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Hi, I'm Son Nguyen

Software Engineer

As a dedicated CS & Econ student at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, I'm passionate about harnessing the synergy between technology and economics to drive innovation and growth! 🚀

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About Me

My introduction
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Hello, world 👋 ! I'm currently a Computer Science & Economics double major at UNC-Chapel Hill, with a minor in Data Science, and I'm excited to embark on a journey to gain more experience and knowledge in my field of interest - Software Engineering. I'm open to any internships or work experiences that will help me prepare for my future career. In addition to gaining professional experience, I am also excited to be a part of any professional team. I consider myself to be an outgoing, hard-working, and cooperative individual, and I believe I can contribute positively to any team that I am a part of! 🌟

04+ Years of
experience
10+ Completed
certificates
05 Companies
worked

Skills

My technical levels
Languages
More than 3 years of experience

Python

90%

Java

90%

JavaScript

90%

TypeScript

80%

Go

80%

C & C++

80%

Swift

90%

Kotlin

70%

PHP

80%

Assembly

70%

Shell

80%
Front-End Development
More than 3 years of experience

React

90%

Vue.js

80%

Angular

90%

Next.js

90%

Bootstrap

90%

WebAssembly

80%

jQuery

80%

TailwindCSS

80%

Webpack

90%

Vite

80%

HTML5 & CSS3 & SASS

90%

Micro-Frontends Architecture

90%
Back-End Development
More than 3 years of experience

Node.js

90%

Express.js

90%

Spring Framework & Spring Boot

90%

Django

90%

Flask & FastAPI

90%

Golang & Beego

80%

RESTful APIs

90%

GraphQL

80%

Apache Kafka

80%

RabbitMQ

90%

Nginx

80%

Red5 Media Server

80%

OAuth & JWT

90%

Elasticsearch & ELK Stack

80%

Prometheus

80%

Microservices Architecture

90%
Databases
Approximately 3 years of experience

Firebase

90%

Oracle Database

80%

MySQL

90%

PostgreSQL

90%

MongoDB

90%

Redis

90%

DynamoDB

80%
Data Analytics
Approximately 2 years of experience

Tableau

90%

PowerBI

90%

Apache Hadoop

80%

Apache Spark

80%

R Programming

90%

Microsoft Excel

90%

SAS

80%

Stata

90%
AI & Machine Learning
More than 2 years of experience

Tensorflow

80%

Keras

80%

Tesseract OCR

90%

PyTorch

80%

Pinecone

90%

scikit-learn

80%

pandas

90%

OpenCV

80%

Optuna

90%

YOLOv3 & YOLOv8

90%

Transformers

80%

Data Preprocessing

80%

Deep Learning

80%
Mobile Development
More than 2 years of experience

React Native

90%

Android (Kotlin)

80%

iOS (Swift)

90%

Objective-C

80%

Android Studio

80%

Xcode

90%

Apache Cordova

80%
CI/CD & Development Tools
More than 2 years of experience

Git

90%

GitHub Actions

90%

Docker

90%

Kubernetes

80%

Jenkins

80%

Vercel

90%

Netlify

90%

Heroku

80%

Render

90%

AWS

80%

Google Cloud Platform

80%

Azure

80%
UI/UX & Graphic Design
Over 1 year of experience

Figma

90%

Blender

80%

Adobe Illustrator

90%

InVision

80%

Qualifications

My educational & professional journeys
Education
Work

Undergraduate Diploma

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
2022 - 2025
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The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

  • Pursuing Computer Science (B.S.), Economics (B.A.), and Data Science (Minor) degrees.

  • Cumulative GPA: 3.9/4.0.

  • On the Dean's List for 6 consecutive semesters.

  • On track to graduate with highest distinction in December 2025.

  • Project Manager & Tech Lead for the Google Developer Student Clubs at UNC-Chapel Hill.

  • Key Member of the Competitive Programming Club at UNC-Chapel Hill.

  • Member of the CS+Social Good Club at UNC-Chapel Hill.

  • Student Ambassador for the Microsoft Learn Student Ambassador Program.

  • Member of the Carolina Economics Club.

  • Member of Carolina Analytics and Data Science (CADS).

High School Diploma

The MacDuffie School
2019 - 2022
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The MacDuffie School

  • Graduating GPA: 4.36/4.0

  • Graduated with Maximum Honor in June 2022.

  • Recipient of the MacDuffie School's Academic Excellence Award in 2020, 2021, and 2022.

  • Recipient of the AP Scholar Award by the College Board.

  • Founder of the Video Games & Technology Club at MacDuffie

  • Member of the MacDuffie Economics Club.

  • Member of the MacDuffie Robotics Club.

  • Treasurer & Key Member of the MacDuffie Key Club.

Software Engineer Intern

Technical Consulting & Research, Inc.
March 2025 - August 2025
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Technical Consulting & Research, Inc.

  • Developed and maintained a React and Express.js full-stack web application that allows the company's staff to manage and track their projects and clients.

