Estelle Kim
CS + CG '27 @ UPenn
creative engineer | building experiences to inspire people
Coursework
Experience
Data Engineering Intern @ Southern California Edison [2025]
- Build data pipelines and manage databases for Southern California’s largest utility serving 15 million residents.
Frontend Web Developer @ Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Center for Autism Research [2025~]
- Developing an ML-driven data + project management hub for autism researchers using React, Vite, and JavaScript.
Vice President External, 2x Project Lead, Full-Stack Developer @ Penn Spark [2024~]
- Executive board for Penn’s largest community of creative technologists and designers.
- Organize a top-down rebrand of the club and new community program involving alumni mentorship and corporate partnerships.
- 2-time technical/product lead for web and app dev projects, manage cross-functional team and external partnerships.
Front-End Developer @ Penn Spark x Penn Museum Virtual Exhibition [2025]
- Built and maintained an interactive museum experience seen by 180K+ visitors/year under an 8-week deadline.
- Implemented IndexedDB architecture to persist images, metadata, and UI state for offline-first behavior.
- Owned webcam-to-sticker pipeline with dynamic SVG clipping, generative styling, and IndexedDB storage.
- Co-developed a drag-and-drop stickerboard with precise mouse/touch handling and export-to-PNG support.
Undergraduate Business Development & Marketing Intern @ FlexIt Inc. [2024]
- Draft Q4 stakeholder report and investor communications for late-stage startup.
- Propose and implement UI and marketing improvements such as improved search features and promotional cards.
Industrials Committee @ Wharton Investment & Trading Group [2024~]
- Applied financial modeling and business analysis skills in a semester-long training program, internal pitch debates, and the Dartmouth Stock Pitch Competition.
Board Member @ UPenn Women in Computer Science Residential Program [2024]
- Plan and implement tech-oriented events on campus, start a biweekly speakers program with esteemed faculty.
Governmental Affairs Director @ California Association of Student Councils [2024]
- Pass 3 CA laws by working with legislators, lawyers, organizations, and bureaucrats and coordinating lobbying events.
