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Justin Hong

namyang@mit.edu | (617) 256-8414 | linkedin.com/in/hongnoul | U.S. Citizen

Education

Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA

BS in Computer Science and Engineering (GPA: 4.3) · Expected May 2027

  • Relevant Coursework: Data Structures & Algorithms, Software Construction, Web Design
  • Activities: MIT Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program, Walker Memorial Basement Radio 88.1FM, MIT Live

Work & Leadership Experience

TrustAI Labs (YCombinator S26) San Francisco, CA

Founding Engineer & Designer · November 2025 – Present

  • Own end-to-end frontend of the product, prototyping features and delivering polished, production-ready interfaces
  • Built and maintain the full marketing site and interactive product demos used in investor and customer-facing presentations
  • Defined visual identity and design system including logo; responsible for all brand, motion, and interaction decisions

ROK Army Yeoncheon, South Korea

Squad Leader & Personnel Administration Specialist · July 2024 – Jan 2026

  • Created advanced Excel macros to automate reports, minimizing errors in high-stakes administrative workflows
  • Served as squad leader in a top-ranked infantry platoon (1st of 48) in CQB room-clearing competition

MIT Political History Department Cambridge, MA

Frontend Developer · December 2023 – February 2024

  • Developed a server-side rendered digital exhibition platform with Next.js, improving accessibility and SEO
  • Collaborated with MIT History faculty to launch a digital archive of activist murals, increased visibility to 1,000+ users

EAN Design Consulting Group Seoul, South Korea

Architectural Design Intern · August 2021

  • Produced high-fidelity architectural renderings for a commercial flagship project, enhancing client engagement and improving proposal clarity using Enscape and iterative design reviews
  • Conducted site research and prepared financial and ROI reports, integrating statistical analysis to support data-informed client planning and long-term investment decisions

Technical Projects

Boston Tech Week Hackathon, FreightDesk

May 2026

  • Architected repo partitions (web / worker / db) and built full Next.js storefront with voice-first mic launcher (Web Speech API) and customer complaint inbox in a 2-hour build sprint
  • Designed plan-approve-execute UX for an autonomous freight-exception agent on Cloudflare Workers (Subconscious reasoning, Baseten vision/ASR); live SSE trace surfaces draft carrier, customer, and AR messages

Cursor Boston Sports Hack, FieldBack

May 2026

  • Owned full Next.js 16 frontend for an ACL-injury triage app: coach dashboard with three-sport rosters of 60+ athletes, body-silhouette injury visualization, structured check-in flow, and role-based login routing
  • Integrated FastAPI backend running MediaPipe pose extraction and RAG-grounded rehab retrieval to turn short video + text intake into severity and urgency bands

Amazon Nova AI Hackathon, Cadabra

February – March 2026

  • Built a Chrome extension personalizing Amazon search rankings in real time using AI-inferred behavioral profiles
  • Engineered full-stack: TypeScript Lambda on AWS API Gateway, DynamoDB profile persistence, DOM reranking with AI-generated explanation badges

MIT Bitcoin Hackathon

February 2024

  • Developed a tokenized property deed system and live marketplace prototype, leading a team of 5+ to explore trust, ownership, and verification in digital marketplaces
  • Built frontend with real-time transaction UI; presented to panel of judges at MIT Bitcoin Expo

Honors & Awards