About
Hi! My name is Thai, and I am currently working at CSULB, as a software developer, under the WDC department.
I was born in Đà Nẵng, Vietnam, and was naturalized as of 2023.
I've always had a keen interest in technologies, learning, and picking up new hobbies.
As of late, these are my favorite things to do throughout the week.
- - Guitar/ Piano, mainly percussive fingerstyle and jazz ^.^
- - Catching up on the weekly One Piece updates and other webtoons.
- - Working out and playing sports with my friends.
- - Play badminton with my girlfriend.
- - Biking to buy some local street tacos.
- - Spending hours getting stuck on a LeetCode problem.
- - Annoy my dog and cat, their name is Bruno and Yan Yan.
Experience
Web Developer - CSU Long Beach
Long Beach, California
- Assisted in maintaining and optimizing the CSULB and Carpenter Performing Arts Center websites using Drupal and PHP, contributing to performance and accessibility improvements.
- Developed scripts to automate MySQL database migrations in Acquia Cloud, reducing manual intervention and improving deployment efficiency during monthly sprint pushes.
- Automated over 150 Java unit test scripts with Selenium and Maven, identifying and fixing accessibility issues, improving compliance with WCAG 2.1 standards.
- Developed a custom Drupal module enabling secure, token-based access to unpublished content, which was used over 50 times in its first month, significantly improving content management workflows.
- Technologies Used: Drupal, SCSS, PHP, Lando, Docker, JavaScript, Acquia, MySQL, Selenium, jQuery
Jul 2024 - Present
Software Engineer Intern - ENGAGEathon
Philadelphia, New York
- Contributed to the development of a mobile social networking app enabling over 80 businesses and communities to create events and fundraisers with incentivized rewards.
- Assisted in scaling cloud infrastructure using AWS services, supporting over 500 new users while maintaining availability and performance under heavy loads.
- Automated API testing and documentation with Postman and Swagger, reducing manual testing time by 23% and boosting API reliability.
- Collaborated on engineering a feature for companies to create fundraising events, updating mobile and web platforms in real-time. This feature processed over 30 event updates weekly, leveraging AWS Lambda for efficient, scalable backend operations.
- Technologies Used: React Native, JavaScript, Python, PostgreSQL, AWS, Postman, Swagger API, Docker
Nov 2023 - Mar 2024
Software Engineer Intern - Sports.Excitement
New York
- Contributed to the design and development of a full-stack application using MongoDB, React.js, and Node.js, connecting over 50 students with mentors.
- Optimized database performance by implementing indexed queries and data caching strategies in MongoDB, improving data retrieval speeds by 25%.
- Helped integrate CI/CD pipelines for automated testing and deployment, which increased deployment frequency by 10% and reduced rollback instances.
- Developed and refined frontend components in close collaboration with QA engineers, adhering to WCAG accessibility standards and ensuring a seamless, inclusive user experience across all devices.
- Technologies Used: JavaScript, MongoDB, React.js, TailwindCSS, JWT, Node.js, Express, AWS, Docker
Jul 2023 - Nov 2023Thoughts
"I want to be a cowboy." - Me
"If You Don't Take Risks, You Can't Create a Future." - Luffy