About
I'm Tae Hwan Kim — Monte to most people. I'm a software engineer — backend-leaning, full-stack in practice — who likes owning the whole path: Terraform and CI/CD at the bottom, Spring Boot APIs in the middle, Next.js consoles on top.
Before software I wrote music — released tracks, scored independent films, produced ad music. That's what led me to found Muroom, a studio-rental platform for musicians. I still think building products is closer to composing than to engineering textbooks admit.
Now
Building the fitness platform at Moty in Seoul. Moving to the UK in October 2026 on a Youth Mobility Scheme visa — no sponsorship needed. Open to software engineering roles (backend / full-stack) in London.
Path so far
2025 — now
Software Engineer · Moty
Multi-tenant fitness-platform API, auth framework, analytics redesign, infra ownership.
2025 — 26
Founder & Backend Lead · Muroom
University-backed startup; led a team of six to an MVP in 5 months.
2024
Java Backend Course · NHN Academy
Full backend stack; 8-week online-bookstore build with Spring Security + JWT.
2017 — 24
B.S. Computer Science · Seokyeong University
Multiple merit scholarships; AI/Big-Data track, LikeLion project lead.
Tools I reach for
Java · Spring BootPostgreSQL · PostGISTypeScript · Next.jsAWS · TerraformRedisGitHub Actions