Kyle Kent

Software Engineer

Experience

IKEA North America Services, LLC

June 2022 - Present

Software Engineer

  • Drove development of Vaka, a greenfield, real-time observability platform built with Fastly, Dynamic Web Framework, Preact, GCP, and MongoDB that enhanced error resolution in customer-facing online shopping systems, significantly reducing Mean Time to Recovery (MTTR)
  • Integrated client-side routing with React Router for the Cart SPA, enabling robust A/B testing and smoother user experiences
  • Developed and optimized online checkout features to reduce load times, improve error messaging, and enhance UI clarity around service selections and product groupings
  • Mentored 4 new engineers through structured weekly sessions, accelerating onboarding timelines by providing hands-on guidance and technical walkthroughs and authored onboarding templates for React, TypeScript, and Git best practices
  • Spearheaded a login gateway initiative, coordinating cross-team efforts to introduce A/B tested login flows that improved user authentication rates
  • Collaborated with internal frontend design team to identify, report, and deliver bugfixes
  • Founded and led a company-wide DevOps Guild standardizing workflows and training across GCP, Terraform, and GitHub Actions
  • Resolved a critical security vulnerability in the gift registry flow, safeguarding sensitive customer address information
  • Created a project repository template using Terraform and integrating GCP with GitHub using Workload Identity Federation
  • Managed monthly on-call shifts for global checkout support, effectively identifying and resolving production issues and managing market rollbacks

Proconex

February 2021 - June 2022

Software Engineer

  • Architected and developed Angular components such as a dynamic reporting table, interactive OPC device parameter navigation, and editable data tables with conditional logic
  • Designed a configurable alert infrastructure integrating SQL stored procedures, Angular dialogs, and web API hooks to automate notifications
  • Optimized SQL stored procedures, significantly reducing query latency and improving overall response times
  • Refactored legacy Angular and SQL codebases to eliminate performance bottlenecks and improve maintainability

BrickSimple, LLC

February 2020 - January 2021

Software Engineer

  • Developed a HIPAA compliant, NLP healthcare chat app designed to answer patients' post-surgery care questions. Built using Google DialogFlow with a React/Redux frontend and Django backend
  • Optimized data polling and statistics calculations in an Angular-based patient management system
  • Worked directly with clients to gather requirements, architect solutions, implement designs, beta test with users, and deliver tailored software applications
  • Developed virtual assistant UI components in React, leading to an increase in user engagement and streamlined conversational feature integration

His Mansion Ministries

September 2018 - October 2019

Servant Leader

  • Led and mentored residents in a structured recovery program, fostering accountability, emotional resilience, and teamwork through daily guidance, conflict resolution, and collaborative problem-solving

First Trust Portfolios

August 2016 - September 2018

Software Engineer

  • Modernized legacy financial applications by refactoring outdated architecture and improving code readability and maintainability
  • Created SQL tools for database optimization, enhancing data integrity and boosting query performance
  • Collaborated closely with clients to gather requirements and successfully delivered tailored software solutions

Open Source Projects

Portfolio ∙ https://kylekent.dev

May 2025 - Present

Single page portfolio website showcasing my projects, skills, and work experience. Built with Next.js, Tailwind CSS, Framer Motion, and TypeScript.

To-dos ∙ https://github.com/Kladenets/next-intro

March 2025 - Present

Basic todo list application for continued learning purposes, focusing on Tailwind CSS, Next.js App Router, and MinimongoDB

Education

Wheaton College

September 2013 - May 2017
Wheaton, IL

BS Computer Science