Martin Yongwook Lee
About Martin Yongwook Lee
Martin Yongwook Lee is a Senior Engineering Manager at Sendbird, where he has worked since 2021. He has extensive experience in software engineering and infrastructure management, having previously held positions at Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics.
Work at Sendbird
Martin Yongwook Lee currently serves as a Senior Engineering Manager at Sendbird, a position he has held since 2021 in Seoul, South Korea. Prior to this role, he worked as an Engineering Manager at Sendbird for 10 months in 2020. His contributions include leading the adoption of Kubernetes and collaborating with AWS Solutions Architects to standardize EKS and observability platform management. He also established an observability platform using Prometheus and Grafana to enhance system reliability.
Previous Experience at Samsung Electronics
Before joining Sendbird, Martin Yongwook Lee worked at Samsung Electronics as a Staff Software Engineer from 2012 to 2019. During his seven-year tenure in Suwon, Gyeonggi-do, Korea, he contributed to various software engineering projects, focusing on enhancing software solutions and infrastructure.
Career at LG Electronics
Martin Yongwook Lee worked at LG Electronics as a Senior Software Engineer from 2004 to 2012. His eight years in Seoul, Korea, involved developing and implementing software solutions, contributing to the company's technological advancements and product offerings.
Education and Expertise
Martin Yongwook Lee holds a Master of Science (MS) in Computer Science and Engineering from Seoul National University, where he studied from 2001 to 2004. He also earned a Bachelor of Science (BS) in Electrical and Electronics Engineering and Computer Science from KAIST, studying from 1996 to 2001. His educational background provides a strong foundation for his expertise in software engineering and cloud infrastructure.
Technical Contributions
Throughout his career, Martin Yongwook Lee has made significant technical contributions, including the adoption of ArgoCD for continuous delivery pipelines and the implementation of Infrastructure as Code using Ansible for configuration management. He also developed strategies for spot instance adoption to improve cost efficiency in cloud infrastructure and led initiatives to modernize infrastructure for scalability and maintainability.