Kevin Pei

Open to Summer 2027 internships

Kevin Pei

Software Engineer · New York, NY

I'm a computer science student at NYU who builds backend systems and the infrastructure that agents run on.

Right now I'm at Korr Insurtech, where I cut a core document workflow's load time by 65% and folded 60+ Lambda functions into a single service — dropping provisioned memory 93% and monthly infrastructure cost 29%. I also lead server development at NYU's High Speed Research Lab on Corelink, an open-source transport framework for real-time applications.

Outside of work I build agent tooling, which has won a couple of hackathons.

Work

Software Engineer Intern · Korr Insurtech

May 2026 — Present

New York, NY

  • Cut core document workflow load time 65% with parallel server-side queries and ElastiCache.
  • Consolidated 60+ HTTP Lambda functions into a single Express Lambda behind API Gateway — cold-start surfaces from 60 to 1, provisioned memory down 93%, monthly infrastructure cost down 29%.
  • Migrated 100,000+ insurance policies off a legacy administration platform, writing reconciliation logic that hit 99.9% field-level accuracy against source.
  • Shipped 5 insurance-operation workflows end to end across REST APIs and OpenSearch.

Server Development Lead · NYU High Speed Research Lab

Dec 2025 — Present

New York, NY

  • Extend Corelink's JS and Python open-source libraries — a data-agnostic transport framework for real-time applications.
  • Reduced streaming jitter 20% and added support for 4+ protocols, enabling browser-native streaming.
  • Built a credential-provisioning REST API with TTL leases and cleanup, replacing manual credential workflows.

Software Engineer Intern · INF.ai

Jun 2025 — Aug 2025

Shanghai, China

  • Scaled a securities-exam prep platform to 500+ concurrent users by optimizing query and request handling.
  • Implemented role-based access across test modules, admin dashboards, and instructor performance analytics.
  • Built timed-exam state management with Valtio, enforcing exam progress and sequential navigation.

Projects

Education

New York University

Expected May 2028

B.S. Computer Science, Data Science minor · GPA 3.83 / 4.0

Toolkit

Languages
PythonTypeScriptJavaScriptSQL
Frameworks
ReactReact NativeNext.jsNode.jsFastAPI
Cloud & Infra
AWSGCPPostgreSQLDynamoDBRedisOpenSearchElastiCacheS3SQSDocker
Tools
GitClaude CodeCursorSupabaseFigma

Let’s talk.

I’m always up for a conversation about backend systems, agent infrastructure, or anything you’re building.

kevinxpei@gmail.com