Kevin Kim
Software Engineer at Checkr, Inc.
South San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolKevin Kim is a software engineer with 10 years of experience building backend systems and data infrastructure, currently based in South San Francisco. He blends applied machine learning research— including published work on fair low-rank tensor approximations—with hands-on engineering at companies like Assembled and Checkr, shipping features and infrastructure for production teams. Kevin has contributed to the widely used Open edX platform, implementing Django-based timezone and courseware improvements, reflecting a focus on user-facing correctness and robust server-side logic. His background spans ML fairness research and practical representation-learning implementations at IBM, giving him a rare combination of theoretical rigor and production mindset. Colleagues describe him as a dependable engineer who moves smoothly between research problems and scalable engineering work.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS Computer Science, Master of Science - MS Computer Science at Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteBachelor of Science - BS Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Engineering at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Github Skills (9)
backend10
data-service10
back-end-development10
python10
webservice10
django10
pytest9
user-interface7
javascript5
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
openedx/edx-platform
May 2016 - Aug 2016
The Open edX LMS & Studio, powering education sites around the world!
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:17 commits, 25 PRs, 168 pushes in 2 months
Contributions summary:Kevin primarily focused on back-end development, implementing features and fixing bugs within the Open edX platform. They addressed issues related to courseware display, specifically handling vertical positions within courses. Additionally, the user contributed to user account settings by adding a time zone field and integrating time zone conversions for various date-related features. This work involved modifications to Django views and models, and related testing.
edxlmssitesbackend-serviceopen-edx
kevinjkim/Hashtags
Oct 2015 - Dec 2015
Contributions:25 pushes, 1 branch in 2 months
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