Kanghee Park
Software Engineer at Discord
United States
Summary
🤩
Rockstar🎓
Top SchoolKanghee Park is a seasoned software engineer with 11 years of experience building reliable back-end systems at major tech companies including Meta, Discord, and Dropbox, and currently back at Discord. He specializes in server-side engineering, API design, and site administration, demonstrated by open-source contributions to the Review Board project where he implemented read-only mode and enhanced admin tooling and security responses. Kanghee’s background blends rigorous scientific training—a Master’s in Chemistry and a dual BSc in Biochemistry/Chemistry—with a BCS in Computer Science, giving him a practical, data-driven approach to problem solving. Comfortable in high-scale, production environments, he focuses on making systems robust and operable while keeping administrator UX in mind. Colleagues rely on him for thoughtful, behind-the-scenes improvements that reduce operational risk and improve platform resilience.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Computer Science (BCS) Computer Science, Bachelor of Computer Science (BCS) Computer Science at The University of British ColumbiaMaster of Science (M.Sc.) Chemistry, Master of Science (M.Sc.) Chemistry at University of Toronto
Github Skills (9)
api10
webapi10
python10
back-end-development10
apidoc10
django10
code-review9
javascript9
developer-tools8
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
reviewboard/reviewboard
Mar 2017 - Oct 2017
An extensible and friendly code review tool for projects and companies of all sizes.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:7 commits in 7 months
Contributions summary:Kanghee primarily focused on improving the functionality and security of the Review Board platform. They implemented read-only mode, which involved modifying the API to return 503 errors for write operations and adding a site-wide banner. They added the ability for admins to customize a message displayed when Review Board is in read-only mode. The user's work included changes to the admin interface, templates, and core API logic, demonstrating a focus on back-end development and site administration.
pythonjavascriptreviewdeveloper-toolsextensible
khp/GTFU
Jan 2015 - Apr 2015
Contributions:38 pushes, 3 branches in 3 months
Find and Hire Top DevelopersWe’ve analyzed the programming source code of over 60 million software developers on GitHub and scored them by 50,000 skills. Sign-up on Prog,AI to search for software developers.