San Francisco, CA
taehnkim@gmail.com
linkedin.com/in/taehnkim
github.com/tkim90
404-563-4375
Front-End: Javascript (ES6 and ES5), React.js, Router, jQuery, D3.js, chart.js, Webpack, HTML, CSS
Back-End: Node.js, Express, Docker, AWS (EC2, S3), MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Mongoose
Other: Git, Jest/Enzyme, Mocha/Chai, CircleCI, New Relic
10/2019
OpenPlace, Software Engineer
A restaurant reservations booking web app
- Scaled the back end infrastructure to handle 2,400+ RPS using a load balancer between 3 microservices, Postgres, and Redis AWS EC2 instances
- Refactored server logic and cached data with Redis to increase RPS by 700% and reduce latency by 99% using an LRU eviction policy
- Designed the schema in Postgres to reduce read times for 100M+ rows from 50 seconds to under 10 ms
- Implemented RESTful APIs for handling data transfers from client to server at a rate of 1,000+ users per second
10/2019
Hoodie, Full Stack Engineer
A web app to share custom map notes with friends visiting from out of town
- Implemented an interactive map where users can annotate and save with the Mapbox API
- Developed free-hand drawing mechanism from scratch using the Canvas API
- Defined PostgreSQL schema and server controllers to handle saving and rendering draw data from the database
09/2019
Stay, Software Engineer
A short term apartment booking web app
- Architected an Express proxy server to serve multiple React component microservices as a single page application
- Improved page load speeds by 80% using text minifier and compression with gzip Containerized code base with Docker into services and deployed into 3 AWS EC2 instances (proxy, service, database)
- Implemented Test Driven Development in Jest/Enzyme at 75%+ test coverage for stability
06/2016 - 06/2019
Tesla, Product Manager
- Product lead for Tesla’s Warehouse Management System, deploying from concept to launch in 8 months
- Managed software launches for factory software related to vehicle production, serving 5000+ internal users and $30M+ worth of weekly inventory
- Managed 30+ software releases affecting production for models S, X, and 3 in the Fremont factory
- Developed targeted reports in SQL/Python to root cause software bugs and process issues over 1 million data points
- Led the redesign of Model S/X’s order replenishment algorithm for over 6,000 unique car parts
02/2013 - 05/2016
LogFire (Oracle), Consultant
- Led software deployments for clients globally (Chile, South Africa, Singapore, and Canada), completing projects 66% faster than the industry standard (change management, training, launch, on-site support)
- Developed North America’s first LogFire training program, which included authoring its 200+ page software user guide and reducing client onboarding time by 50%
Georgia Institute of Technology, B. Sc. Industrial Engineering (2012)
Hack Reactor, Advanced Software Engineering Immersive (2019)