Jae Ok
Software Developer at ZL Tech
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJae Ok is a Chicago-based software developer with 8 years of full-stack experience and an MS and BS in Computer Engineering from Northwestern University. He currently builds enterprise web applications at ZL Tech, specializing in JavaScript, React, Redux, Node.js/Express, and diverse databases such as MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, and Cassandra. His background includes research assistant roles at Northwestern's FPGA-HLS and Rogers Research Groups, underscoring a foundation in rigorous engineering alongside practical software delivery. Before returning to industry, he served as a Sergeant and Squad Captain in the 13th Signal Group of the South Korean Army, an experience that honed leadership and disciplined execution. He augmented his formal education with Hack Reactor’s Advanced Software Engineering Immersive to sharpen modern full-stack capabilities. Jae combines academic depth with hands-on production experience, aiming to deliver robust, scalable systems and contribute across the full stack.
8 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
High School Diploma, High School Diploma at Taipei American SchoolAdvanced Software Engineering Immersive, Advanced Software Engineering Immersive at Hack ReactorNorthwestern University
Chinese, Korean, EnglishProgramming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
richardtherich/CUDA-Projects
May 2020 - May 2020
Contributions:80 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
Geese-Witherspoon-Team-6/ProductDetailsShipping
Sep 2020 - Oct 2020
Product Details and Shipping
Contributions:15 commits, 1 PR, 10 pushes in 18 days
detailsshipping
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