About me

Hello, I'm Samuel Shin!

As a dedicated software engineer and a recent graduate from the University of Southern California, I take pride in building functional, efficient, and creative solutions with code. My experience ranges from co-founding an AI-based startup and securing $600K in funding to developing various successful mobile applications with over 1,000 downloads on the Google Play and App Store. I'm thrilled you're here to explore my work and journey!

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What I Love

Testimonials

  • Tom McGuire

    Tom McGuire

    Few are fortunate enough to have an intern as skilled and driven as Samuel. I had the pleasure of helping mentor Samuel throughout the summer of 2022 working closely on the Valora Wallet. Samuel’s ability to jump into a new code base and ship features touching both the front and backend services were superb; he was able to quickly learn our practices and process which was apparent in the quality and quantity of work he produced. Samuel’s work ethic and desire to learn were of a quality that I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend to any future engineering team; any team would be lucky to have him as a member and I know he will be missed here at Valora.

  • Kathy Luo

    Kathy Luo

    Samuel is a great asset for any team. I really enjoyed working with him and appreciated his ambition and dedication. He didn’t hesitate to pick up complex tasks from the very start and made many valuable contributions to our team and product in a short time. He was proactive about seeking help and feedback, and I have no doubt that this growth mindset will make him valuable to any future team. It would be a pleasure to work with Samuel again in the future.

Resume

Education

  1. University of Southern California, Viterbi School of Engineering

    2021 — 2023

    Master of Science in Computer Science

    Dean's Master's Scholarship

  2. Yonsei University

    2012 — 2018

    Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Bachelor of Business Administration

    Undergraduate Full Scholarship

Experience

  1. Full-Stack Development Intern @ BirchAI

    Mar 2023 — May 2023

    • Developed React-based WebApp demo for NLP models, including audio-to-text and summarization models

    • Engineered FastAPI proxy server for the NLP model API server using WebSocket, RabbitMQ, and PostgreSQL

    • Orchestrated deployments with Docker Compose, Alembic, and AWS EC2

  2. Full-Stack Development Summer Intern @ Valora

    Jun 2022 — Aug 2022

    • Developed blockchain wallet app using React Native, Redux, and TypeScript; conducted A/B testing through Firebase

    • Created a Node.js API server with Express and GraphQL for blockchain transaction information, impacting over 500,000 users

    • Designed algorithms to classify blockchain transactions into NFT or swap categories based on token transfer data

  3. Machine Learning Engineer @ USC Institute of Creative Technology

    Oct 2021 — May 2022

    • Developed pipeline to generate 3D skeleton data from TED videos using PyTorch, Variational Autoencoders, and One-Euro filter

    • Co-authored paper titled “A Tool for Extracting 3D Avatar-Ready Gesture Animations from Monocular Videos,” accepted at MIG 2022 (ACM SIGGRAPH Conference on Motion, Interaction and Games)

  4. Software Engineer @ Samsung Research

    Jan 2018 — Jul 2021

    • Co-founded AI-based dance game startup and secured $600K in funding from Samsung Venture Investment Corporation

    • Developed real-time 2d skeleton inference API server with Node.js backend using Tensorflow and FastAPI

    • Innovated foot pressure inference model using RGB cameras and smart shoes, achieving 90% accuracy

    • Built hand detection model with 95% accuracy using YOLOv3, deployed to AR glasses at Samsung Research AR Lab

  5. Software Engineering Winter Intern @ LG CNS

    Feb 2017

    • Developed WebSocket-based webpage managing distributed servers processing smart factory sensor data

  6. Auxiliary Police @ Korean National Police Agency

    Oct 2013 - Jul 2015

    • Served as police as a substitute for military service in Korea

    • Collaborated with 30 auxiliary police officers to keep citizens safe in a demonstration

My skills

  • Programming Languages

    Python, Java, Kotlin, JavaScript, TypeScript, C, C++, C#, Solidity, Dart, Go

  • Web & Mobile

    React, Angular, Android, Flutter, React Native, Node.js, Nginx, Flask, FastAPI, Bootstrap, jQuery, Ajax, Redux

  • Frameworks & Tools

    Pytorch, Tensorflow, scikit-learn, Geth, Infura, Ganache, Truffle, GitHub, Docker, AWS, GCP, Unity

  • Operating System & Database

    Linux, MacOS, Windows, MySQL, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, Alembic, SQLAlchemy

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