# Timothy Ko

> Software Engineer at Apple

Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/timothyko

https://timothyko.org

Read my thoughts at https://medium.com/@timmykko. Plus, a lot my work is at https://github.com/tko22.

## Work Experience
### Senior Software Engineer @ Apple
Jan 2023 – Present

### Software Engineer @ Apple
Jan 2020 – Present | San Francisco, California, United States
App Store

### Software Engineer Intern @ Uber
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019
Product Platform, Customer Identity Platform

### Co Director @ Hack4Impact
Jan 2018 – Jan 2019
We build impactful software solutions for challenges that nonprofits face.

Shipped Products: Love Without Boundaries, Kiva, Child's Play, Global Giving, Philadelphia Reads, Cut to the Case, Product Infrastructure (AuthN server)

Overseeing over 40 students and full development lifecycles of 8 software products for non-profits, providing technical direction, product sense, leadership and execution.

Strengthened community engagement by increasing users posting messages by 2800%

Exceed goals: 160% Student Outreach(800). 6% acceptance rate. 115% Applicants(150)

uiuc.hack4impact.org/projects for projects.

### Product Manager @ Hack4Impact
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Area
Shipped an open sourced English education tool that connects tutors and Cambodian students with standard lesson plans for Love without Boundaries.
• Full Stack dev with GraphQL/Node/MongoDB backend+React/Relay frontend 
• Created a PRD, user stories, and feature roadmap to guide a team of 8 Software Engineers.

Led multiple other software products. 

For product code: https://github.com/hack4impact-uiuc

### Software Engineering Intern @ Tesla
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Palo Alto, CA
Vehicle Firmware, BodyControls

### Software Engineer Intern @ AbbVie
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Area
Salesforce Integration in Pharmacy Solutions

### Software Test Engineer Intern @ Cyberinc, An Aurionpro Company
Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | Los Gatos
•	Added new layer of testing by developing a Python stress testing tool for client interactions on the main product. Included a web dashboard with customizable user group behaviors.
•	Fixed Critical GUI, JavaScript, and sound related bugs in Python
•	Provided executives with reports for multiple product releases and performed comprehensive testing on Linux systems. Evaluated hundreds of test cases with TestRail and Trac/Jira bug tracking system in a SCRUM agile development team.


## Education
### Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Engineering
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Jan 2016 – Jan 2020

### Lynbrook High School
Jan 2012 – Jan 2016


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/timothy-ko
- Website: http://timothyko.org
- Website: https://medium.com/@timmykko
- GitHub: https://github.com/tko22

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Last updated: 2026-03-22