Minwoo Kang
Software Engineer at NAVER Corp
Seoul, South Korea
Summary
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Top SchoolMinwoo Kang is a software engineer with 11 years of experience in distributed systems, specializing in Java, Spring, and NoSQL technologies such as Apache HBase. Based in Seoul and currently at NAVER, he has built large-scale log storage, metadata collection, and data governance systems, and authored a widely used internal Kafka Producer wrapper. His open-source contributions to flagship Apache projects like HBase and Zeppelin focus on backend performance, region-state consistency, and resilient server/configuration behavior—work that improved master efficiency and operational observability. He also has hands-on experience designing recommendation pipelines with Hive and implementing production-grade HTTP APIs. A master's student in computer science with an engineering undergraduate background, he blends academic rigor with pragmatic system design for high-throughput services. Notably, his contributions include subtle but impactful fixes in HBase region locking and compaction tests that help maintain data consistency under heavy load.
11 years of coding experience
Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Industrial and Management Systems Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Industrial and Management Systems Engineering at Kyung Hee UniversityMaster of Science - MS, Computer Science, Master of Science - MS, Computer Science at 한국방송통신대학교
English, Korean
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (31)
hbase10
api-rest10
api-design10
restful-api10
databases10
java10
scala10
javas10
apache-zeppelin10
rest-api10
relational-databases10
sql-database10
concurrency10
database10
testing9
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
apache/hbase
Feb 2020 - Jul 2022
Apache HBase
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer / Database Engineer
Back-end Developer / Database EngineerContributions:7 reviews, 10 commits, 11 PRs in 2 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Minwoo contributed to the Apache HBase project, focusing on backend functionality and database performance improvements. Their work involved modifying the `RegionStates.java` file to optimize region lookups and manage region state transitions, potentially improving the efficiency of the HBase master. They also addressed locking mechanisms within `RegionStates.java` to ensure data consistency. Additionally, the user worked on test cases, specifically relating to compaction in HBase.
apache-hbaseapachedatabasejavahbase
apache/zeppelin
May 2015 - Oct 2016
Web-based notebook that enables data-driven, interactive data analytics and collaborative documents with SQL, Scala and more.
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:28 PRs, 90 comments in 1 year 5 months
Contributions summary:Minwoo primarily contributed to the Apache Zeppelin project by implementing and enhancing features related to the core Zeppelin server, configuration, and documentation. Their work included defining and managing Jetty server configurations, including temporary directory settings. Furthermore, the user fixed bugs by logging Amazon Service Exceptions and continuing to read remaining notebooks. They also added functionalities like providing version information through the REST API, GUI, and command line.
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