KEVIN SANGMUAH

Brooklyn,NY

Summary

Software engineer specializing in reliable cloud and data systems, with a track record of turning complex operational challenges into practical, user-focused solutions.

Overview

years of professional experience

Work History

Software Engineer

Reddit Inc.

08.2025 - Current

Designed and built a self-service cloud data permissions tool that analyzes SQL, identifies required access, and generates reviewable infrastructure configuration—addressing a baseline of 225 permission-related failures across 18 workloads.
Developed a centralized metadata service that aggregates workload and dataset information from Kubernetes, internal service catalogs, and Google Cloud through a unified gRPC API, improving ownership discovery and incident routing.
Improved system reliability by diagnosing and resolving production data-integrity failures and deploying a multi-cluster development environment with service-to-service authentication and gRPC.
Delivered production features across incident management, access control, and cloud data platforms while translating customer feedback into technical designs and aligning implementation across multiple engineering teams.

Software Architect

ReTax360

07.2023 - 08.2025

Managed a cross-functional offshore team in building and maintaining both the client-facing website and internal CRM system, providing detailed mockups and designs, and managing project timelines through regular standups and GitHub Enterprise.
Engineered a Python-based data pipeline to scrape and analyze millions of Cook County property and deed records, identifying over 90,000 eligible customers.
Facilitated over $200,000 in property tax refunds for clients with the firm collecting a 1/3 service fee.
Designed the integration of third-party software solutions including Twilio, Stripe, Calendly, and Squarespace.
Served as the Google Cloud Platform Owner and Administrator, optimizing cloud resources, managing security settings, and ensuring cost-effective use of cloud services for the company.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science and Business Administration

University of Southern California

Los Angeles, CA

05-2025

Skills

Cloud and infrastructure: Google Cloud Platform, Kubernetes, BigQuery, GitOps, infrastructure automation
Backend and data systems: Go, Python, SQL, gRPC, APIs, distributed systems, metadata platforms

Reliability and engineering: Site reliability engineering, incident response, production debugging, data integrity, authentication and authorization
Leadership and collaboration: Technical design, cross-functional collaboration, stakeholder alignment, customer-focused development

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