Kj K
Principal Software Engineer at Salesforce
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Top SchoolKj K is a Principal Software Engineer based in Vancouver with 11 years of experience designing and shipping web applications at scale, currently leading architecture and delivery at Salesforce. He excels at building developer-friendly web apps—and even tooling that helps web apps build other web apps—bringing a pragmatic focus to front-end robustness and legacy compatibility. His open-source contributions include tangible fixes to the well-known svg4everybody project, improving SVG embedding and browser compatibility for complex use cases. Progressing from test engineering to senior and lead roles, he combines deep implementation knowledge with mentorship and cross-team collaboration. A UBC computer science graduate, he blends production-grade engineering discipline with a knack for ironing out subtle browser and rendering edge cases.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
BSc Computer Science, BSc Computer Science at The University of British Columbia
English
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Github Skills (13)
compatible10
javascript10
svg10
front-end-development10
browser-support10
aspnet-web-api6
json6
css6
asp-net6
twitter-bootstrap6
sharepoint6
jquery6
angularjs6
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
jonathantneal/svg4everybody
Nov 2016 - Apr 2020
Use external SVG spritemaps today
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:4 releases, 16 commits, 12 PRs in 3 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Kj primarily worked on updating and maintaining the `svg4everybody` project, focusing on improvements to how SVG elements are handled in older browsers. Their contributions involved modifying the JavaScript code to correctly embed and render SVG images, especially addressing issues with nested `<use>` elements and legacy browser compatibility. The user also updated test cases to ensure the functionality of the project. Minor version updates were also performed.
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timeiscoffee/svg4everybody
Nov 2016 - Jul 2020
Use external SVG spritemaps today
Contributions:14 pushes, 2 branches in 3 years 8 months
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