Jinny Kim
Aspiring Renaissance Woman
Work Experience
Spotify AB
Senior Software Engineer
2020 - Present
Stockholm, Sweden
Works with teams responsible for core features in the main Spotify mobile apps
(e.g. Home, Now Playing View, Playlists).
Works on establishing and growing internal communities dedicated to marginalised
populations.
Consults with teams on establishing best practices around testing, quality, and
team culture.
Gives internal talks for incoming engineers on having a good quality mindset and
how to use internal tools.
Mentors and coaches colleagues on core and technical skills (e.g. interviewing,
goal-setting, building connections).
Writes technical documentation around many diverse topics (e.g. tools,
relocation, neurodiversity, culture, etc.)
Creates opportunities for colleagues to discuss special topics or interests
(e.g. cooking, arts and crafts, gardening).
Runs workshops on internal technical tools and collaborating with technical
teams for less technical colleagues.
Spotify USA Inc.
Software Engineer
2017 - 2019
New York, NY, USA
Provided guidance and established practices to improve code quality and make
teams more efficient.
Worked on projects involving major design updates, adding new languages, and
user conversion.
Won two annual company-wide hack weeks (2017, 2018).
Kik Interactive Inc.
QA Analyst III
2016 - 2017
Waterloo, ON, Canada
Managed and monitored Android and iOS releases used by hundreds of millions of
users worldwide.
Ran meetings with engineering, product, and support teams for product vision and
process.
Screened and interviewed co-op and full-time candidates.
Managed and mentored co-op students, and revamped co-op and full-time onboarding
procedures.
Tracked incoming bugs and code changes to identify quality issues and trends.
Kik Interactive Inc.
Release & QA Engineer
2015 - 2016
Waterloo, ON, Canada
Developed and improved the Android and iOS app submission & release
processes.
Updated, consolidated, and maintained documentation for QA and engineering
teams.
Built dashboards to track and communicate mobile feature status and progress to
the company.
Worked closely with product and engineering managers to move features through QA
and release.
Projects
Quin
Facebook Global Hackathon Finals 2012 Winner
Fall 2012
Built a speech-to-text, natural language app for iOS 6 to improve the existing
Facebook search.
Ninjaquote
Waterloo Facebook Hackathon 2012 Winner
Winter 2012
Built the winning app that tested users' knowledge of their friends.
Education
University of Waterloo
2008-2015
Honours Bachelor of Mathematics in Combinatorics &
Optimization and Pure Mathematics (co-op)
Velocity residence resident, 2012 & 2014.
Udacity: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence
Fall 2011
Participated in the inaugural offering of Stanford's online Artificial Intelligence
class.
Final mark: 91.6%, Final exam: 100%
Awards & Certifications
TD Bank Group Scholarship • Dr. Paul D. Steinhauer Scholarship • Engineering Society 'A' President's Award
The Dominion Scholarship • Government of Canada Physical and Security Clearance • Time Person of the Year (2006)
Interests
Mental Health & Neurodiversity • Food • Languages • Gardening • Travel
