---
title: "Resume"
date: 2019-02-11T07:50:51-05:00
draft: false
---
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{{% resume/work-experience name="Red Hat" 
title="Cloud/Software Engineer Intern" languages="Kubernetes, GoLang, Jenkins" date="May 2020 — Aug 2021" %}}
- Reduced deployment time by **66%** by [implementing ability](https://github.com/apache/incubator-kie-kogito-operator/commit/175a6356c5474f2360ccb8ae835e0b9b2d653cf1) to 
  deploy locally-compiled binaries onto **Kubernetes**/**OpenShift**
  using only command-line (**Kubernetes/GoLang** used for this and three below). 
- Implemented ability for Kubernetes operator to fetch data 
  from a deployed service and update config with data to 
  deprecate reliance on startup script.
- Added startup probes to handle starting legacy application containers that require additional startup time.
- Refactored probes to [have default values](https://github.com/apache/incubator-kie-kogito-operator/commit/af4977af228ec8648be28779259d4552246b656f) assigned based on 
  deployed YAML while also fixing reconciliation issues.
- Rewrote the **Jenkins** [nightly pipeline](https://github.com/apache/incubator-kie-kogito-pipelines/commit/4c83f1aecdea2c1ba2796b79839a90d4083dce88) to run in a GitHub 
  PR using a trigger keyword to test all the team's submitted PR's 
  before merging to the main branch.
- Took initiative to write [documentation](https://github.com/apache/incubator-kie-kogito-operator/blob/1534c03d1d26bec08a16608a775782bf8b305de9/docs/GUIDE_FOR_KOGITO_DEVS.md) on how to get started with the project to onboard new 
  developers and mentored the incoming intern.

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{{% resume/project name="AWS Server"
url="https://kevin-mok.com/server/" languages="AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, Docker" date="May 2024" show="true" %}}

- Deployed [various web apps](https://kevin-mok.com/server/) using **Docker** (Compose) on an 
  **AWS EC2** Debian/**Linux** server.
- Created **Kubernetes** [manifest files](https://github.com/Kevin-Mok/aws-minicube) to quickly recreate my server setup 
  with persistent storage/restarts and open ports.
- Created **Terraform** [files](https://github.com/Kevin-Mok/terraform-deploys/tree/main) 
  to deploy an AWS EC2 instance and Docker containers.
- Used Amazon Route 53's DNS and **NGINX** to route 
  subdomains to each web application.
- Used AWS security groups to allow inbound HTTPS traffic.
- Wrote a **JavaScript** [server script] and [systemd service][systemd service]/[timer]
  to display the uptime of my pages every hour.

[server script]: https://git.kevin-mok.com/Kevin-Mok/server-pages/src/branch/master/server-status.js
[systemd service]: https://git.kevin-mok.com/Kevin-Mok/server-pages/src/branch/master/server-pages.service
[timer]: https://git.kevin-mok.com/Kevin-Mok/server-pages/src/branch/master/server-pages.timer

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{{% resume/project name="Rarity Surf" 
languages="Python, Django, React, GraphQL"  
date="Oct 2021" show="true" %}}

- Web app to give rarity rankings to NFT's within minutes of their metadata being revealed and check which are listed (based on rarity and price filters) on the OpenSea marketplace using their API.
- Reverse engineered the ranking algorithm to match the 
  leading rarity ranking site's rankings ([scraped](https://github.com/Kevin-Mok/rarity-surf/blob/django/rarity_check/project/scrape.py) using 
  Selenium) with a **discrepancy of <0.25%**. 
- Used app to frontrun purchases of **top 5%** rarity NFT's 
  against competing buyers.
- Wrote **Django (Python)** [backend](https://github.com/Kevin-Mok/rarity-surf) to fetch metadata from IPFS, store rarity rankings in PostgreSQL and serve rarity data using GraphQL.
- Wrote **React** [frontend](https://github.com/Kevin-Mok/rarity-surf-frontend) with hooks to dynamically load rarity data. Styled with Tailwind.

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{{% resume/project name="Astronofty" 
url="https://github.com/Kevin-Mok/astronofty" languages="React, Solidity" date="Jan 2023" 
show="true" %}}

- Created for a 36 hour hackathon (UofTHacks X) where it [**came 2nd overall**](https://devpost.com/software/astronofty).
- Created and deployed a smart contract with **Solidity** on 
  the Ethereum blockchain to create/buy/sell NFT's.
- Wrote a **React** hook to fetch and show listed NFT's, NFT details and owned NFT's.
- Used API to synchronously upload images and metadata to IPFS.

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AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, Docker (Compose), **JavaScript**, **React**, **Python**, Go(Lang), Bash, Solidity, C, **Django**, Node.js, Jenkins, PostgreSQL, 
MongoDB, **Linux**, **Git**, **Command Line**

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{{% resume/education name="University of Toronto"
title="Computer Science Specialist — 3.84 GPA (CS). Graduated with High Distinction." date="2018 — 2023" %}}

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