resume/resume.nix

{
  personal = {
    name    = "Max Koon";
    email   = "max@koonindustries.com";
    website = "max.koon.us";
    github  = "github.com/k2on";
  };
  education = {
    enabled = true;
    content = [
      {
        school   = "Clemson University";
        location = "Clemson, SC";
        degree   = "Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Minor in Chinese";
        dates    = "Aug 2022 -- May 2026";
        organizations = [
          "Chi Psi Fraternity (Chaplain)"
          "Campus Outreach (Student Leader)"
          "Clemson Build (Co-Founder)"
          "Chinese Language Club"
        ];

      }
    ];
  };
  experience = {
    enabled = true;
    content = [
      {
        company = "RISMedia";
        location = "Norwalk, CT";
        roles = [
          {
            title = "Backend Engineer Intern";
            dates = "Jun 2023 -- Aug 2025";
            work = ''
              Developed an internal PHP Laravel application for managing magazine subscribers. Developed a feature to detect duplicate subscribers, reducing unnecessary shipping by $5k+. Automated data entry from an external database, saving 10 hours a week.
              Rewrote a 10 year old survey app into a modern Laravel application, giving editorial staff direct access. Created an interface for bulk question entry, which saved the company a month worth of time every year.
              Developed a Wordpress plugin that automates the creation of 60+ pages, saving the company 2 weeks of time every year.
            '';
          }
        ];
      }
      {
        company = "Elemental Cognition";
        location = "Westport, CT";
        roles = [
          {
            title = "Software Development Engineer in Test Intern";
            dates = "Jun 2021 -- Aug 2022";
            work = ''
              Developed end-to-end Robot tests in Scala, to test the company’s Vue application.
              Worked on automating the running of the tests to run in the companies CI/CD pipeline, which standardized the testing environment and would test for regressions in every commit of the codebase.
            '';
          }
          {
            title = "Quality Assurance Intern";
            dates = "Jun 2020 -- Aug 2020";
            work = ''
              Worked on the Quality Assurance team to test the company’s mobile application for regressions.
              Worked with TestFlight to test multiple versions the iOS builds.
            '';
          }
        ];
      }
    ];
  };

  projects = {
    enabled = true;
    content = [
      {
        name = "Greek Life Ride Sharing App";
        dates = "Feb 2023";
        description = ''
          Built a ride-sharing web app that replaced phone-based coordination with real-time driver tracking and ETA updates. (TypeScript, React, Next.js, Tailwind)
          Increased driver safety through an iOS/Android app that automated reservation management, eliminating manual tracking while driving. (TypeScript, React Native, Expo)
          Reduced average passenger wait times via intelligent driver-rider matching with real-time WebSocket updates. (Rust, GraphQL, PostgreSQL, Redis)
        '';
      }
      {
        name = "NixOS Homelab";
        dates = "May 2025";
        description = ''
          Designed and deployed a flake-based NixOS homelab to self-host services exposed to the internet with Cloudflare tunnels.
          Implemented single sign-on provider with Terraform to provide unified user management.
          Architected an automated 3-2-1 backup solution using restic and cron jobs.
        '';
      }
      {
        name = "Location Sharing Website for Clemson Library";
        dates = "Nov 2023";
        description = ''
          Built a web app that generates shareable links with library location previews using Open Graph image metadata.
          Used by over hundreds of students every month.
        '';
      }
    ];
  };

  leadership = {
    enabled = false;
    content = [
      {
        name = "Chi Psi Fraternity";
        location = "Clemson, SC";
        dates = "Apr 2024 -- Present";
        role = "Chaplain";
        description = ''
          Holds a weekly Bible study for the 62 members of the fraternity.
        '';
      }
      {
        name = "Clemson Build";
        location = "Clemson, SC";
        dates = "Apr 2023 -- Present";
        role = "Co-founder";
        description = ''
          Co-founded Clemson build, a student lead club focused on connecting builders together.
          Lead a weekly standup, which encouraged every member to present what they did last week, and what they are doing this week, in order to promote engagement across all the members.
        '';
      }
    ];
  };
  awards = {
    enabled = false;
    content = [
      {
        name = "'Hack for the People' Prize Winner";
        location = "Clemson, SC";
        dates = "Feb 2023";
        award = "CUHackit Hackathon";
        description = ''
          Wrote the backend for CUFries, a website that combined all the different dining hall menus into a single screen to allow students to save time during their busy schedules.
        '';
      }
    ];
  };
  skills = {
    enabled = true;
    content = {
      "Languages" = "Proficient in Chinese";
      "Computer Skills" = "Typescript, Javascript, Rust, React, PHP, Python, proficient in Java, Go, C, C++, Lisp, Microsoft Office.";
      "Interests" = "Bitcoin, Vim, Rubik’s Cube.";
    };
  };
}