Kai Wei Koh

Software Engineer at Bifrost

Singapore

About

Serial Hackathoner, professional designer and programming enthusiast. Working on the most bleeding edge technologies to make the world a better place. Drop me a message if you have some really cool ideas we can work on together!

Experience

  • Software Engineer at Bifrost
    Jul 2021 - Present · 5 yrs 1 mo

    Building a new virtual reality @ Bifrost.ai

  • Software Engineer at GovTech Singapore
    Oct 2018 - Jun 2021 · 2 yrs 9 mos

    Full stack software engineer - Worked on projects such as Singapore Design Systems - Helping to implement a design systems for governmental agencies to easily adhere to IM8 requirements to fit accessibility and design required by this policy TraceTogether - Helped to build the first landing page of the app using AWS Fargate, react, typescript SafeEntry - One of the first members on board this project, worked on it since its inception to the point where it was deployed across the country. Also helped to write and maintain a mobile business application that serves at least 25K users to allow them to scan people in/out without having to purchase any hardware devices. CorenetX - Helped to prototype applications to test the feasibility of using open source software such as blender to test building requirements against 3D models and IFC data and python. Helped build the payment portal using PERN stack.

  • Pioneer & President at What The Hack @ SUTD
    Aug 2016 - Oct 2018 · 2 yrs 3 mos

    Organized a South East Asian Level Hackathon that had 175 Signups, 180 people on the waitlist and 4000 Page Views on the hackathon Website. The hackathon generated 30 Submissions that encompassed both Software and Hardware Solutions. - Raised S$27K of funding from various sponsors for the event. Ran the event on a budget of 6.5K - Recruited and lead a team of 22 Students from different disciplines - Wrote a website using Flask. - Achieved 90% positive reviews for the event. - Created and planned an exhibition workflow for the event. - Drafted legal documents for terms and conditions to be approved by the school. - Did Graphics design along with a team of talented artists from SUTD. - Did pitching to all our sponsors. More details can be found in the links.

  • President (2016) at ISTD Student Council
    Sep 2016 - Sep 2018 · 2 yrs 1 mo

    Voted in to represent the batch of 2016 ISTD Pillar in the student senate, my roles include: • Lead a committee of 8 ISTD Council members to serve a community of 250 ISTD Students and Staff • Organize ISTD centric events and facilitate feedback sessions between staff and students

  • UIUX Designer & Front-End Developer at GovTech Singapore
    May 2017 - Aug 2017 · 4 mos

    Worked as a UI/UX Designer and Front End Developer using MEAN stack. Nectar - PaaS system - Reduced the depth of the site map of the Nectar PaaS from 5 layers to 3. - Conducted user research on users of the Nectar PaaS admin site Aura - A workplace application to help facilitate collaboration between colleagues in an organization through a workplace calendar and personal branding feature. - Conceptualize the design of the Aura workplace application - Worked on the user flow of the Aura mobile application. - Wrote marketing copy for Aura's application, website and video - Designed and wrote the landing page for Aura.