Technical Skills

Languages

  • JavaScript
  • TypeScript
  • Python
  • HTML/CSS

Technologies

  • React
  • Styled-components
  • Tailwind CSS
  • Node.js
  • Firebase
  • MongoDB
  • PostgreSQL

Other

  • Git/GitHub
  • REST
  • Agile
  • CI/CD
  • TDD
  • Vercel

Soft Skills

  • Project Management
  • Empathy
  • Presentation
  • Collaborative Problem Solving

Education

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Software Engineering
Code Chrysalis
May 2022 - Sep 2022
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B.A. Japanese
California State
University, Fullerton
Aug 2013 - Jun 2017

Languages

  • English - Native
  • Japanese - Business

Interests

  • Building mech keyboards
  • Basketball
  • Watching foreign movies
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Kim Ly
Tokyo, Japan
(070) 4486-9621
kimly.dev@gmail.com

Projects

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PolyZero

Frontend Developer / Web Designer・

polyzero.earth

Sep 2020 - Present

Web application to raise awareness and help consumers estimate the single-use plastics they consume in a year plus the CO2 footprint emitted from those plastics.

  • Envisioned design architecture, UI, and implemented frontend using React and JavaScript.
  • Utlized Tailwind CSS for styling and standardized all output to be using a responsive, mobile-first approach and strategy.
  • Translated UX/UI designs while producing resuable components.
  • Collaborated with product owner and 5 stakeholders to expand and refine features for Collaborated with product owner to expand and refine features for best UX and user engagement.
  • Used semantic HTML for better accesibility.
  • Designed layout of app using proto.io.
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Kanjify

Frontend Developer / Web Designer / Product Owner・

kanjify-client-v2.herokuapp.com

Aug 2022 - Present

Web application to convert user’s name to Japanese Kanji characters.

  • Architected modular frontend and built reusable components with React and Javascript.
  • Improved API calls using Node.js to allow users multiple and randomized options for names.
  • Constructed logic for randomization and compilation of Kanji data to be served to client.
  • Reviewed code to diagnose technical issues and refactor existing functions for optimization.
  • Adapted other utility libraries for hiragana, katakana, and romaji detection and transliteration.
  • Created user personas/stories to envision user needs and estimate a roadmap needed to deliver end product.
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Lynx

Frontend Developer / Web Designer・

lynx.earth

Oct 2022 - Nov 2022

Developed website for startup that provides digital MRV data connectors for bringing supply-side carbon onto the blockchain.

  • Designed and built frontend using React and TypeScript.
  • Utlized Styled-components for styling and standardized all output to be using a responsive, mobile-first approach.
  • Avoided external libraries whenever possible for improved site performance.
  • Built CI/CD pipeline via GitHub Pages.
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Work Experience

Frontend Developer

Freelance・

California, USA

Oct 2022 - Present

  • Design & build responsive websites for clients using React, JavaScript, and TypeScript.
  • Worked with product owner to deliver features on time and within budget.
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Assistant Language Teacher

Japanese Exchange and Teaching Programme (JET)・

Kochi, Japan

Jul 2017 - Jul 2020

Main assistant teacher to all 1st-9th grade students on English.

  • Devised lessons and taught to 300 students ranging grades 1st - 9th, 20 lessons per week.
  • Promoted student-to-teacher and student-to-student communication by advising best teaching practices to co-teachers.
  • Maximized student participation and motivation by implementing digital materials into lessons.
  • Translated official city hall documents from Japanese to English.
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Human Resources

Borderlink, Inc.・

Tokyo, Japan

Oct 2020 - Jun 2022

Supervised 70+ employees in Tokyo and Saitama areas.

  • Oversaw contracts, training, and inquiries regarding employment terms and conditions, compensation, and English language pedagogy.
  • Aggregated employee/candidate FAQ and deployed chatbot with Microsoft Power Virtual Agents to reduce email load by 20%.
  • Maintained chatbot, performed unit tests, and produced detailed documentation for HR division of 40+ members.
  • Coordinated 50+ teacher training and development seminars to teach best practices for teaching English as a foreign language, promoting student communication, and team-teaching.
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