Summary
Avelina Kim is a Full-stack Software Engineer with a decade of experience building web applications using the NERDS stack (Node.js, Express, React, and SQL databases). Currently at Bloomberg, she pairs production-grade backend work with polished front-end interfaces, and has hands-on experience deploying services to Heroku and integrating RESTful APIs. Her background includes teaching-leaning roles at Fullstack Academy and leadership of a college programming club where she organized hackathons and rebuilt club infrastructure, showing a blend of technical skill and community-building. She’s proficient in JavaScript, React/Redux, PostgreSQL and Sequelize, and brings additional familiarity with Docker, Java, and testing tools like Mocha and Enzyme. Known for curiosity and adaptability, Avelina enjoys exploring emerging web tools and translating ambiguous requirements into creative, maintainable solutions. Based in New York, she combines startup-minded agility with experience at a major financial technology firm.
11 years of coding experience