장기영 Jang is a CEO and serial front-end founder with over a decade of hands-on experience designing JavaScript UI libraries and web application interfaces, best known for creating AXISJ, a leading open-source Web UI project in South Korea. He blends pragmatic startup leadership with deep UX/UI craft, having co-founded QueryPie and led front-end teams while also serving as an evangelist and engineering manager earlier in his career. Based in Seoul, he pairs a disciplined, iterative work ethic with a habit of sharing knowledge through open source, which helped his projects gain significant visibility on Korean GitHub. His background spans product-focused engineering, ERP and agency work, and a Y Combinator W20 affiliation, reflecting both technical depth and entrepreneurial momentum.
12 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
W20, W20 at Y Combinator
Associate of Science - AS, Mechanical Engineering, Associate of Science - AS, Mechanical Engineering at Induk University
Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science at Korea National Open University
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