Kirk Shin
Frontend Developer at Goldschmitt and Associates (G&A)
Los Angeles, California, United States
Summary
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Senior🎓
Top SchoolKirk Shin is a frontend developer with 8 years of full-stack experience based in Los Angeles, specializing in JavaScript, React, Vue, Node.js, and SQL/NoSQL. He builds practical developer tools and user-facing apps, notably co-creating Peppermint—an Electron app that generates Jest tests for Vue projects to streamline testing without writing code. At Goldschmitt & Associates he focuses on delivering polished front-end experiences, while his open-source projects demonstrate strong backend skills: designing PostgreSQL-backed APIs, OAuth integrations, and image upload flows. He leans into scalable state management (Vuex, Redux Thunk) to prevent prop drilling and improve developer ergonomics. Kirk combines a scientific background in biology/biomedical sciences with hands-on engineering, which informs his methodical approach to problem solving and testing. Active in open source, he also speaks on topics like database comparisons, reflecting a curiosity that spans both architecture and developer tooling.
8 years of coding experience
Master of Science - MS, Biomedical Sciences, General, Master of Science - MS, Biomedical Sciences, General at University of South FloridaBiology, Biology, General, Biology, Biology, General at University of California, Los Angeles
Github Skills (3)
testing7
vue6
react4
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
PeppermintCO/Peppermint
Oct 2019 - Nov 2019
A Vue Testing Application
Contributions:120 commits, 143 PRs, 114 pushes in 24 days
testingvue
PeppermintCO/peppermint-website
Oct 2019 - Oct 2019
Website describing Peppermint app
Contributions:21 commits, 20 PRs, 19 pushes in 1 day
reactpeppermint
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