I am Phong Cao and a senior software engineer with over 10 years of experience.

I am Phong Cao and a senior software engineer with over 10 years of experience.

Available to hire

I am Phong Cao and a senior software engineer with over 10 years of experience.

Experience Level

Expert
Expert
Expert
Expert
Expert

Language

Aragonese
Fluent
Javanese
Advanced

Work Experience

Senior Software Engineer, AI Infra & Backend Systems at NVIDIA
May 1, 2024 - Present
Lead backend AI infrastructure for health AI platform; built end-to-end data pipelines, HIPAA-compliant secure data handling, and scalable backend services across GPU clusters; implemented observability and monitoring; built HIPAA-compliant data paths with encryption, de-identification, and secure storage in AI preprocessing workflows; deployed AI services across hybrid cloud with on-prem GPU clusters.
Senior Software Engineer, AI Infra & Backend Systems at Google
December 1, 2019 - November 30, 2021
Project: Google Gemini – Multimodal Foundation Model Platform. Drove end-to-end ML infrastructure for Gemini across Mountain View, CA (Dec 2019–Nov 2021) and Austin, TX (Nov 2021–Mar 2023). Built large-scale data pipelines, inference orchestration, and Vertex AI integrations for multi-modal LLMs; collaborated with DeepMind/Google Brain teams to enable robust, scalable deployment.
Senior Software Engineer, AI Infra & Backend Systems at Google
November 1, 2021 - March 1, 2023
Project: Google Gemini – Multimodal Foundation Model Platform (Gemini II). Expanded TPU pod usage, distributed inference, orchestration, and MLOps; implemented privacy-preserving data handling and integrated with Vertex AI; supported on-prem and cloud deployments across Austin, TX (Nov 2021–Mar 2023).
Senior Software Engineer at Google
May 1, 2015 - December 1, 2019
Cloud Vision & Cognitive Networking Platform (Any Cloud Initiative): software-defined networking and analytics platform designed to shift enterprise networks from device-level to network-wide automation; includes real-time telemetry, data processing pipelines, hybrid cloud deployments, and SOC2/HIPAA-like security considerations.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science at Stony Brook University
August 1, 2012 - May 1, 2015

Qualifications

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Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Healthcare, Education