Dang Tran

MODECApr 2025 – Present

• Led development of two projects (Bing, Nemo Catalog), balancing hands-on engineering with team coordination and task prioritization
• Drove technical decisions on architecture, infrastructure, and data pipeline design
• Collaborated with stakeholders to define requirements, plan sprints, and ensure on-time delivery

FastAPI, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Azure Cloud

Employment HeroSep 2021 – Mar 2025

• Led technical investigations for new projects, evaluating feasibility and recommending best practices
• Collaborated with Product Owners to clarify, refine, and prioritize project requirements
• Led project planning and estimation, ensuring on-time delivery across multiple releases
• Migrated key features from legacy system to modern stack, improving performance and maintainability
• Optimized SQL queries, reducing execution time for critical operations

Ruby on Rails, React, PostgreSQL, Redis, AWS, Sidekiq

East AgileJan 2020 – Sep 2021

• Collaborated directly with clients to gather requirements and deliver tailored software solutions
• Owned full project lifecycle, from requirement analysis through development and deployment
• Built end-to-end features across backend and frontend, ensuring consistent integration
• Managed deployments on AWS S3, maintaining reliable and repeatable delivery workflows

Node.js, AWS, PostgreSQL, React

FastAPI | MySQL | Azure | Data Pipeline

• Led project delivery, coordinating tasks across the team while contributing directly to infrastructure and pipeline work
• Infrastructure as Code: provisioned scalable infrastructure, reducing configuration drift across environments
• Pipeline reliability: improved data pipeline performance and observability, streamlining the deployment lifecycle
• Cost optimization: decommissioned underutilized resources and right-sized infrastructure, reducing monthly cloud costs

FastAPI | PostgreSQL | Azure | Data Pipeline

• Led end-to-end project development, from requirements gathering through deployment, while managing task allocation
• Built a user-facing application from the ground up to streamline internal data search and access request workflows
• Designed and implemented a data pipeline to synchronize datasets across systems reliably
• Optimized file loading, achieving an 80% reduction in load time

Ruby | State Machines | Event Processing | Lazy Computation

• Led development of a Ruby gem for Canadian payroll calculation, ensuring compliance with local regulations
• Designed a test helper that improved test speed, readability, and maintainability
• Applied state machines, event-based processing, and lazy computation for performance optimization

Rails | React | PostgreSQL | Migration Strategy

• Migrated core features from legacy stack to modern stack, improving performance and maintainability
• Audited all business logic, including undocumented rules, to create a comprehensive migration plan
• Developed migration strategy with timelines and data converters for forward compatibility
• Reduced storage usage by 30% through data cleanup and deduplication
• Managed rollout plan, tracked defects, and delivered post-migration enhancements

Node.js | AWS | PostgreSQL | QR Code Integration

• Developed a gallery-sharing application with image upload and management capabilities
• Implemented gallery creation and sharing via QR codes
• Leveraged AWS services for storage and deployment

Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology (HCMUT)2017 – 2021

GPA: 8.23/10.0 (Very Good)

Bach Khoa Algorithm Club (HCMUT) and TEKO — competed in 3 rounds of algorithmic and computer science challenges