Summary
Jane Kim is an engineering manager and full-stack engineer with 13 years of experience, primarily focused on JavaScript and TypeScript, now leading teams at Weekend. She has a strong track record of designing scalable Node.js backends, modernizing platforms (including migrations to Go), and launching revenue-driving integrations such as Vercel's AWS Marketplace that generated $1M+ in year one. Jane combines product-minded engineering—building real-time systems like Sidechat and voice-powered gaming backends—with operational rigor in billing, telemetry, and cross-platform push notifications. She’s comfortable across the stack from modular front-end architectures and mobile-first sites to data-parity strategies during large migrations. Based in San Francisco and active on GitHub and Twitter, she blends hands-on coding with people leadership, often stepping into both architect and implementer roles on high-impact projects. An understated strength is her ability to preserve feature parity during risky platform overhauls, keeping customers uninterrupted while enabling faster future development.
13 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts - BA, Computer Science, Bachelor of Arts - BA, Computer Science at Columbia University