JH

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James Hong

@jameshong

Senior software engineer specializing in full-stack systems, scalable platforms, and AI integrations.

What I'm looking for

I seek senior engineering roles building scalable, privacy-conscious platforms with strong collaboration, mentorship, and emphasis on observability and long-term technical investment.

I am a senior software engineer with deep full-stack experience building scalable, high-throughput systems at companies like Uber and Airbnb. I design and implement backend platforms, API migrations, and frontend modernization efforts that improve reliability, developer velocity, and user experience.

At Uber I led the Eats Menu Platform, an AI-driven operations assistant, and a GraphQL migration, using Go, Python, Node.js, MySQL, Redis, Kafka, Docker, and Kubernetes. At Airbnb I built booking APIs, modernized frontend stacks with React and Storybook, and helped split a monolith into service-oriented architecture.

I mentor engineers, drive roadmap and technical strategy, and partner with product, design, and compliance teams to deliver production-grade systems while meeting privacy and observability needs.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

UB

Current

Senior Software Engineer

Current

Uber

Mar 2020 - Present (5 years 7 months)

Led multiple high-impact projects across Uber Eats and Rider platforms including a menu platform, AI operations assistant, and a GraphQL migration that improved engineering velocity and system reliability at global scale.

Go Python MySQL Redis Kubernetes Kafka GraphQL Prometheus AWS

AI

Senior Software Engineer

Sep 2013 - Nov 2019 (6 years 2 months)

Led development of booking APIs, messaging infrastructure, and a frontend modernization initiative including React adoption and a component library, helping scale Airbnb’s platform and improve performance and developer productivity.

Ruby on Rails React JavaScript MySQL Redis Webpack Docker CircleCi Storybook AWS

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

FU

Florida International University

Bachelor's degree, Computer Science

2008 - 2012

Completed a bachelor's degree program at Florida International University from 2008 to 2012.

Availability

Open to opportunities

Location

United States

Authorized to work in

Job categories

Senior Software Engineer Backend Engineer Frontend Engineer Full Stack Engineer Platform Engineer Integration Engineer Infrastructure Engineer Technical Lead Site Reliability Engineer Senior Software Development Engineer Sr. Software Engineer Senior Software Developer Senior Staff Software Engineer Senior Engineer Senior Backend Software Engineer Senior C# .NET Software Engineer Sr. Staff Software Engineer Senior Fullstack Software Engineer

Skills

TailwindCSS HTML CSS JavaScript TypeScript React Redux React Redux jQuery SCSS styled components CSS Modules Tailwind UI MUI Framework React Query React Testing Library Webpack Babel Server Side Rendering Code Modularization Figma Storybook D3.Js ESLint Prettier Next.js Webflow React Hooks Editor.Js NodeJS ExpressJS Spring Boot Go Ruby on Rails NestJS TypeORM Prisma RESTful APIs GraphQL gRPC Swagger OpenAPI Kafka WebSockets OAuth 2.0 JWT RabbitMQ WebRTC Serverless TDD Stripe Microservices HIPAA Cryptography MySQL PostgreSQL Redis Cassandra DynamoDB MongoDB Elasticsearch Supabase Firebase Oracle SQLAlchemy Jest RSpec Junit xUnit NUnit Cypress Playwright Capybara Selenium AWS Google Cloud Platform Azure Jenkins CircleCi GitHub Actions Docker Kubernetes Terraform Prometheus Grafana Sentry Datadog Linux Formik Retool Zapier Git Scrum Jira Confluence Mapbox Google Maps Google Analytics Mixpanel Segment Looker Asana Notion Adobe Sketch Event Driven Architecture Superset Azure DevOps Java Kotlin fastAPI Ubuntu iOS Zustand Nginx Toolkit GitHub Zendesk Objective C Hadoop Airflow Google Tag Manager Shadcn Ui Monaco Editor GDPR Gmail Agile

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