HELLO WORLD, I AM
Luong Phung
(Niko)
AI & Fullstack Engineer
Technical Lead
11+
Years XP
5
Companies
AI + Fullstack
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>>>About
// who am i?
AI-focused Software Engineer with 11+ years of experience in backend engineering, frontend engineering, distributed systems, AI/LLM integration, and large-scale data pipelines. Skilled in architecting cloud-native infrastructures, vector search systems, microservices, and high-performance data platforms.
STRENGTHS:
AI/LLM IntegrationFullstack EngineeringBackend/MicroservicesData EngineeringDistributed SystemsCloud ArchitectureDevOps/MLOpsObservabilityHigh-scale System Design
>>>Skills
// skill tree unlocked
AI / ML
LLMsRAGVector SearchPyTorch
Backend
GoPythonNode.jsJavagRPCKafka
Frontend
Next.jsReactAngularTailwind CSSshadcn/ui
Data Eng
ETLPySparkTimeseriesElastic/OpenSearch
Cloud & DevOps
AWSGCPNaver CloudKubernetesDockerGitHub Actions
>>>Experience
// quest log
Naver Vietnam
Jul 2022 - PresentAI & Fullstack Engineer - Technical Lead
- >Designed and deployed LLM-powered systems using Llama3, Qwen2, GPT APIs, and Ollama to automate internal workflows
- >Built RAG pipelines using OpenSearch k-NN and ElasticSearch for knowledge retrieval and multi-step reasoning
- >Built full-stack apps with Golang (REST/gRPC) and Next.js (React, SSR) for real-time dashboards and AI-driven UIs
- >Developed production-ready AI chat assistants with conversation memory, context routing, and multi-model inference
- >Architected backend microservices in Go, Python, Node.js, Kafka, gRPC, Redis, and PostgreSQL
- >Designed CI/CD systems using GitHub Actions and deployed on Kubernetes in Naver Cloud
ShiftAsia
Feb 2021 - May 2022Data & Fullstack Engineer - Technical Lead
- >Designed distributed event-driven architectures using AWS Kinesis, Lambda, and gRPC for real-time AI data pipelines
- >Built microservices in Go, Python, and Java powering real-time analytics and automation
- >Implemented observability solutions using OpenTelemetry, Jaeger, CloudWatch, and ELK
- >Built developer tooling and dashboards using Next.js frontend and Python backend APIs
- >Drove DevOps modernization with Kubernetes, GitHub Actions, and serverless architectures
FPT Software
Sept 2017 - Jan 2021AI/Data & Fullstack Engineer - Solution Architect
- >Designed AI call-center intelligence pipelines integrating AWS S3, IBM call-center APIs, and PyTorch inference
- >Led migration from Teradata to HDFS + PySpark improving large-scale data processing
- >Built ETL pipelines for ML feature extraction, time-series analytics, and large-scale data ingestion
- >Built SDK platform services and developer dashboards using Python, .NET, Angular, and TypeScript
- >Architected backend and data systems across AWS, Azure, and GCP
TPS Solution
Apr 2016 - Aug 2017Backend Engineer
- >Developed backend services and automation features using .NET, Node.js, and Python
- >Implemented GitLab CI pipelines to improve release reliability
- >Performed early AWS cloud R&D supporting transition toward AI/data workloads
KIOTEC
May 2014 - Feb 2016Software Engineer
- >Built IoT telemetry and data ingestion workflows using Echonet Lite, AWS IoT, MQTT, and ESP32
- >Developed embedded sensor firmware in C/C++ for real-time data acquisition
- >Created backend modules in Java EE and Node.js for IoT monitoring and dashboards
NTT Data
Jan 2014 - Mar 2014Software Engineer Intern
- >Developed internal management features using Java EE + MyBatis as part of enterprise development training
>>>Education
// knowledge base
BS in Software Engineering
University of Information Technology - VNU
2012 - 2017Certification
AWS Solutions Architect Associate
2024