Yong Nicholas Kim
About Yong Nicholas Kim
Yong Nicholas Kim is a Software Engineer II at Abacus Insights, with a background in education and technology. He has a diverse educational history, including degrees from The Johns Hopkins University, UCLA, and the San Francisco Art Institute, and has held various engineering roles across multiple companies.
Work at Abacus Insights
Yong Nicholas Kim has been employed at Abacus Insights as a Software Engineer II since 2021. In this role, he has focused on integrating CI/CD pipelines with Azure Blob for deploying React UI and Python FastAPI gateways, enhancing authentication security. His responsibilities also include designing and implementing RBAC and SCIM-based authentication infrastructure utilizing MSAL, MSGraph, and AzureAD. He has managed the development and integration of legacy Python API and AWS Aurora database migrations, collaborating closely with DevOps and QA teams.
Education and Expertise
Yong Nicholas Kim holds a Bachelor of Arts (BA) from The Johns Hopkins University, where he studied at the G.W.C. Whiting School of Engineering. He furthered his education by obtaining a Master of Education (MEd) from UCLA School of Education and Information Studies, focusing on Elementary Education and Teaching, as well as Cross-Cultural Academic Language Development (CLAD). Additionally, he earned a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Photography from the San Francisco Art Institute. His diverse educational background supports his expertise in software engineering and technology.
Background
Prior to his current position, Yong Nicholas Kim worked in various roles that contributed to his professional development. He served as an Instructional Technology Teacher and Tech Committee Chairperson at the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District from 1993 to 1999. He also held positions as a Software Engineer at Comcast and Lucid Engineering, and as a Full Stack Engineer at Open Source. His experience spans multiple locations, including Santa Monica, Greater New York City Area, and Greater Philadelphia Area.
Achievements
Yong Nicholas Kim has contributed to the developer community through various initiatives. He co-created Lucid, a developer tool tailored for engineers working with React and GraphQL. He has also contributed to open-source developer tools, demonstrating his commitment to enhancing the developer ecosystem. His technical skills include refactoring state management codebases using React Context and Recoil, as well as leading the transition of frontend API data fetching paradigms to improve performance and readability.