Jon Kim
Seattle, WA
I'm an experienced software engineer with domain knowledge in capital markets, financial services, and ecommerce. I enjoy working with modern React, TypeScript, build tools, visualizations, and WebSockets. My goal is to continue to hone my craft at building concise, elegant, and useful software.
Experience
2020 - 2023
Virtu Financial

• Took ownership over web topics and delivered several key feature sets for order management platform

• Collaborated with designers and stakeholders to break down business goals into technical deliverables

• Designed and maintained the library of grid and filter components that became the go-to dev tools across the firm

• Built suite of services and custom tooling that enabled publishing from and subscribing to streaming data

• Accelerated dev productivity by implementing scripts and build tools that automated repetitive workflows

• Mentored interns and onboarded developers via pair programming, info sessions, and code feedback

2018 - 2020
Friendbuy

• Built analytics dashboard using custom-built D3 visualizations to provide insights into key metrics

• Created widget template library optimized for cross-browser functionality, accessibility, and performance

• Built hundreds of custom widgets for enterprise clients and provided technical onboarding support

• Trained the two people hired to build custom widgets as self-serve product revenue grew 40%+ / year

Education
2024 - 2027 (Expected) | Georgia Institute of Technology
Master of Science, Computer Science, Computing Systems Specialization
2010 - 2014 | Occidental College
Bachelor of Arts, Economics, Math Minor
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