I'm a passionate software engineer and entrepreneur based in the SF Bay Area, currently serving as CTO at Clix.so and Founder of Livewire.so. With experience as a backend developer at Coupang and NAVER, I'm dedicated to building innovative developer tools and scalable applications.
- CTO at Clix.so - AI Agent for Customer Engagement
- Founder of Livewire.so - Location based Live Performance Discovery Platform
- Open source contributions and community building
- JavaScript/TypeScript - Primary focus with extensive experience
- Java & Scala - Enterprise backend development (Coupang, NAVER experience)
- React & Redux - Frontend application development
- React Native (Expo) - Cross-platform mobile development
- Node.js - Backend and full-stack development
- Spring Framework - Java enterprise applications
- Ktor - Kotlin server-side development
- AWS - Cloud infrastructure and services
- Supabase - Backend-as-a-Service and real-time applications
- PostgreSQL - Relational database design and optimization
- Developer tooling and productivity solutions
- Full-stack application development
- Cross-platform mobile applications
- Cloud-native architecture
- State management architecture
- API design and integration
A comprehensive React + Redux application development tool designed to streamline the development process and reduce boilerplate code.
An isomorphic Fetch API implementation with enhanced browser compatibility, enabling seamless HTTP requests across different environments.
A powerful template for bootstrapping modern applications with Expo, Next.js, and Firebase integration.
🎵 Livewire.so - Live Performance Discovery Platform
Built with Supabase & React Native (Expo)
Korea's premier live music discovery platform that helps users find concerts and performances near them.
Key Features:
- Location-based concert discovery
- Real-time performance data from official sources
- Artist information integrated with YouTube and Spotify
- Cross-platform mobile app (iOS/Android)
Tech Stack: Supabase, React Native (Expo), TypeScript, PostgreSQL
CTO at Clix (2025-Present) Palo Alto
AI Agent for Customer Engagement - Kotlin, AWS, LLM, CRM
CTO at Notifly (2023-Present) Seoul
Engineering leader for CRM marketing automation, performance optimization - Next.js, PostgreSQL, AWS, Spark
Founder at Livewire (2022-Present) Seoul
Built live music discovery platform with generative AI crawling - React Native, Supabase, Generative AI
CTO at Your.GG (2021) Seoul
Led gaming analytics service, A/B testing, container migration - Java, Kotlin, AWS, Docker
Led backend foundation teams, built server-side scraping platform - Java, Go, Kubernetes, Microservices
Principal/Senior Engineer at Coupang (2013-2020) Mountain View
Built A/B testing platform, SDK development, monolithic to microservices migration - Spring, Scala, Kotlin, Kafka, GraphQL
Software Engineer at NAVER (2011-2013) Seoul
Built NAVER TV from scratch, recommendation engine, distributed video infrastructure - Java, Spring, Apache Mahout
- 🦈 Pull Shark (x4) - Significant open source contributions
- 🤝 Pair Extraordinaire - Collaborative development excellence
- ⚡ Quickdraw - Rapid issue resolution
- 🎯 YOLO - Bold and innovative commits
- ⭐ Starstruck - Popular repositories
I believe in:
- Developer Experience First - Tools should enhance, not hinder creativity
- Open Source Contribution - Sharing knowledge and building community
- Continuous Learning - Staying at the forefront of technology
- Pragmatic Solutions - Balancing innovation with reliability
- 🔗 LinkedIn: cho-minkyu
- 🐦 Instagram: @min.kyu.cho
- 🐦 Twitter: @alanxcho
- 📧 Email: pitzcarraldo@gmail.com
- Next-generation development tools
- AI-assisted development workflows
- Cross-platform application architecture (RN, Flutter, KMP)
- Developer productivity optimization
- Startup technology strategy
