Estelle Kim
CS + CG @ UPenn
creative engineer | building experiences to inspire people
Coursework
Experience
Data Engineering & Systems Planning Intern @ Southern California Edison [2025]
Technical Project Lead @ Internet Atlas (Penn Spark) [2025]
- Led team of 6 developers to iterate on and deploy an ML & ThreeJS-based website mapping users’ digital journeys as a networked force-directed graph.
Front-End Dev @ Penn Museum Into The Blue Exhibition (Penn Spark) [2025]
- Developer on an immersive, gamified web app for a 9-month exhibition in collaboration with the Penn Museum.
Web Dev @ UPenn Autonomous Systems Lab [2025~]
- Migrate an HTML website used across 20+ countries to React framework, focused on improving UX and maintainability.
Web Dev @ Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Autism Research Center [2025~]
- On student team developing an online research hub bridging an ML backend/extensive database with information-forward web interface.
Project Lead & Back-End Dev @ Penn Pins (Penn Spark) [2024]
- Co-lead a team of designers + developers to build social exploration app that helps Penn students spontaneously discover events and communities on campus.
Summer Internship @ FlexIt [2024]
- Worked at late-stage tech startup alongside founders, team members, and MBA interns.
- Focused on communicating and seeking feedback to deliver quality work, including drafting the Q4 stakeholder report and implementing new ideas like a language filter on the search page and trainer business cards.
Wharton Investment & Trading Group [2023~]
- Learned valuation and accounting fundamentals through semester-long accelerator program in Penn’s premier finance club.
- Explored finance by taking thorough notes on books, external pitch competitions + internal activities, and upperclassman mentorship.
Daily Pennsylvanian Foundation [2023-2024]
- Contributed to shaping the new Foundation branch of Penn’s independent newspaper with the exec director.
- Connected with alumni, designed an 8-page capital campaign handbook, and engaged with key figures in Philly’s media ecosystem.
California Legislation [2022-2023]
- Acted as a bridge between students’ education policy proposals and actionable systemic solutions.
- Worked with stakeholders, legislators, and lawyers to design sustainable legislation
- Passed AB1867 (sustainable plumbing) & AB748 (mental health) in 2022 and drafted/passed SB857 (dept. of education student committee) in 2023.
- Lobbied for/against dozens of education bills based on student-driven stances.
