Kevin Kang

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DISC Type : c

Software Engineer at Discord

Seattle, Washington, United States

Overview

Kevin is a Software Engineer at Discord focused on discovery, growth, and SEO. A University of Washington graduate, he previously worked at Meta on e-commerce loyalty programs and interned at Microsoft, where he developed an anomaly detection tool using NLP.

Outside of his main roles, Kevin has a background in teaching and mentorship, having served as a Teaching Assistant for systems programming. He is also an Eagle Scout, demonstrating a long-standing commitment to community and leadership from a young age.

He co-authored an article on using Vision AI and machine learning to analyze the U.S. Olympic Diving Teams performance.

Personality Overview

Price-Sensitive

Systematic

Not Easily Convinced

While they don't hesitate to ask questions, they are generally risk-averse and tend to be late adopters.  They prefer to fully evaluate every situation. They generally do not appreciate an overfriendly approach and prefer to stay to-the-point.

Topics They Care About

Mobile User Growth
At Discord, he led a mobile notification project to drive user engagement, indicating a focus on growth engineering and user retention strategies.
E-commerce Integrations
He co-led loyalty program integrations for sellers on Facebook and Instagram Shops, demonstrating experience with third-party APIs and scaling e-commerce solutions.
Applied AI
He has worked with NLP for anomaly detection and co-authored a publication on using Vision AI and ML to analyze athletic performance.

Media Appearances

You’ve Got (Too Much) Mail: Behind the Scenes of the 3/25/26 Voice Outage. Featured in Discord Blog

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Discord Reveals How a Hidden Circular Dependency Triggered Its March Voice Outage. Featured in InfoQ

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Work History

8-2025
Software Engineer at Discord
9-2019 - 11-2024
Software Engineer at Meta
9-2018 - 11-2018
Software Engineer Intern at Meta
6-2018 - 8-2018
Data Scientist Intern at Microsoft
9-2017 - 3-2018
Teaching Assistant at University of Washington

Education

2015 - 2019
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) from University of Washington

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Insights For Selling To Kevin

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Emphasize on objective proof of ROI, help them do a thorough evaluation
  • Emphasise more on facts and measurable benefits
  • If you have a lower priced product compared to the competition, call out the same

DONT's

  • Don’t try to be too friendly or informal with them
  • Avoid rushing them, be polite and patient
  • Avoid phrases like ‘do not worry about’, ‘no one compares to’ etc.

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Kevin is

  • Ensuring that the product delivers ROI, cost-effective pricing and process compliance are very important for them.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Kevin

  • It doesn’t come naturally to them but they can say no if they are not convinced.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Kevin move?

  • If they have the information that they need, they can move fast at making their decisions.
  • Can Kevin take some risk or not?

  • If they believe that they have analyzed the situation well, they can take a little risk.

You And Kevin

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