Jin Kim

Jin Kim

Agentic systems and stripe-like polish.

new york / 11y / partially-available / $320/h / typescript
qv* progress · 3 of 6
3 recommendations
1 awards

I build agentic backends — the kind of system that does real work for you instead of just chatting. Background in distributed systems at Stripe and Anthropic.

qv* / qualifications

Credentials.

  • MSc Computer Science
    carnegie mellon university · qv* verified
    2014
  • AWS Solutions Architect Professional
    amazon web services · qv* verified
    2021
qv* / featured projects

Featured projects.

Loopkit Agent Platform

Loopkit Agent Platform

Customer support agents that actually resolve tickets.

qv* / builder stack

What I build with.

Claude Code· 1yCursor· 2yTypeScript· 9yPostgres· 7y
qv* / languages
english
native
korean
native
qv* / awards

Awarded.

2025
Winner · OpenAI Hackathon
openai · 2025

A genuinely autonomous customer-support agent. The judge could not tell the difference for 12 turns.

qv* / verified recommendations

What past clients said.

Jin is the engineer I send into legacy code that's been festering for years. He comes out the other side with a working system.

patricia volkov · director of engineering at stripe
refactoring legacy billing pipeline · apr 2025 · 1 mar 2026

Quietly rebuilt our entire data ingest pipeline over a weekend. Cut our processing time by 80%. He's the rare hire who does what they say they'll do.

rohan iyer · cto at tessera
data pipeline rebuild · sep 2025 · 21 feb 2026

Strong engineer, sometimes too thorough for an MVP. We extended his contract anyway.

kim lawrence · founder at loopkit
mvp architecture · jan 2026 · 18 feb 2026
qv* / rates

Working together.

$320/h
typical hourly
qv* / availability
partially-available
remote
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