare, fintech, and media. As a Director of Engineering at Sidecar Health, he focuses on improving delivery, architecture, and productivity. He holds a degree from the University of Colorado Boulder and multiple advanced AWS certifications.

Outside of his formal role, Chi is passionate about software engineering culture and technology. He is a prolific writer on topics ranging from Domain-Driven Design and cloud architecture to engineering management philosophies, actively sharing his expertise and learnings with the broader tech community.

He architected the high-traffic, real-time systems for major NFL events like the Super Bowl MVP and ProBowl voting.

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Experience
20 Years
Current Role
Director of Engineering
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Redondo Beach, California, United States
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AI-Assisted Development
He actively posts about the complexities of AI-assisted coding and has written technical articles on implementing solutions with AWS Bedrock for machine learning.
AWS Cloud Architecture
A self-described "Cloud Advocate, " he holds multiple professional-level AWS certifications and has designed serverless, event-driven platforms using AWS services.
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Career

Work history

7-2024
Director of Engineering
Sidecar Health
12-2021 - 7-2024
Senior Engineering Manager
Sidecar Health
1-2020 - 12-2021
Engineering Manager
Tala
11-2016 - 11-2019
Principal Software Engineer
National Football League (NFL)
4-2013 - 11-2016
Manager of Engineering
National Football League (NFL)
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Education
Bachelor of Science - BS
University of Colorado Boulder
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