Axel Cho
Software Engineer at Guidepoint
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States
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Top SchoolAxel Cho is a seasoned backend software engineer with 14 years of experience building reliable server-side systems using PHP, Java, and Python. Currently at Guidepoint after a six-year senior developer tenure at American Estate & Trust, he blends pragmatic engineering with domain experience in enterprise backends and client-facing projects. His academic background spans cognitive science and linguistics (Brown) and computer science (Vanderbilt), a combination that informs a thoughtful approach to AI-driven features and language-aware tools. A history of freelance work on Upwork sharpened his ability to turn ambiguous requirements into production-ready APIs and integrations. Based in Wilmington, NC, he focuses on practical AI applications alongside traditional backend responsibilities, often bridging research concepts with deployable services. Notably, his multidisciplinary training gives him a knack for simplifying complex data and interaction problems into maintainable code.
13 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Bachelor's degree at Seoul National UniversityMaster of Science - MS, Cognitive Science and Linguistics, Master of Science - MS, Cognitive Science and Linguistics at Brown UniversityMaster of Science - MS, Computer Science, Master of Science - MS, Computer Science at Vanderbilt University
English, Korean, French
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Github Skills (38)
laminas10
relational9
nette9
doctrine9
dbal9
mapper9
database8
orm8
doctrine-orm8
php8
mysql7
travis-ci5
browser5
zend-framework5
controller5
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
axelcho/DoctrineModule
Jan 2020 - Jun 2023
Zend Framework 2 Module for Doctrine
Contributions:2 PRs, 2 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 5 months
zendzend-frameworkphpmodule-2doctrine
NCRainbowRun/NCRainbowRun.github.io
Feb 2015 - Sep 2017
Contributions:31 PRs, 72 pushes, 11 branches in 2 years 8 months
javascriptreact
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