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Khyteang Lim
👋 Welcome! My name is Khy. Fractional Staff Software Engineer in Healthcare
I am a co-founder and CTO at a recruiting SaaS company, Waldo Labs, Inc, and a Fractional Staff Software Engineer at Caire Health. Before Waldo Labs, I was a senior software engineer at Blink Health and Thirty Madison. Helping both companies build out distributed systems that enable the operation of their cloud-based pharmacy division.
As a fractional Staff Software Engineer specializing in the healthcare industry, my focus on virtual care and provider workflow drives my passion and desire to mak…
Work
- caire.health
Caire Health is an innovative and patient-centric virtual-first care platform revolutionizing the healthcare industry. As a Staff Software Engineer at Caire Health, I played a pivotal role in the company's early stages, collaborating closely with the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) to build the initial engineering team within the first two months.
Leveraging my extensive experience in virtual care a…
Waldo Labs | Automating Hiring for Companies
Waldo Labs is a recruiting SaaS company that provides a platform for businesses to automate and streamline their recruitment process. Their platform includes features such as job posting, candidate tracking, and resume management, as well as integration with other recruitment tools and services. They also provide analytics and reporting to help companies track the effectiveness of their recruitment efforts. Waldo Labs aims to help businesses save time and money on recruitment while also improving the candidate experience.heywaldo.io
Experience
Caire Health
Fractional Staff Software Engineer
Jan 2023 - Present
Caire Health is an innovative and patient-centric virtual-first care platform revolutionizing the healthcare industry.
- As a Staff Software Engineer at Caire Health, I played a pivotal role in the company's early stages, collaborating closely with the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) to build the initial engineering team within the first two months.
- By closely collaborating with Product Managers, I ensure a thorough understanding of their requirements, allowing me to create efficient and effective implementation plans.
- Leveraging my extensive experience in virtual care and deep understanding of provider workflow, my primary responsibilities revolve around developing strategic roadmaps and proposing comprehensive technical architectural designs.
Waldo Labs, Inc
Co-founder & CTO
Mar 2022 - Present
The First Platform Connecting Talent and Companies Based on Mutual Interest.
- Lead a diverse team of six developers to build an ATS with proprietary algorithm to match candidates with roles using regression analysis & real-time calibration
- Drive innovation & growth for a $1M+ annual revenue Recruiting SaaS company through streamlining daily operation & building automated solution, resulting in an increase of over 10x candidate matches per day
FAM: Financial Action Manager
Co-founder & Technical Advisor
Dec 2018 - Present
FAM is an intuitive goal-driven platform that allows you to save with your friends and family. This is achieved with three different types of financial goals, allowing you to save for anything with anyone!
- Provide technical roadmap to CEO & lead product & engineering of app development (launched on App Store)
Thirty Madison
Staff Software Engineer
Mar 2021 - Mar 2022
Thirty Madison is a family of specialized healthcare brands creating exceptional outcomes for all.
- Architected & led implementation of event-based microservice to integrate Thirty Madison's internal ecosystem with Robotic Pharmacy Dispensing System & third-party logistics
- Created RFC for organizational standard for S2S communication & asynchronous task management
Blink Health
Senior Software Engineer I
Mar 2019 - Mar 2021
Blink Health is a digital health company on a mission to make prescription medications accessible and affordable to everybody. Blink’s cloud-based pharmacy platform eliminates traditional roadblocks within the prescription medication supply chain, enabling patients to access their medication at the lowest possible price and with the greatest convenience and transparency.
- Developed & maintained the internal cloud pharmaceutical management system that manages patient & prescription records & performs pharmacy operations
- Automated pharmacy operations such as prescription verification, dispensing refills & processing of claims
- Created & implemented event-based microservice that powers the system's communication with other pharmacy switches to process claims & insurances, focusing on data consistency, maintainability & scalability
Vista (formerly Vistaprint)
Senior Software Engineer
Sep 2016 - Mar 2019
Vista, a Cimpress company, helps small business owners across the world design and market their business.
- Member of the Design Platform Gallery team, responsible for the health & components of the Vistaprint Website Gallery page
- Participated in architecting & implementing the design & deployment of an object-oriented microservice that provides searchable capability for our monolithic platform
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