류지환 (Jihwan Ryu) Jihwan Ryu (류지환)

Backend Engineer

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분산 시스템 설계와 성능 최적화에 집중하는 백엔드 엔지니어입니다. 분산 시스템에 대한 지속적인 관심으로, Ethereum 블록체인 기반 분산 경매/유통 플랫폼 캡스톤에서 시작해 Rakuten CNP(Enterprise Kubernetes, 로우레벨 C 분산 스토리지 서버) 실무를 거쳐, 현재는 LLM 기반 분산 비동기 클러스터를 설계·개발·운영하며 백엔드 및 인프라 역량을 확장·고도화하고 있습니다. Google DeepMind의 World Model 연구에서 영감을 받아, 분산 클러스터를 World Model로, AI 에이전트를 LLM으로 동치하여 상호작용 기반 개발 방식을 적용하고 있습니다. 코드베이스와 Observability 피드백 루프를 통해 클러스터와 에이전트가 함께 발전합니다. 기술 블로그를 통해 리서치부터 설계, 개발, 배포, 운영에 이르는 전 과정을 꾸준히 기록합니다.

Backend engineer focused on distributed systems design and performance optimization. With a continuous interest in distributed systems, I started with an Ethereum blockchain-based distributed auction/distribution platform capstone, gained hands-on experience at Rakuten CNP (Enterprise Kubernetes, low-level C distributed storage server), and am currently designing, developing, and operating LLM-based distributed asynchronous clusters while expanding and advancing my backend and infrastructure capabilities. Inspired by Google DeepMind's World Model research, I apply an interaction-based development approach by equating distributed clusters to World Models and AI agents to LLMs. The cluster and agents evolve together through codebase and Observability feedback loops. I consistently document the entire process from research to design, development, deployment, and operations through my technical blog.

Development Timeline

2017.03 - 2023.08 부산대학교 컴퓨터공학부 Pusan National University 정보컴퓨터공학과 공학사 (군복무: 2018.02-2019.12) B.S. in Computer Science (Military: 2018.02-2019.12)
2022.02 - 2022.11 Ethereum 경매 플랫폼 Ethereum Auction Platform Solidity, Web3.js, IPFS 기반 수산물 경매 Seafood auction based on Solidity, Web3.js, IPFS
2024.01 - 2024.06 UE5 PVE Game 게임 엔진 개발 및 Unreal Engine 5 프로젝트 Game engine development and Unreal Engine 5 project
2024.06 - 2024.11 KakaoTech Bootcamp LLM-Cloud 기반 웹/앱 서버 인프라 개발 LLM-Cloud based web/app server infrastructure
2024.12 - 2025.08 Rakuten Symphony Korea Cloud BU, CNP Storage 개발 Cloud BU, CNP Storage Development
2025.10 - Present Eco2 Project 2025 새싹톤 우수상(TOP4), Backend/Infra 고도화 2025 SeSACTHON Excellence Award (TOP4), Backend/Infra Enhancement
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Rakuten Symphony Korea - Cloud Engineer - Jr. Storage Developer (Server-side)
Dec 2024 - Aug 2025

Cloud BU | 정규직 | Rakuten CNP Storage 서버 유지 보수 및 Rakuten OStore 신규 개발

Cloud BU | Full-time | Rakuten CNP Storage server maintenance and Rakuten OStore new development

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Technical SkillsTechnical Skills

Language Go, Python3, C, C++17, Java, Solidity Backend FastAPI, Spring, gRPC, Protocol Buffers Infrastructure Kubernetes, Istio, Calico CNI, Terraform, Ansible, Docker DevOps ArgoCD, Helm, Kustomize, GitHub Actions, KEDA Database PostgreSQL, Redis (Streams, Pub/Sub), Elasticsearch Messaging RabbitMQ, Celery, Redis Streams Observability Prometheus, Grafana, Jaeger, Kiali, OpenTelemetry, EFK Stack Cloud AWS (EC2, S3, Route53, ALB, ACM, SSM)

ProjectsProjects

Eco2 - Multi-LLM Vision Recycling Assistant | Backend & Infrastructure
Oct 31, 2025 - Present (69 days)

GPT/Gemini Vision + Rule-based Retrieval 기반 AI 분리수거 도우미 | K8s 기반 24-Node 마이크로서비스 클러스터

AI recycling assistant based on GPT/Gemini Vision + Rule-based Retrieval | K8s-based 24-Node microservices cluster

Performance: ext-authz VU 2,500 RPS 1,477, p99 275ms, 로컬 캐시local cache p99 2.3µs | Scan API SSE VU 300 완료율completion rate 99.9%
Scan API Event Relay 도입Introduction: VU 50/99% → VU 80/33% (이전before) → VU 250/99.9%, VU 400/98.9%, VU 500/94% (현재current)
SSE Scan 포화 지점Saturation Point (VU 600): Redis Pool 20→100, Celery Broker Pool 10→50, Greenlet M:1 단일 노드 CPU 포화 분석·해결single node CPU saturation analysis & resolution

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DREAM - Interactive Story Generation Service | Backend & Infrastructure
Sep 2024

LLM & RAG 기반 시니어 꿈 실현 스토리텔링 서비스 | KakaoTech Hackathon — Eco² 이전, 단일 노드 환경에서 분산 아키텍처의 초안을 실험한 프로젝트

Senior dream realization storytelling service based on LLM & RAG | KakaoTech Hackathon — Pre-Eco² project experimenting with distributed architecture drafts in single-node environment

Ethereum Multi-token 기반 분산형 경매/유통 플랫폼 Ethereum Multi-token Distributed Auction/Distribution Platform | Blockchain Backend & Infrastructure
Feb - Nov 2022

Web3.0 기반 탈중앙화 경매 시스템 | 거래 및 유통 과정의 투명성·신뢰성 확보

Web3.0-based decentralized auction system | Ensuring transparency and reliability in trading and distribution processes