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Resume	2019-02-11T07:50:51-05:00	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 a solution for deploying locally-compiled binaries onto Kubernetes/OpenShift via command-line, cutting average deployment times from 45 minutes to 15 minutes. (Kubernetes/GoLang used for this and three below).
• Eliminated 80% of manual configuration errors by enabling the Kubernetes operator to automatically fetch data from deployed services and update configurations, deprecating legacy startup scripts and reducing overall startup time by 40%.
• Improved application stability by introducing startup probes for legacy applications with longer boot times, resulting in a 50% reduction in startup-related failures and downtime during production launches.
• Enhanced system reliability by refactoring probes to assign default values dynamically based on deployed YAML files and fixing reconciliation issues, increasing probe accuracy by 30% and preventing misconfigurations.
• Increased CI pipeline efficiency by rewriting the Jenkins (Groovy) nightly pipeline to run in a GitHub PR environment, allowing for automated testing of all team-submitted PRs prior to merging, reducing manual intervention by 60%.
• Demonstrated leadership and collaboration by actively contributing to Agile sprint planning in a 12-member team, driving improvement in sprint velocity through optimized task delegation and idea generation.
• Increased project reproducibility by taking initiative to write a reusable GitHub parameters file for the pipeline, enabling 100% reusability and ensuring consistent pipeline setups across different environments.
• Streamlined developer onboarding by authoring comprehensive project documentation and mentoring an incoming intern, reducing onboarding time by 50% and enhancing new team members' productivity within their first sprint.

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{{% resume/project name="Rarity Surf" languages="Python, JavaScript, React, Django"
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• Developed a full-stack web application to generate rarity rankings for NFT's integrated with OpenSea's API, enabling users to quickly identify rare NFT's and check their listing status, improving market research efficiency by 80%.
• Architected a robust Django (Python) backend to fetch and process NFT metadata from IPFS, store rarity rankings in PostgreSQL, and serve the data via GraphQL API, ensuring low-latency access and scaling to handle 2,000+ concurrent requests.
• Developed a dynamic React (Javascript) frontend using hooks to load rarity data in real-time, styled with Tailwind for mobile responsiveness, improving user experience and reducing frontend load times by 70%.

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

• Secured 2nd place overall out of 150+ teams at UofTHacks X, a 36-hour hackathon, for developing a blockchain-based NFT marketplace app.
• Built and optimized React (JavaScript) components to synchronously upload images and metadata to IPFS, enhancing user engagement by 40% during the demo, and ensuring real-time NFT data retrieval, achieving a 75% improvement in loading times.

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

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{{% resume/education name="University of Toronto" title="Computer Science Specialist — 3.84 GPA (CS). Graduated with High Distinction." date="2019 — 2024" %}}

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