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JiHeon Kim - Backend Software Engineer in Toronto, Canada

JiHeon Kim

Mid-Level Backend Software Engineer specializing in Financial Services

Bank of AmericaUniversity of AlbertaToronto, Canada4 Years ExperienceMid Level

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Frontend engineer focused on React/TypeScript dashboards and end-to-end product delivery, including RBAC with JWT, Redux-based session persistence, and a centralized API layer with token injection. Has experience with real-time MongoDB-backed updates (shared across web and mobile) and has solved production-impacting issues like timezone inconsistencies using date-fns/UTC conversions, backed by Jest + manual QA and rollback-driven release practices.

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Key Strengths

  • End-to-end frontend architecture design around REST APIs
  • Dashboard development with RBAC, JWT-based role claims, and route protection
  • State management with Redux persisted across pages (sessionStorage)
  • Centralized API layer for consistent error handling and automatic auth token injection
  • Real-time data synchronization using MongoDB-backed updates across web and mobile
  • Pragmatic QA approach combining Jest unit tests with manual edge-case testing
  • Production issue handling with rollback strategy and log-driven root cause analysis
  • Resolved timezone/analytics discrepancies via explicit UTC conversions using date-fns
  • Component reusability-focused refactoring to reduce duplication and improve maintainability
  • Data visualization implementation using Chart.js and Recharts

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Experience

Backend Software EngineerBank of America Merrill Lynch · Mar 2022 – Nov 2025
Research AssistantUniversity of Alberta · Jun 2021 – Sep 2021contract

Education

University of Albertabachelor, Computer Science (2021)

Languages

EnglishKorean

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JiHeon KimMid-Level Backend Software Engineer specializing in Financial Services