I’m Michael Nguyen, a Senior Software Engineer with over 12 years of experience building scalable platforms. I specialize in Python, FastAPI, and React, with a strong focus on Google Cloud and Kubernetes. I love turning ambiguous clinical and technical requirements into reliable, secure software solutions that perform at scale. Recently, I’ve been translating complex healthcare and privacy needs into end-to-end systems—from data modeling and API design to frontend interfaces and deployment automation. I’m passionate about mentoring teams, championing code quality, and delivering high-performance products that improve patient care and operational outcomes.

Michael Nguyen

I’m Michael Nguyen, a Senior Software Engineer with over 12 years of experience building scalable platforms. I specialize in Python, FastAPI, and React, with a strong focus on Google Cloud and Kubernetes. I love turning ambiguous clinical and technical requirements into reliable, secure software solutions that perform at scale. Recently, I’ve been translating complex healthcare and privacy needs into end-to-end systems—from data modeling and API design to frontend interfaces and deployment automation. I’m passionate about mentoring teams, championing code quality, and delivering high-performance products that improve patient care and operational outcomes.

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I’m Michael Nguyen, a Senior Software Engineer with over 12 years of experience building scalable platforms. I specialize in Python, FastAPI, and React, with a strong focus on Google Cloud and Kubernetes. I love turning ambiguous clinical and technical requirements into reliable, secure software solutions that perform at scale.

Recently, I’ve been translating complex healthcare and privacy needs into end-to-end systems—from data modeling and API design to frontend interfaces and deployment automation. I’m passionate about mentoring teams, championing code quality, and delivering high-performance products that improve patient care and operational outcomes.

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Experience Level

Expert
Expert

Language

English
Fluent

Work Experience

Senior Software Engineer at Google
April 1, 2024 - Present
Spearheaded the backend architecture and API development of Google’s Confidential Matching platform, building a high-throughput system to process billions of daily ad events using Google Cloud infrastructure. Owned end-to-end architecture and backend APIs and frontend data management interfaces for securely managing audience datasets at scale. Led deployment infrastructure modernization using Terraform and Kubernetes, automating resource provisioning and reducing customer onboarding time by over 40%. Collaborated with data science and privacy teams to implement robust data ingestion services integrating with GCP storage, ensuring compliance and high availability for petabyte-scale data loads. Mentored junior engineers on backend design and API best practices.
Software Engineer at Google
January 1, 2021 - April 1, 2024
Engineered core backend infrastructure for Ads Data Hub (ADH), developing scalable Python-based microservices that integrate with BigQuery to enable complex analytics for major brands. Designed and optimized RESTful APIs for real-time reporting, providing advertisers with programmatic access to campaign data and faster decision-making. Modernized API integration workflows and enforced backend design standards, improving system reliability and code maintainability across the team.
Software Engineer III at ARBOR NETWORKS
August 1, 2015 - December 1, 2020
Contributed to the development of critical backend data processing and analytics features for Arbor Edge Defense, handling high-volume network traffic analysis and reporting. Led the backend design and implementation of the STIX/TAXII data exchange feature, creating robust RESTful APIs in Python for automated data synchronization with external enterprise systems. Architected comprehensive reporting dashboards, building the backend services and data pipelines that provided IT teams with real-time visibility into network performance. Developed the cloud licensing backend module, enabling the product's transition to virtual environments and supporting flexible, software-based deployments. Optimized high-volume data processing pipelines, utilizing advanced data structures to increase throughput by 200% and handle traffic surges efficiently.

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science at Worcester Polytechnic Institute
January 1, 2012 - May 1, 2015

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Industry Experience

Healthcare, Software & Internet, Professional Services