Brian Kim
Software Engineer II at SpaceX
New Jersey, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolBrian Kim is a Senior Software Engineer with 13 years of experience, currently shaping routing and traffic engineering for Starlink at SpaceX. He blends deep systems thinking with front-end testing rigor, contributing to high-profile open-source projects like Apollo Client where he focuses on test automation and fixing subtle hook-related behaviors. Trained at UC Berkeley with a BA/MS in Computer Science, he applies academic grounding to production-scale networking and web-platform challenges. Based in New Jersey, he’s known for quietly improving developer confidence through robust tests and tooling rather than flashy features.
13 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Computer Science, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Computer Science at University of California, Berkeley
Github Skills (11)
graphql10
typescript10
typescripts10
apollo-client10
jestjs10
wordpress-graphql10
wpgraphql10
react10
typescript-types10
jtest10
jes10
Programming languages (17)
Github contributions (5)
apollographql/apollo-client
Aug 2018 - Apr 2022
:rocket: A fully-featured, production ready caching GraphQL client for every UI framework and GraphQL server.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer & QA Engineer / Test Automation Engineer
Front-end Developer & QA Engineer / Test Automation EngineerContributions:230 reviews, 281 commits, 79 PRs in 3 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Brian's contributions primarily involve addressing console warnings within test files, particularly those related to the `useQuery` hook. They are actively involved in updating and adding unit tests for the `useSubscription` and `useReactiveVar` hooks, creating testing-related utilities like `MockSubscriptionLink`. The user is also focused on fixing and testing the `useLazyQuery` tests and the `useMutation` tests, demonstrating a strong focus on testing the apollo-client library.
graphql-clientapollographqlui-frameworkproduction-readycaching
brainkim/grunt-stamp
Nov 2013 - Jun 2016
Contributions:5 commits, 2 PRs, 4 pushes in 2 years 7 months
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