Cho Kim
Engineering Manager, Frontend Platform
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolCho Kim is an engineering manager specializing in frontend platform work with 13 years of experience building design systems, developer tooling, and scalable UI infrastructure across companies like Harvey, Zocdoc, Confluent, Amazon, and Affirm. Known for turning ambiguous problems into clear strategy, Cho has led teams of up to 11 engineers to deliver measurable business impact—driving ~$250M in wins at Amazon and saving $336K on a multi-quarter accessibility initiative at Confluent. A strong planner and storyteller, Cho aligns cross-functional teams to ship high-quality, operationally robust systems including CLIs, build tooling, and release pipelines. Recently focused on integrating generative AI into developer workflows, Cho combines hands-on technical leadership with a track record of improving developer experience and site-wide consistency. Based in San Francisco, Cho also brings a background in social policy and international development from the University of Pennsylvania, reflecting a broad, user-centered approach to engineering leadership.
13 years of coding experience
MS, Computer Science (went on leave, found a job, and never completed), MS, Computer Science (went on leave, found a job, and never completed) at University of Pennsylvania
Github Skills (59)
javascript10
facebook10
rotate10
testing9
expressjs9
swipe-gestures9
multi-touch9
metadata9
pinch9
cookie9
gestures9
jstree9
creative-commons8
pjax8
appbar8
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
choskim/data-structures
Feb 2015 - Jun 2021
Contributions:13 commits, 20 pushes, 3 branches in 6 years 4 months
choskim/GhostAzure
Apr 2014 - Oct 2016
Contributions:37 commits, 1 push in 2 years 6 months
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