# Ahsun Kim > Software Engineer at The New York Times Location: New York, New York, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/ahsun I currently work as a backend software engineer on the Targeting Platform team at The New York Times. I have previously worked as both a backend and fullstack software engineer at Attentive. Languages/ Database | Javascript, Python, Java, SQL, Postgres, MySQL, Snowflake, CSS, HTML Cloud/ Infrastructure | Airflow, Terraform, Spacelift, Jenkins, AWS, Azure, Kubernetes, Docker Framework/ Libraries | Spring Boot, React, gRPC Version Control/ Tools | Git, Jira You can find my Github here: https://github.com/ahsunkim/ Explore some of the projects I've worked on: ## Work Experience ### Software Engineer (Privacy Platform) @ The New York Times Jan 2023 – Present | New York, New York, United States Working with Python, Go, Google Cloud ### Software Engineer (Targeting Platform) @ The New York Times Jan 2023 – Jan 2023 | New York, United States Backend software engineer on Targeting Platform team Worked with Python, Go, Google Cloud Platform (Bigquery), dbt ### Freelance Software Engineer @ Unknown Jan 2023 – Jan 2023 Freelance full stack software engineer Built web applications ### Software Engineer (Targeting) @ Attentive Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | New York, New York, United States Backend software engineer on targeting team - segmentation and product catalog subdivision. Built graphQL endpoints that allowed fetching of product information to be utilized for a concierge project Improved one of the most frequently called grpc endpoint owned by the targeting team by batching requests for less redundancy and lower latency Fixed staging environment for team project to be used for rate limiting testing Added improved error handling and error monitoring for product catalogs submitted via a public API to improve client experience Optimized Python scripts querying product information from postgres databases to be utilized for machine learning powered product recommendations and determination of clients’ eligibility of product related text messages Optimized slow running Python scripts by splitting into several workers via Airflow to reduce runtime by up to 50% Converted frequently used Python script that replayed events in the DLQ to an airflow script for ease of replayability Added capability to fetch PII for subscribers of segments to be utilized for internal CSV downloads Added time filter capability for url viewed based activity subscriber segments so clients were able to better filter audiences for targeted messages Successfully handled on call and incident management for the product attribute service ### Software Engineer (Client Solutions II) @ Attentive Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | New York, New York, United States Post sales fullstack software engineer on client solutions team. Maintained and added features to a Python ETL script utilized by 1000+ clients to generate daily reports of customer activity and corresponding PII Added improved datadog monitoring to ETL script for ease of identifying which clients had issues with reports Identified weak points of ETL script and mentored newer engineers on how to properly make additions without breakage on production Assigned and coordinated JIRA tickets assignment for team Regularly addressed tickets submitted by clients regarding data collection, advertisement design and rendering, SQL reporting, SFTP setup, and ESP integrations Created Slack bot commands for internal teams to securely access/modify data as needed via a database or an existing API Mentored newer engineers on team with frequent knowledge shares and documentation updates ### Software Engineer (Client Solutions I) @ Attentive Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | New York, New York, United States Post sales fullstack software engineer on client solutions team. Maintained and added features to a Python ETL script utilized by 1000+ clients to generate daily reports of customer activity and corresponding PII Regularly addressed tickets submitted by clients regarding data collection, advertisement design and rendering, SQL reporting, SFTP setup, and ESP integrations Created Slack bot commands for internal teams to securely access/modify data as needed via a database or an existing API Wrote client configurations using internal DSL for custom data-scraping related to ecommerce events ### Software Engineer Immersive Program Student @ The Grace Hopper Program at Fullstack Academy Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Greater New York City Area A 17-week immersive software engineering program based in New York City centered on full-stack JavaScript development, including Node.js, Express, PostgreSQL databases, React and Redux along with HTML & CSS, and CS fundamentals. ### Project Manager @ Sooryen Technologies Jan 2016 – Jan 2019 A project manager with Scrum Master certification. Responsibilities and experiences: Management of the internal project portfolio and resource utilization. Management of the internal marketing team. Management of projects by tracking progress against timelines and milestones with the agile methodology. Prioritization and coordination of tasks across cross-functional team. Communication to clients about project status and potential blockers. Skills: Ability to incorporate scrum methodology for agile projects. Ability to utilize project management tools and techniques for successful project completion. Ability to communicate progress with account executives and stakeholders. Ability to manage cross-functional teams and oversee multiple projects for all phases of development. Ability to plan, schedule, and monitor progress for project plans and technical implementation and development. Ability to compile and produce project status reports and maintain records. Projects: Implementation of PWA and AMP for 1800Flowers on Moovweb Platform Implementation and maintenance of 1800Flowers brands mobile on Moovweb Platform Implementation of Subscription functionality for Harry & David Implementation of Fun365 on Magento Platform Needs Assessment for OWASP ADA Compliance for SmileMakers Page Speed Optimizations for 1800Flowers Bloomreach SNAP Implementation for Gymboree ### Private Tutor @ SEED Learning Center Jan 2015 – Jan 2017 Mentored and taught a range of subjects including English, Math, and Biology to students from elementary to high school. Facilitated better study habits. ## Education ### Bachelor of Science - BS in General Biology and Biopsychology, Cognition, & Neuroscience (BCN) University of Michigan Jan 2011 – Jan 2015 ### Grace Hopper Program Fullstack Academy Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 ### High School Diploma in Academy for Medical Science Technology Bergen County Academies Jan 2007 – Jan 2011 ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/ahsunkim --- Source: https://flows.cv/ahsun JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/ahsun/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-23