John Kim
Software Engineer at Meta
Dublin, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJohn Kim is a Staff Software Engineer with 11 years of experience, currently building generative AI features for Messenger and Instagram Direct at Meta. He has a strong background in full-stack and cloud-native systems from prior senior engineering and tech lead roles at Capital One, where he standardized serverless architectures, monitoring patterns, and feature toggle platforms. Comfortable across backend, frontend, and DevOps, he has led migrations, CI/CD improvements, and team mentorship while also managing complex production services. Before software, he ran program management for electronics manufacturing, giving him practical operations and supply-chain insight that informs his engineering decisions. Based in Dublin, California, John also creates technical and career-focused YouTube content, translating complex AI topics into accessible explanations for broader audiences.
10 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Web Development Intensive, Computer Software Engineering, Web Development Intensive, Computer Software Engineering at Dev BootcampCAAP, Accounting, CAAP, Accounting at Santa Clara UniversityUniversity of California Santa CruzKorean Language Institution (KLI), Korean Language Institution (KLI) at Yonsei University
Korean
Github Skills (14)
front-end-development4
web-developer2
react2
architecture2
backend2
web-development-tools2
javascript2
web-development2
frontend2
fundamentals2
mongodb1
nodejs1
zsh1
docker1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
assunta09/PartnerClient
Sep 2016 - Oct 2016
Contributions:132 commits, 38 PRs, 65 pushes in 14 days
soctkoren/phase-0-tracks
May 2016 - Jul 2016
Contributions:74 PRs, 75 pushes, 73 branches in 2 months
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