  • Assisted in the development of a Django & Python backend that processes user data and sends it to the database.

  • Designed an improved database architecture that increased the application's performance by 30% and implemented Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) to enhance security.

  • Enhanced the security of web applications by implementing OAuth 2.0 and JWT for user authentication and implemented measures to prevent CSRF and XSS attacks.

  • Technology Stack: React, Django, Python, TypeScript, JavaScript, Node.js, Express, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis, Git, GitHub, REST APIs, GraphQL, Figma, AWS, OAuth 2.0, JWT.

AI/ML Research Assistant

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
February 2025 - May 2025
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The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

  • A research assistant for the AIMING Lab at UNC-Chapel Hill, working under Dr. Huaxiu Yao's supervision.

  • Applied AI to biomedicine by training LLMs on medical text datasets with over 500,000 records and fine-tuning diffusion models to generate high-resolution medical images.

  • Improved model robustness against adversarial attacks, reducing error rates by 20% through training and fine-tuning.

  • Reduced diffusion models' computational costs by 35% while maintaining high-resolution image synthesis quality.

  • Developed retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) techniques, improving LLM knowledge retention and response accuracy by 40%.

  • Technology Stack: Python, PyTorch, LangChain, TensorFlow, Hugging Face Transformers, Diffusers, OpenAI API, and Docker.

COMP-126 Teaching Assistant

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
January 2025 - May 2025
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The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

  • Provided academic support to over 80 students, both in-class and during office hours, improving their understanding of web development concepts.

  • Conducted 8-9 weekly office hours and review sessions, resulting in a 15% increase in student exam performance.

  • Graded and provided feedback on over 200 assignments and exams, maintaining a 100% on-time grading rate.

  • Communicated with the professor to enhance course materials, leading to a significant increase in student engagement and understanding of web development concepts.

  • Technology Stack: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, React, Node.js, Express, MongoDB, Git, GitHub, REST APIs, JSON, AJAX, Bootstrap, Material-UI, Figma.

COMP-210 Teaching Assistant

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
August 2024 - December 2024
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The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

  • Provided academic support to over 150 students, improving their understanding of data structures and algorithms.

  • Conducted 15+ weekly office hours and review sessions, resulting in a 20% increase in student exam performance.

  • Graded and provided feedback on over 150 assignments and exams, maintaining a 98% on-time grading rate.

  • Collaborated with professors to enhance course materials, leading to a 25% increase in student engagement in labs and assignments.

  • Mentored 10+ students on complex individual projects, helping them tackle advanced algorithmic challenges efficiently.

  • Technology Stack: Python, Java, Git, Data Structures (Arrays, Linked Lists, Trees, Hash Maps, Graphs).

Software Engineer Intern

FPT Corporation
June 2024 - August 2024
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FPT Corporation

  • Developed 20+ backend APIs and 10+ frontend features for FPT ICDP, FPT’s internal communication platform.

  • Enhanced the UI of ICDP using Figma, resulting in a 20% increase in user engagement and satisfaction.

  • Developed 5 new features of ICDP to streamline communication, document sharing, and task management, enhancing collaboration and communication between FPT teams by 25%.

  • Contributed to NLP and data analysis projects for the chatbot feature of FPT's ICDP, leading to a 15% improvement in AI model fine-tuning and optimization.

  • Developed a new feature for FPT's ICDP that allows users to create and manage their own chatbots, increasing user engagement by 30%.

  • Technology Stack: Tensorflow, PyTorch, Optuna, React, Node.js, Express.js, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, Redis, Apache Kafka, RabbitMQ, Git, Kubernetes, and Docker.

Fullstack Software Engineer

Huong Hua Co., Ltd.
December 2023 - February 2024
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Huong Hua Co., Ltd.

  • Developed the company’s full-stack English-version website and job application database that supports over 50,000 active users.

  • Led the entire project lifecycle from concept to deployment.

  • Created responsive, user-focused UIs, implementing a mobile-first design approach using Figma.

  • Increased operational efficiency by 40%, managing approximately 200 job applications monthly.

  • Deployed the system using Docker, AWS EC2, RDS, S3, Gateway, and Route 53, optimizing infrastructure costs by 20% and enhancing the company's global reach.

  • Helped establish a scalable infrastructure that accommodates future growth in user base and application submissions.

  • Technology Stack: PHP, React, Django, Figma, MongoDB, MySQL, Docker, AWS, and Git.

Software Engineer Intern

VNG Corporation
June 2023 - August 2023
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VNG Corporation

  • Contributed to the design and development of vCloudcam’s security camera management website.

  • Enhanced the website’s user interface and user experience, boosting site performance by 30%, and supporting user traffic of over 75,000 monthly visits.

  • Identified a performance issue and implemented a WASM-based solution that increased the video streaming system’s efficiency by 30%.

  • Rewrote the website’s backend code, improving the server’s response time by 40%.

  • Received the Best Intern Award for the 2023 Summer Internship Program by VNG Corporation.

