Peter Kim
Software Engineer at PayPal
Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Top SchoolPeter Kim is a Chicago-based software engineer with 9 years of experience who transitioned into tech after training and practicing as a pharmacist. He has built backend and data-focused systems at BlackRock’s Aladdin group and now contributes to PayPal’s BrainTree team, bringing strong Java, SQL, and data ops engineering chops. Comfortable across the stack after intensive web development training, he blends pragmatic TDD, CI/CD practices, and real-time web features from earlier projects. His background in healthcare gives him a disciplined, compliance-minded approach to data integrity and cross-team coordination. Outside work he balances family life with a passion for Arsenal, reflecting a collaborative and steady temperament.
9 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Pharmacy - PharmD, Doctor of Pharmacy - PharmD at University of Illinois at ChicagoWeb Development, Web Development at Flatiron School
English, Korean
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (9)
wpm7
jquery3
javascript3
friend3
ruby-on-rails3
ruby2
postgresql2
highcharts2
sql2
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
rweber87/superSearchFrontEnd
May 2017 - Jun 2017
Contributions:19 commits, 4 PRs, 16 pushes in 19 days
peteryunkim/DrawChat
Jun 2017 - Aug 2017
Contributions:45 pushes, 3 branches in 2 months
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