# James Kim

> Senior Software Engineer at Universal Music Group

Location: Jersey City, New Jersey, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/jameskim1

Software engineer with an endless desire to learn new things. I love the challenge of figuring out solutions and learning better ones. I enjoy wiring front and back end code up.

I specialize in HTML, CSS, Javascript, Node, React and Shopify. 
I have experience with NoSQL and possess a working knowledge of SQL databases.

## Work Experience
### Senior Software Engineer @ Universal Music Group
Jan 2023 – Present | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
- Lead development efforts supporting major revenue-generating campaigns for the world’s top-tier artists
- Direct a team of developers own, decision-making for the code repository and technical roadmap
- Develop with React, HTML, CSS, Javascript and Shopify Liquid
- Contribute to core features and handle bug fixes
- Collaborate with fellow developers and peer review code
- Customize third-party apps for storefronts

### Developer @ Universal Music Group
Jan 2021 – Jan 2023
- Develop with React, HTML, CSS, Javascript and Shopify Liquid
- Contribute to core features and handle bug fixes
- Collaborate with fellow developers and peer review code
- Customize third-party apps for storefronts

### Developer @ Ruckus Marketing
Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 | New York, New York, United States
- Develop various sites using React, Shopify, Liquid, Vue, Node and REST APIs according to design specs
- Manage tickets and resourcing
- Review code and manage site releases

### Software Engineer @ Frederic Fekkai & Co
Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 | Greater New York City Area
- Design and develop full stack web apps using Node, React, Express, MongoDB (MERN) for marketing, increased site traffic, and customer trend and conversion analysis
- Deploy code using continuous deployment tools such as Netlify, Heroku and AWS
- Experience with REST
- Develop front end using HTML, CSS, JavaScript and Liquid
- Integrate SaaS solutions into e-commerce site for customer retention and data collection
- Collaborate with design and marketing teams for various campaigns

### Software Engineering Immersive @ General Assembly
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Greater New York City Area
- Built and deployed React web applications including a music sample streaming and news search
website and stocks app through Github.
- Utilized React router and various Node Package Manager tools for web development
- Implemented third-party APIs through Axios.
- Stored and managed data in SQL and utilized Ruby on Rails to update records and data.

Skills: HTML & CSS, Javascript, ReactJS, Node.js, Ruby on Rails, SQL

### Social Studies Teacher @ NYC Department of Education
Jan 2014 – Jan 2019
- Planned, managed and delivered social studies curriculum units and scope and sequence with social studies department in alignment with NYS Standards for performance.
- Regularly conducted small group sessions to assess and drive student performance.

### English Instructor @ Paedea Inc.
Jan 2013 – Jan 2014 | Songpa-gu, Seoul, Korea
- Conducted English lessons and facilitated discussions based on philosophy of input (reading and listening) and output (writing and speaking).
- Facilitated discussions through student-crafted power point presentations, news events, various books, magazines and English-language television programs.

### English Instructor @ Canon Korea Business Solutions, Inc.
Jan 2013 – Jan 2013 | Gangnam-gu, Seoul, Korea
- Taught Canon Korea professionals English as a second language.
- Continued English language exposure for professionals through planned lessons and ESL material and tracked improvements in student language development through formal assessments.


## Education
### Bachelor of Science - BS in Secondary Education and Teaching
New York University
Jan 2005 – Jan 2008

### Software Engineer - Certificate of Completion in Web Development
General Assembly
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/james-daeho-kim

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Last updated: 2026-03-22