# Joel Park

> Software Engineer

Location: New York, New York, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/joelpark

I am a Software Engineer with a proficiency in JavaScript that loves to solve complicated algorithms and real life/developer problems. I also enjoy building web applications and developer tools.  

I specialize in React, Redux, Node.js, Express.js, SQL, and NoSQL, with experience in Webpack, TypeScript, Kubernetes , AWS(EC2/S3/RDS), Electron, Docker, TDD(Jest/Supertest/Enzyme/React Testing Library/Puppeteer), Travis CI, GitHub Actions, AGILE(SCRUM).

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ Solera Health
Jan 2021 – Present

### Software Engineer @ Navigate
Jan 2021 – Jan 2021
Open Source Kubernetes cluster + network policy visualizer and log aggregator.
⇁ Used React for its many libraries and utilized React Hooks to efficiently maintain state with a unidirectional dataflow(Flux Architecture) for easier debugging and better performance.
⇁ Implemented Cytoscape.js with React to create user-friendly interactive network graphs.
⇁ Constructed and used TypeScript interfaces and classes for type restrictions and.
⇁ Leveraged Node.js' ability to read and write files to parse through user given YAML files to display accurate network graphs for any user.
⇁ Utilized the Fetch API to make HTTP requests from the client to the backend server which was built with Express.js/Node.js.
⇁ Implemented TDD with unit and integration tests with Jest and React Testing Library and CI/CD with GitHub Actions.
⇁ Engineered a custom Shell script to run kubectl commands to collect live Kubernetes ETCD, pod, and deployment logs.

### Software Engineer @ Open Source
Jan 2021 – Jan 2021
Leet Kids - Introductory JavaScript Game for children
⇁ Took advantage of React components' reusability to dynamically render new prompts based on the user's level in the global state, which was handled by utilizing React Hooks.
⇁ Developed Express middleware and endpoints to send HTTP requests to a NoSQL(MongoDB) database, MongoDB.

### Software Engineer @ InTouch
Jan 2021 – Jan 2021
LinkedIn Connections Manager
⇁ Utilized React's large custom reusable component ecosystem to build out a responsive and dynamic UI.
⇁ Incorporated LinkedIn OAuth 2.0 to handle authentication and gain access to the LinkedIn API.
⇁ Used Express.js/Node.js to send HTTPS requests to the LinkedIn API to fetch the authenticated user's basic information and connections.
⇁ Integrated SQL database with Express.js/Node.js backend server to send and receive relational data.


## Education
### Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance
Queensborough Community College of The City University of New York (CUNY)


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/joelprkk

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Last updated: 2026-03-29