Ji Kim is a Software Engineer II at Microsoft in Seattle with three years of professional experience building collaborative web applications on the Fluid Framework. He focuses on full‑stack engineering, improving developer workflows by integrating Prettier and ESLint across large codebases and contributing to real‑time collaborative components. His background spans internships and research in machine learning and networking, and he co-authored a paper on greener networked entertainment delivery. Earlier roles include launching a COVID‑19 web service while serving as a linguistic specialist in the ROK Army—work that earned him an Army Commendation Medal and reflects a blend of technical initiative and operational discipline. Ji brings a practical eye for code quality and maintainability, pairing production experience at Microsoft with cross‑disciplinary research and field engineering.
3 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
High School Diploma, High School Diploma at Avon Old Farms
Bachelor of Arts - BA, Computer Science and Economics, Bachelor of Arts - BA, Computer Science and Economics at Boston College
Library for building distributed, real-time collaborative web applications
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Contributions:621 reviews, 47 commits, 399 PRs in 4 months
Contributions summary:Ji contributed to the Fluid Framework by primarily focusing on adding and updating the infrastructure for automated code formatting and linting using Prettier and ESLint. This included integrating Prettier into various sub-directories and packages within the repository and modifying the build configuration to incorporate the new formatting tools. Additionally, the user addressed merge conflicts and updated dependencies related to the build process, demonstrating a focus on code quality and maintainability. They also contributed to the collaborative text area component.
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