Hee Kim
Software Development Engineer - Guardrails For Amazon Bedrock at Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Seattle, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolHee Kim is a JavaScript-focused machine learning engineer with 11 years of experience building performant web UIs and GenAI features, currently shaping guardrails for Amazon Bedrock at AWS. He has driven substantial front-end performance wins across SageMaker products—cutting render times by up to 97%, reducing bundle size by 41%, and slashing API calls by 89%—while improving test coverage and developer workflows. Earlier roles include building ML platform tooling and UI-heavy products at NAVER, where he contributed to open-source JavaScript libraries (notably enhancing state persistence in the popular egjs components). Based in Seattle, he blends WebGL/frontend expertise with applied ML, a track record of pragmatic performance engineering, and public speaking to communicate complex technical ideas.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Web User Interface, Web User Interface at NHN NEXT InstituteBachelor of Science - BS Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science at National Institute of Lifelong Education3 years finished Computer Science, 3 years finished Computer Science at Yonsei University
English, Korean
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Github Skills (12)
javascript10
web-components10
front-end-development10
jquery10
testing9
state-management9
css7
automated-tests6
set-operations6
append6
browserstack6
google-maps6
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
naver/egjs
Apr 2015 - Oct 2017
Javascript components group that brings easiest and fastest way to build a web application in your way.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:2 releases, 193 commits, 57 PRs in 2 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Hee's primary contribution revolves around enhancing the `egjs` JavaScript components library. Their work involves integrating and merging the "persist" feature, which appears to handle state management for web applications, ensuring the preservation of user interface states across page navigations and reloads. This includes modifying the source code of `persist.js`, related test files, and associated HTML test harnesses. Additionally, the user worked on build-related tasks, modifying the Gruntfile.js, and fixing CSS and testing-related issues.
egjsneumorphismweb-componentsweb-applicationfastest
happyhj/neardrop
Aug 2014 - Feb 2015
Contributions:40 commits, 1 PR, 9 pushes in 5 months
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