Personal Project

I use my software engineering skills to design, implement and operate a software system that helps me solve problems in life. The software currently includes a Content Management System, a personal website, an iOS app, a VPN server, a React Native component library and a backend API. Some parts of the software are open source and can be found below.

- React components I built:

    Showcase: miniskylab.com/storybook

    Source code: github.com/miniskylab/Antimatter

- Backend API I developed: miniskylab.com/open-api

- My personal website: You are looking at it!

Technologies: React Native .NET 5+ TypeScript C# MySQL Redux Redux Saga Storybook Webpack Kubernetes GitHub Actions Let's Encrypt Cloudflare DigitalOcean OpenVPN SaaS

United States •  Remote •  Contractor

Technologies: React Native React.js TypeScript JavaScript SaaS

US, EU, APAC •  Remote •  Contractor

I’ve been working as a freelance software developer for various clients and with different technologies. My responsibilities vary depending on the project and client I work for. Below are the most notable ones:

Process: Agile/Scrum

Responsibilities:

- Organize a team of 4 – 6 people using Agile/Scrum process and Jira, Actionable Agile tools.

- Communicate with clients, CTO, marketing departments, cross-functional teams, etc. to collect, clarify and understand requirements.

- Refine vague requirements from clients into Jira tasks with detailed acceptance criteria and scope then put them into product backlog.

- Schedule and organize backlog refinement meetings in which all team members cast their votes to assign story points to each task based on its scope and acceptance criteria.

- Utilize Monte Carlo: How Many tool to decide how many tasks to bring into new sprints in sprint planning meetings.

- Utilize Aging Work In Progress tool to track the progress of each task in daily standup meetings.

- Utilize the OpenAPI Generator tool to automatically generate client libraries and documentation from existing APIs which cuts down development time by 20%.

- Setup CI/CD build system including linter, unit test runner and build scripts.

- Get nearly 100 Jira tasks done across projects.

Technologies: React Native React.js TypeScript JavaScript Node.js Webpack Jest .NET C# MySQL Docker Kubernetes Next.js NestJS Express.js AWS SaaS

Adludio • United Kingdom •  Remote •  Contractor

I worked with their European team to develop a web-based tool that helps manage advertising campaigns of Adludio's clients.

Process: Agile/Scrum

Responsibilities:

- Advise the team to switch from walking the table to walking the board format for daily standup meetings by driving 3 meetings using the new format as examples. My advice received positive feedback from the team and was adopted shortly after.

- Advise the team to use Conventional Commits specification for writing commit messages which received positive feedback from the tech lead.

- Communicate with tech lead and cross-functional teams to collect, clarify and understand requirements.

- Refine vague requirements collected from tech lead and cross-functional teams into Jira tasks with detailed acceptance criteria and scope then put them into product backlog.

- Get more than 12 Jira tasks done for the team.

Technologies: React.js TypeScript Node.js MySQL SaaS

Legal & General • United Kingdom •  Remote •  Contractor

I worked with their core team to develop various web-based tools for their business unit.

Process: Agile/Scrum

Responsibilities:

- Successfully delivered 7 projects to the business unit.

- Collaborate with cross-functional teams (frontend developers, testers, business analysts, graphical designers, etc.) through a series of Three Amigos meetings to understand business requirements and translate them into Jira tasks with detailed acceptance criteria and scope.

- Collaborate with frontend developers and testers through a series of Three Amigos meetings to design solutions for each Jira task.

- Communicate with business analysts and stakeholders to explain and suggest alternatives to business requirements that are impossible to implement.

- Get nearly 100 Jira tasks done for the team.

Technologies: .NET 5+ C# ASP.NET Optimizely CMS SaaS

Optimizely • Vietnam • On-site

I joined the Expert Services team to directly provide technical support for clients of Optimizely.

Responsibilities:

- Aid in the project bidding process by refining vague requirements from clients into a detailed work breakdown structure and providing rough estimates for each work item in it.

- Review, assess and suggest improvements for codebases submitted by Mazda’s subsidiaries around the world.

Technologies: .NET Core C# Selenium Electron.js SaaS

MCB • Vietnam • On-site

I worked with their Research & Development team to rebuild their e-commerce platform using new technologies.

Process: Agile/Scrum

Responsibilities:

- Optimize performance of API endpoints by moving data extraction and transformation logics from codebase to stored procedures in database which results in a decrease in response time by 80% from 5 seconds to less than 1 second.

Technologies: React.js ASP.NET C# Microsoft SQL Server SaaS

FPT Software • Vietnam • On-site

My team and I worked for a Czech Republic client and our job was to rebuild their document management platform with new elegant UI and better UX. They also wanted to add a couple of new features to their newly developed platform.

Process: Agile/Scrum

Team size: 30 people

Technologies: React.js .NET Framework

FPT University • Vietnam

I graduated from FPT University after 4 year studying with a Bachelor of Science degree in Software Engineering.

Major: Software Engineering

Minor: Embedded System

GPA: 8.01 / 10

Rank: Very Good