Bio
- Last and First Name: Phạm Trung Nghĩa
- Email: [email protected]
- GitHub: nghiapt
I build, optimize, and operate distributed systems. Since 2015, I have worked across startups and unicorns, with experience in e-commerce, data platforms, LLM systems, CDN-enabled media delivery, Kubernetes, and multi-cloud infrastructure. My current focus is on microVMs and technologies that enable digital sovereignty and free expression.
I am looking for a hands-on role where I can also exercise technical leadership and guidance.
Skills
Software Engineering
- Build prototypes, MVPs, and products
- Default stack: JavaScript, TypeScript, Preact, and Deno
Data Platforms
- Design and implement data-intensive distributed systems
- Preferred technologies: Apache Iceberg and Apache Spark
Site Reliability Engineering
- Implement infrastructure automation, CI/CD, observability, and other cloud-native operations
- Experienced with Kubernetes, Pulumi, Argo CD, Grafana, and related tooling
Cloud Computing
- Optimize infrastructure cost and efficiency; architect sustainable hybrid infrastructure across multi-cloud, cloud/on-premises, and repatriated environments
- Experienced with AWS, GCP, Microsoft Azure, and on-premises infrastructure
Information Security
- Implement organizational security controls; manage software supply-chain security; defend against and respond to threats and large-scale attacks
- Apply industry standards and practices including ISO 27000, SOC, OWASP, and pragmatic security principles
Experiences
2024-2026: Founder, Stealth Startup "W"
Building a prediction market platform on EVM chains, with home-grown toolchains for crypto authentication and crypto exchange.
2020-2024: Solutions Architect, Amazon Web Services
Helped 3 unicorns, 17 VC-backed startups, and thousands of early-stage companies build on AWS 250% growth in multi-million revenue. Featured case studies for Amazon CloudFront and Amazon EKS. Led first adoptions of AWS Graviton and Amazon Bedrock.
2019-2020: Site Reliability Engineer, Grab
Implemented operational excellence and an SLO program on AWS and Azure. Reached: 99.99% service level, daily deploy frequency, 1 hour Mean Time to Mitigation for 2 services.
2017-2019: Engineering Lead, NFQ Asia
Maintained infrastructure and operations for 100+ engineers across 15 startups. Developed a standard for project provisioning. Reduced onboarding time from 8 weeks to 1; grew the DevOps chapter team five-fold.
2015-2017: Tech Founder, Taembe
Built the e-commerce platform and flash sales platform. Scaled volume by one order of magnitude, tripled revenue growth. I also managed the engineering team and our cloud operations.
2014-2015: Senior Software Engineer, DTS
Developed and delivered software for 2 major internet and mobile service providers. Built pipelines to provision and orchestrate heterogeneous (x86, PowerPC, and SPARC) fleets.
2010-2013: Instructor, SaigonCTT
Led classes on information security, Unix/Linux, and networking to over 200 engineers and IT workers. Enabled SaigonCTT to be the only center in HCMC/Hanoi to offer courses such as Solaris and RedHat Linux.
2009-2010: Software Engineer, ExE
Developed bespoke web applications for SMBs and enterprises. We were the first team in Vietnam that adopted Node.js.
Education
Bachelor of Science, Information Technology@University of Science, Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City, Class of 2007