  • Technology Stack: React, Angular, TailwindCSS, Webpack, Java, WebAssembly, Golang, Beego, Oracle Database, Red5, Docker, and Git.

Data Analytics Research Assistant

Case Western Reserve University
December 2022 - May 2023
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Case Western Reserve University

  • Collaborated with researchers at the Mandel School of Social Sciences on the Study of Human Rights in Southeast Asia and the Study of Southeast Asian Economics and Politics (SSEAP).

  • Assisted researchers with data entry, improved data processing efficiency by 30%, and executed 50+ data simulations and visualizations using Excel, Tableau, SAS, Plotly, and ggplot2.

  • Ensured data security and integrity for over 5,000 data points, reducing data errors by 25%.

  • Using Apache Spark and Hadoop, analyzed 10+ TB of data, identifying key trends and patterns that informed research findings and recommendations.

  • Reviewed and critically assessed 20+ research proposals, providing constructive feedback that enhanced the quality of research output by 40%.

  • Technology Stack: Microsoft Excel, Tableau, Hadoop, Spark, SAS, Python (Plotly), and R (ggplot2).

Peer Tutor

Case Western Reserve University
February 2023 - May 2023
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Case Western Reserve University

  • Peer tutor for the Programming in Java (CSDS 132) & Calculus II (MATH 122) course at Case Western Reserve University.

  • Assisted 50+ students with understanding the course material, completing assignments, and preparing for exams.

  • Conducted 5+ weekly review sessions to help students understand the course material and prepare for exams.

  • Provided 45+ students with additional resources and study materials to help them succeed in the course.

  • Held 10+ office hours per week to assist students with course material and assignments.

  • Technology Stack: Java, Eclipse, and IntelliJ IDEA.

Projects

Take a look at my notable personal projects
MovieVerse App UI

The MovieVerse App

The MovieVerse is a web application that allows users to search for movies, TV shows, and actors, and view detailed information about them.

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Employee Management App UI

DocuThinker - AI-Powered Document Analysis App

A full-stack web application that uses AI to summarize, extract key information, and analyze documents, images, and PDFs.

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EventHorizon App website screenshot

Moodify - AI-Powered Music Recommendation App

Moodify is a full-stack web application that uses AI to analyze users' facial expressions and recommend music based on their mood.

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Employee Management App UI

Employee Management Fullstack App

A full-stack web application that allows administrators to manage employees, departments, and projects, and view detailed information about them.

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Learning Management System App UI

Learning Management System Fullstack App

A full-stack web application that allows administrators to manage courses, students, and instructors, and view detailed information about them.

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CollabNote App UI

CollabNote - Realtime Note-Taking App

A NestJS, Next.js, Supabase web application that allows users to create, edit, delete, and share notes in real-time with others.

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MERN-Stack E-Commerce App UI

Budget Management Backend API

A comprehensive RESTful & GraphQL API that allows users to manage their budgets, expenses, and incomes, and view detailed information about them.

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AI Multipurpose Classifiers

AI Multipurpose Classifiers

A project that I built to classify vehicles, animals, human faces, moods, and many more using various machine learning models.

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Lumina AI App UI

Lumina AI - The Ultimate AI Chatbot

A full-stack, AI-powered chatbot that uses GPT-3, Pinecone, and LangChain to provide users with accurate, informative, and engaging responses.

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RAG-LangChain AI System

RAG-LangChain AI System

A RAG-based AI system that uses LangChain and API chaining to answer complex questions and provide more informed responses.

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MERN-Stack E-Commerce App UI

Tic-Tac-Toe Fullstack Game

A full-stack, MERN-Typescript web application that allows users to play the classic Tic-Tac-Toe game with global leaderboards and AI opponents.

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MERN-Stack E-Commerce App UI

MERN-Stack E-Commerce App

A full-stack demo web application that allows users to search for products, view detailed information about them, and "purchase" them.

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MERN-Stack E-Commerce App UI

StudySync Study Buddy App

A full-stack, Vue-powered productivity app with a comprehensive suite of tools to help enhance students' study routines and stay organized.

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The Maze Game's UI

The Maze Game

Maze Game is a simple yet challenging maze game that I built using DFS, BFS, and Prim's algorithms.

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2048 game UI

The 2048 Game

2048 is a fun, addictive, and challenging puzzle game that I built natively for iOS, Android, and the web.

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2048 game UI

The Flappy Bird Game

Flappy Bird is a classic, addictive, and challenging game that I built natively for iOS with SpriteKit and Swift.

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Stickynotes App UI

The StickyNotes App

StickyNotes is a simple, intuitive, and efficient note-taking app that allows users to create, edit, delete, and save notes on the cloud with ease.

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WeatherMate App UI

The WeatherMate App

WeatherMate provides users with real-time weather updates and forecasts for their current location and any other location they choose in the world.

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RecipeGenie App UI

The RecipeGenie App

RecipeGenie App is a web application that allows users to search for recipes, view detailed information about them, and save their favorite recipes.

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