Jimmy Deokpyo Hong

About Jimmy Deokpyo Hong

Engineering leader focused on building scalable web platforms and enabling teams to deliver reliable and high quality products at scale. I care deeply about creating environments where engineers can move quickly, solve meaningful problems, and produce high quality work.My background includes hands-on development, system architecture, and engineering leadership. I have worked on platforms ranging from large e-commerce systems serving millions of users to mission critical aviation software. I partner closely with product, design, and executive leadership to translate business goals into clear technical direction while balancing speed, quality, and long term platform health.I\'m very excited about how AI is transforming modern software development. I actively use AI assisted development workflows, including Claude Code with custom skills and MCP servers, to automate engineering tasks and improve development velocity. These workflows help streamline documentation, planning, testing, and pull request generation so teams can focus more time on solving real problems.Outside of work, I enjoy traveling with family and friends and competing in swim meets, marathons, and triathlons.

Experience

1. Engineering Manager

   Foreflight

   Aug 2021 — Present · Austin, TX, US

   Orchestrate cross-functional execution to deliver quarterly initiatives that expand market reach and ensure the reliability and quality of services essential to flight operations- Coach all level engineers to lead end-to-end project lifecycles and make informed technical decisions with minimal guidance- Execute major architectural refactors to modernize legacy code, improve user experience, reduce debugging time, and accelerate development- Leverage AI tools such as Claude Code, Codex and Copilot to automate manual processes, reduce coding toil, and elevate focus toward architecture and proactive quality.

Education

• The University of Texas at Austin

  UT Coding Bootcamp, Full Stack Web Development Certificate, Computer Software Engineering

  2016 — 2017

• The University of Texas at Austin

  Bachelor’s Degree, Management Information Systems

  2009 — 2016

Skills

• Ajax
• Html
• Php
• Jquery
• Cascading Style Sheets (Css)
• Web Design
• Angularjs
• Javascript
• Web Development
• Databases
• Git
• Node.js
• Mysql
• Sql
• Redux
• Python
• Agile Methodologies
• React.js
• Json
• D3.js
• Chrome Extensions
• Mongodb