Homin Lee

Secure Systems & AI Integration Engineer
[email protected] · Pangyo, Korea · github.com/suapapa · homin.dev

Summary

Senior software engineer with 20+ years of experience delivering secure, mission-critical systems across embedded platforms, cloud-native infrastructures, and AI services. Known for bridging technical silos between hardware, cloud backend, and AI teams—resolving architectural bottlenecks early and accelerating delivery. Brings end-to-end execution with a strong focus on security architecture, from Uptane-compliant automotive OTA updates to resilient, high-volume AI telephony and inference pipelines.

Skills

Languages

  • Go

  • C / C++

  • Rust

  • Python

Cloud & Infrastructure

  • Kubernetes

  • Docker

  • GCP / AWS

  • GitOps

  • CI/CD pipelines

System & Security Engineering

  • Secure OTA systems (Uptane)

  • High-throughput networking (SIP/RTP)

  • AI & RAG system integration

  • Linux systems administration

Architecture & Platform

  • Distributed transaction orchestration (Saga pattern)

  • Microservices architecture (MSA)

  • Android HAL & native framework (Binder)

  • Linux kernel modules & drivers

Inter-Team & Technical Leadership

  • Cross-functional technical alignment

  • Hardware / Backend / AI integration

  • Pragmatic architectural decision-making

Professional Experience

42dot Software Engineer
Aug 2023 - NOW

  • Led Mobile Backend incident-response readiness, defining P0/P1 criteria and response roles, creating a shared playbook, and establishing measurable drill and continuous-improvement processes with an AI-powered response assistant.

  • Design, implement, and operate an end-to-end OTA (Over-the-Air) update system for Software-Defined Vehicles (SDV), applying the Uptane framework for cryptographically secure firmware delivery.

Kakao Enterprise Software Engineer
Dec 2019 - July 2023

  • Built a distributed Saga transaction orchestration platform on Kubernetes with dynamically configurable transaction steps via ConfigMaps.

  • Architected and developed high-throughput SIP/RTP telephony services for the KICC AI contact center, reliably processing 6,000+ voice bot calls daily.

  • Developed the embedded OTA client and factory test server for the Mini Hexa smart speaker.

Kakao Software Engineer
Nov 2017 - Dec 2019

  • Engineered core platform services and device integrations for Kakao Mini and Kakao Mini C smart speakers.

KossLab Researcher
Jan 2016 - Oct 2017

  • Conducted open-source research and developed Go-based IoT framework libraries and tooling.

Open Source

Top-Ranked Go Developer in Korea
Key Open Source Contributions

Certifications

Education & Background

Inha University B.S. in Computer Engineering
Incheon, Korea, Mar 1997 - Feb 2004
Korean ARMY Sergeant
April 1999 - May 2001