Doug Kang
Data Scientist II
Seattle, Washington, United States
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Doug Kang is a Data Scientist II at Amazon with a decade of experience at the intersection of business and mathematics, currently contributing to AGI Information efforts in Seattle. He blends analytical rigor from a mathematics degree with practical product insight developed through multiple analyst and data science roles within Alexa AI and Amazon. Doug is also an active contributor to AWS open-source projects—improving docs for the widely used AWS CDK and adding SDK examples across languages and services—demonstrating a talent for making complex cloud APIs more accessible. He pairs backend development skills (examples and unit tests for AWS SDKs and code examples) with strong technical writing, helping both engineers and customers adopt cloud services faster. Colleagues describe him as someone who leverages data and clear communication to solve complex problems and empower teams.
10 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Mathematics, Bachelor's degree, Mathematics at University of Washington
Github Skills (28)
amazon-kinesis10
kin10
java10
aws-sdk10
amazon-dynamodb10
javas10
secrets-manager10
lambdas10
dynamodb10
amazon-s310
aws-s310
lambda10
rust10
documentation10
s3-bucket10
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
awsdocs/aws-doc-sdk-examples
Aug 2016 - Dec 2021
Welcome to the AWS Code Examples Repository. This repo contains code examples used in the AWS documentation, AWS SDK Developer Guides, and more. For more information, see the Readme.md file below.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:546 reviews, 1574 commits, 733 PRs in 5 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Doug contributed to both the Java and PHP code examples, making several changes to the core codebase. These changes included adding, updating, and deleting code within the codebase. The user added unit tests, and fixed issues to the files that were mentioned in the commits. The user also made changes that include creating files that contained the class structure for the code examples.
dotnetcpppythonjavascriptphp
smithy-lang/smithy-rs
Mar 2021 - Oct 2021
Code generation for the AWS SDK for Rust, as well as server and generic smithy client generation.
Role in this project:Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:81 reviews, 49 commits, 52 PRs in 7 months
Contributions summary:Doug added code examples for various AWS services, including Polly, Secrets Manager, DynamoDB, Kinesis, Route53, MediaLive, KMS, RDS, QLDB, Polly, S3, SES, SQS, SageMaker, Lambda, MediaPackage, and Cognito. They implemented code for tasks such as creating, retrieving, deleting, and listing resources, reflecting a focus on AWS SDK usage. The user contributed to example code for several services, suggesting a role in improving the repository's utility for AWS developers.
awsaws-sdk-rustrust
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