Simon Tong
I’m a full-stack software engineer with 21 years of experience building web applications, backend services, data pipelines, integrations, and AI-powered products.
About
I’m a full-stack software engineer with 21 years of experience building web applications, backend services, data pipelines, integrations, and AI-powered products. My strongest areas are TypeScript, Node.js, React, cloud infrastructure, databases, automation, and practical applications of large language models. I’ve worked on systems serving more than 160,000 pilots, including event-driven services, migration pipelines, support dashboards, real-time data synchronization, and AI-assisted workflows.
I also enjoy building products from the ground up through my own companies, from food manufacturing intelligence and market research platforms to content automation, cryptocurrency discovery, and financial data synchronization tools. I’m comfortable taking a product from concept through architecture, implementation, testing, deployment, and iteration, and I bring a friendly, commercially minded approach to solving complex technical problems.
- 12 years' experience
- Joined September 2026
Industry experience
- Software & Internet
- Computers & Electronics
- Transportation & Logistics
- Travel & Hospitality
- Financial Services
- Manufacturing
- Media & Entertainment
- Retail
Work experience· 7 roles
Developed backend services, data pipelines, support tooling, integrations, and AI systems for an aviation platform serving more than 1,400 flight schools and 160,000 pilots. Built AWS Lambda microservices for CRM and flight-data synchronization, customer-support migrations, large-scale data migration pipelines, a Next.js support dashboard, rollback infrastructure, AI job-posting classification, and an AI chat assistant with operational tools.
Re-architected legacy PHP services into a Node.js and TypeScript API for a digital pilot logbook serving more than 80,000 pilots across iOS, Mac, and web. Built APIs for sharing flights, reports, and contacts, implemented cross-service single sign-on, and introduced a GitHub Actions CI/CD pipeline with automated testing, coverage reporting, and approximately 80% test coverage.
Co-founded and helped grow a safari tourism website to more than $2.5 million USD in total revenue. Designed and built the website using Astro and React, managed on-page SEO, used analytics to guide customer acquisition and conversion strategy, configured CRM automation and communications integrations, and sourced and managed PPC and SEO specialists.
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