Honam Bahng
Senior Staff Engineer at Coupang
Seattle, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolHonam Bahng is a Senior Staff Engineer in Seattle with 12 years building scalable backend and ML/AI systems across startups and cloud giants. Previously an AWS tech lead for EC2 services, he combines deep distributed-systems experience with hands-on startup product plumbing as a co-founder and founding engineer. At mutable.ai he designed AI streaming APIs and high-throughput code-indexing pipelines using Pinecone and LlamaIndex to accelerate developer workflows, and at Coupang he now focuses on ML-backed pricing and quality systems. He also contributes to open-source internationalization, having added a Korean locale to the widely used CodeCombat learning game. Comfortable leading teams and shipping APIs, he pairs rigorous CS training from KAIST and UC San Diego with a builder’s instinct for practical, high-impact solutions.
12 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
University of California, San DiegoBachelor of Science (BS) Computer Science and engineering, Bachelor of Science (BS) Computer Science and engineering at Pusan National UniversityMaster's degree Computer Science, Master's degree Computer Science at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
English, Korean
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Github Skills (11)
internationalization10
localization10
translation10
coffeescript8
facebook6
permission6
android6
wallpaper6
google-app-engine6
streaming6
image6
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
codecombat/codecombat
Mar 2014 - Mar 2014
Game for learning how to code.
Role in this project:
Localization / Internationalization Specialist
Localization / Internationalization SpecialistContributions:9 commits, 2 PRs in 3 days
Contributions summary:Honam contributed to the internationalization of the CodeCombat project by adding and modifying locale files. They introduced a Korean locale, translating various user interface elements and content. The user's work involved modifying existing translations and ensuring that the application supported multiple languages for a broader user base.
game
walkingtospace/MIPSR10K
Dec 2014 - Dec 2014
Contributions:35 commits in 19 days
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