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New-grad Software Engineer · Waterloo Computer Engineering

Tae Hong (Richard) Kim

Software Engineer, Cloud Developer, DevOps Engineer, AI enthusiast, Quality Engineer
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Tae Hong (Richard) Kim outdoors

Hi, I’m Richard, a fourth-year Computer Engineering student at the University of Waterloo and an incoming new grad. I’m currently a Software Engineer Intern at TD.

I’m passionate about building end-to-end software that solves real problems, from full-stack applications and backend services to cloud infrastructure and deployment. More recently, I’ve been interested in bringing AI and LLM capabilities into these systems to create smarter, more useful experiences.

I’ve previously worked at Fundserv, Ford, and KAR Global. I’m always excited to learn, build, and connect. Feel free to reach out!

Technical Skills

Languages, frameworks, and cloud tools I've used in internships and projects.

Languages

  • Java
  • C#
  • TypeScript
  • JavaScript
  • Python
  • SQL
  • PowerShell
  • YAML

Frameworks & Tools

  • Angular
  • React
  • Next.js
  • Spring Boot
  • ASP.NET Core
  • PostgreSQL
  • LangChain
  • LangGraph

Cloud & DevOps

  • Docker
  • Kubernetes
  • Helm
  • Terraform
  • GitHub Actions
  • AWS
  • Azure

Work Experience

Professional experience across full-stack development, cloud infrastructure, and enterprise software through internships in financial services, automotive, and technology.

  1. - Current

    Software Engineer Intern

    TD Bank

    • Building a C#/ASP.NET Core and Angular change-management platform that applies application-specific validation rules and integrates the GitHub Copilot SDK for AI-assisted document review.
    • Developing backend automation across TD Wealth for account validation and application delivery using SQL Server, PowerShell, GitHub Actions, SonarQube, and Nexus.

  2. -

    Software Developer Intern

    Fundserv

    • Worked on secure cloud-native microservices deployed to Azure Kubernetes Service, using APIM, MSAL, PKCE, and JWT for authenticated B2B communication.
    • Supported automated application delivery through GitHub Actions, ArgoCD, Terraform, Helm, and ACR, with integrated security and quality checks.

  3. -

    Software Developer Intern

    Fundserv

    • Built a full-stack financial onboarding application with Java, Spring Boot, Angular, TypeScript, and Oracle DB to replace manual support workflows.
    • Developed backend workflows for ingesting, validating, and storing financial data using Spring JPA, SQL, REST APIs, and Unix-based file processing.

  4. -

    Software Engineer in Test

    Ford Pro

    • Built automated validation across frontend, backend, APIs, and databases using TypeScript, Playwright, Cypress, Postman, and SQL.
    • Supported CI/CD and production debugging with Tekton, Docker, Azure DevOps, Linux, and Datadog across distributed Ford Pro services.

  5. -

    Software Engineer in Test

    Ford Pro

    • Developed reusable automation for API, database, and end-to-end application testing using TypeScript-based tooling.
    • Worked with developers to investigate failures across application, database, and deployment layers.

  6. -

    Quality Engineer

    KAR Global

    • Built automated validation for backend services, database operations, and file-processing workflows using SQL, JavaScript, and TypeScript.
    • Integrated API and end-to-end testing into Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines using SoapUI, Testim, and Linux/Unix tooling.

Projects

Projects spanning generative UI, AI research, cloud AI, and full-stack development.

  • AI Website Generator demo showing a prompt beside the generated website interface

    Generative UI

    Featured

    AI Website Generator

    Turns natural-language prompts into live, editable website interfaces with streaming AI-generated code.

    • Next.js
    • TypeScript
    • OpenRouter
    • PostgreSQL
    GitHub
  • AI-Agent Search Engine demo showing its research workflow and running terminal output

    AI agents / research

    Featured

    AI-Agent Search Engine

    Research agent that searches Google, Bing, and Reddit, then synthesizes the results into a single answer.

    • Python
    • LangGraph
    • OpenAI
    • Bright Data
    GitHub

  • RAG / cloud AI

    RAG AI Chatbot

    Retrieval-augmented chatbot that grounds responses in uploaded documents using AWS Bedrock and vector search.

    • AWS Bedrock
    • OpenSearch
    • LlamaIndex
    • Docker
    GitHub

  • Full-stack engineering

    Eventbook

    Full-stack event platform for discovering, managing, and discussing events in real time.

    • C#
    • ASP.NET Core
    • React
    • SignalR
    GitHub

Contact Information

Currently exploring new-grad software engineering opportunities and would be happy to connect. Feel free to reach out anytime. I'd love to chat!