Michael Paik

Director of Documentation at MongoDB

New York, New York, United States

About

Interested in research opportunities involving on-the-ground deployment of new technologies in the developing world designed to help alleviate poverty and wealth inequality and/or improve healthcare, education, agriculture, and access to information.

Experience

  • Director of Documentation at MongoDB, Inc.
    Jul 2014 - Present · 12 yrs

    Lead team responsible for all technical writing, and directly responsible for the content and quality of 74 of the top 100 visited MongoDB pages. Lead efforts towards testable documentation, continuous integration, and rigorous quality metrics.

  • Visiting Assistant Professor at NYU Abu Dhabi
    Aug 2013 - Sep 2014 · 1 yr 2 mos

    Designed and taught undergraduate-level Computer Science courses including Introduction to Computer Science and Software Engineering.

  • NYU (6 yrs 5 mos)
    • Ph.D. Candidate
      Jan 2009 - May 2013 · 4 yrs 5 mos

      Performed fundamental research pertaining to usable security mechanisms for low-literate and otherwise challenged populations in the developing world.

    • Junior Research Scientist
      Jan 2007 - Jan 2009 · 2 yrs 1 mo

      Performed fundamental research in the areas of delay-tolerant networks and technologies for the developing world under Professors L. Subramanian and Jinyang Li in the Networking and Wide-area Systems Group (NEWS) at New York University.

  • Technical Writer (Consulting at Google) at Adecco Group
    Dec 2011 - Mar 2012 · 4 mos

    Was responsible for complete rewrite of function documentation for the Google Spreadsheets product for the Google Docs (now Google Drive) team. In the process of writing, was responsible for examining code and checking for bugs and unexpected behavior.

  • Accelerating Information Technology Innovation (AITI) Technical Lead Instructor at MIT
    Jun 2011 - Aug 2011 · 3 mos

    Taught Python, Android, and various web technologies to advanced undergraduate engineering students at the University of Moratuwa in Sri Lanka as part of the MIT Accelerating Information Technology Innovation (AITI) program, which teaches development and entrepreneurship skills to students at universities in the developing world. Was responsible with other instructors for developing the Python curriculum. Helped launch six working startups after six weeks' training.