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Iris Kim

Overview

9
9
years of professional experience

Work History

Software Engineer, iOS

PayPal
San Jose
04.2025 - Current

iOS engineer on PayPal Credit Cards, building SwiftUI/MVI features for card activation, autopay, activity history, and beta launches used by 20K+ daily users.

  • Contributed to the Credit team becoming the first of 16 feature teams to deliver the US beta for the PayPal app revamp.
  • Built core credit-card flows including Autopay, Card Activation, and a reusable Credit Activities component.
  • Introduced a reusable SwiftUI toast modifier adopted across 8 views, reducing duplicated presentation logic across the codebase.
  • Shipped the first US PayPal app beta with zero P0-P2 bugs across 70 QA-reported issues by triaging defects and coordinating fixes across iOS, Android, backend, and PM.
  • Reduced P3 bugs to 3% of reported issues in the second beta by converting QA findings into prioritized tickets and distributing fixes across the pod.
  • Added unit, functional, and snapshot tests for credit card flows to improve release reliability during beta rollout.
  • Led a 5-engineer on-call pod for one quarter, running standups, sprint planning, QA triage, and crossfunctional delivery coordination.
  • Mentored a summer intern and onboarded 2 full-time iOS engineers through technical ramp-up and career guidance.
  • Owned critical team documentation including the release process and onboarding guide to support team scaling.

Software Engineer Intern, iOS

Apple
Cupertino
06.2024 - 09.2024
  • Built an internal iOS prototype that adjusted HomePod volume based on real-time iPhone proximity.
  • Used UWB ranging data and trilateration to estimate user position relative to nearby devices.
  • Integrated Rapport for local messaging to dynamically adjust volume levels for individual HomePods.
  • Partnered with the Sensorium team to improve APIs and resolve integration issues.

Localization and QA Specialist

WELOCALIZE
Cupertino
10.2017 - 11.2021
  • Localized Apple Media Products marketing copy from English to Korean, ensuring quality across user-facing product surfaces.
  • Tested Apple mobile devices and Macs using structured test suites, reporting localization and functional bugs through internal bug-tracking tools.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science

OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY
Corvallis, OR
12-2024

Skills

  • Swift
  • Python
  • JavaScript
  • C
  • SwiftUI
  • UIKit
  • MVI
  • MVVM
  • Xcode
  • Snapshot Testing
  • Functional Testing

Timeline

Software Engineer, iOS

PayPal
04.2025 - Current

Software Engineer Intern, iOS

Apple
06.2024 - 09.2024

Localization and QA Specialist

WELOCALIZE
10.2017 - 11.2021

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science

OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY
Iris Kim