Chi Kim

Energizer
DISC Type : I

Director of Engineering at Sidecar Health

Redondo Beach, California, United States

Overview

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.

Personality Overview

Believer

Relationship Oriented

Imaginative

They are not always early adopters but can be pursuaded by leveraging strong relationships.  Unlike C or D types, they are vocal with their opinions but not so much with their questions. They excel at seeing the bigger picture, and the long-term impact of their decisions.

Topics They Care About

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.
Domain-Driven Design
He writes articles advocating for Domain-Driven Design (DDD) principles in API endpoint design and building more robust entity models with JPA and Hibernate.

Media Appearances

Chi has no verified media appearances

Work History

7-2024
Director of Engineering at Sidecar Health
12-2021 - 7-2024
Senior Engineering Manager at Sidecar Health
1-2020 - 12-2021
Engineering Manager at Tala
11-2016 - 11-2019
Principal Software Engineer at National Football League (NFL)
4-2013 - 11-2016
Manager of Engineering at National Football League (NFL)

Education

Bachelor of Science - BS from University of Colorado Boulder

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Exp : 20 Location : Redondo Beach, California, United States Job Level : Mid-senior Designation : Director of Engineering at Sidecar Health
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Insights For Selling To Chi

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Use phrases like ‘people will love’, ‘massive impact’ etc.
  • Talk about their team and how your product will help them do things better and easier
  • Be friendly and entertaining in your conversation

DONT's

  • Don’t assume a yes just because they have not said no
  • Don’t be excessively objective, be a storyteller
  • Don’t push them to make a decision too fast, let them get comfortable first

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Chi is

  • Relationship and trust can be vital with them, sometimes more than anything else.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Chi

  • They are unlikely to say no directly, you have to make that decision yourself.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Chi move?

  • They are not the fastest decision makers, their friendly approach can give false positive signals.
  • Can Chi take some risk or not?

  • They may take certain risks that they deem unlikely of personal repercussions.

You And Chi

Personality Compatibility


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