Hi, I'm

Nick Kim

Building software, exploring AI, and learning a little more every day.

About

School always came easy, but nothing really clicked until I started building. Hackathons did it: take an idea, ship it over a weekend, watch someone actually use it. That's still the part I chase.

I study Management Engineering at the University of Waterloo and build as a Software Engineering Intern at Appli AI. Outside of tech: gym, guitar, golf, hockey.See my hobbies

What I'm exploring

AI Saftey
AI agents and automation
Building useful full-stack products

Lining up a putt on the green with a friend

Posing with laptops at a hackathon judging round

With friends in University of Waterloo gear

Presenting the Nomad project at a hackathon whiteboard

Work

Software Engineering Intern at Appli AI
June 2026 — Present
Building AI-powered matching and backend systems that deliver secure, near-real-time recommendations.
PythonTypeScriptNeo4jRecommendation SystemsVector EmbeddingsBackend Development
Machine Learning Research Intern at Algoverse
June 2026 — Present
Researching safer, self-improving LLM systems using retrieval augmentation and adaptive evaluation.
PythonLLMsAI SafetyRAGMachine LearningResearch
Founder & Lead Tutor at One2One Tutoring
Sept 2024 — June 2026
Founded a referral-driven tutoring business that helped 18 students strengthen their mathematics skills.
EntrepreneurshipTeachingCommunicationLeadershipMathematics

Projects

nomad

A Solana-based identity layer that gives AI agents verifiable, revocable permissions.

Winner of Best Use of Solana, JamHacks

SolanaRust / AnchorTypeScript

Live demo Repo Devpost

Janus

An AI-powered sensor arbitration system that detects conflicting spacecraft telemetry and selects the safest data source in real time.

Third Overall, Google DeepMind Hackathon.

GemmaAISensor Fusion

Repo

Atlas

A spatial memory platform that turns ordinary walkthrough videos into photorealistic 3D places you can revisit, organize, and share.

Next.jsGaussian SplattingFirebase

Repo Devpost

Buzzy

A social market where users discover trends and trade virtual shares using in-app tokens.

Next.jsTypeScriptFirebase

Visit site Repo Devpost

MarryMap

A shared wedding-planning workspace: couples Tinder-swipe through vendor options together and a built-in CRM tracks every quote from lead to booked.

First Place, Cursor Toronto Hackathon. $3,500 in prize credits.

Next.jsTypeScriptTailwind CSSSupabase

Repo

One2One Tutoring

Before this, introducing myself to new families meant a cold text message, now I just send a link. It gives students and parents a proper, visual first impression, instead of going back-and-forth over text.

My Tutoring Buisness Website

Next.jsTypeScriptTailwind CSS

Visit site

Hobbies

Gym

Last workout

Guitar

Just for fun — I post covers sometimes lol.

@kimmer_music17

Contact

Feel free to reach out if you'd like to discuss opportunities, have a quick coffee chat, or just say hi! I'm always looking forward to meeting new people.