TRAN NGOC
HOANG PICH

Cloud Engineer (AWS & Networking)

🎯 Profile

Solutions Architect with a strong backend foundation, eager to learn and contribute to building scalable, secure architectures on AWS and Kubernetes. Experienced in container orchestration, CI/CD, and observability systems. Aspiring to become a Solutions Architect, leveraging DevOps and backend experience to build reliable, cost-efficient cloud systems.

💼 Experience

Cloud Architect

Serverless Image Processing & Analytics

High-performance Serverless Image Analytics app. Powered by Go & AWS Lambda managed by Terraform.

Jan 2026

Personal Project

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Architected a Cloud-Native system with Defense in Depth security using AWS (Lambda, API Gateway, S3, DynamoDB)
Developed ultra-fast Go microservices to optimize cold start times, handling image processing, thumbnail generation, and AI labeling (AWS Rekognition) efficiently
Implemented secure S3 uploads via Presigned URLs and CloudFront OAC, preventing unauthorized access
Built real-time observability pipelines with Grafana, Loki, and Prometheus for logs and metrics
Automated infrastructure with Terraform and CI/CD workflows

Systems Engineer

phoneclaw

Local-first AI agent runtime for Android devices.

Feb 2026

Personal Project

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Built a local-first AI agent runtime focused on Android devices, especially old phones used as always-on local gateway nodes.
Implemented in Rust with Kotlin JNI bridge and Android API integration for minimal resource footprint.
Enables private, offline-capable AI agent execution without cloud dependency.

Backend Engineer

lumina-core

Real-time learning event processing engine for the OpenEdu platform.

Mar 2023

Personal Project

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Processes real-time student interactions (video progress, quiz submissions, coding events) at sub-50ms latency using a Producer-Consumer architecture.
Events are validated and cached in Redis for instant leaderboard updates.
Persisted to PostgreSQL asynchronously via RabbitMQ for reliable durable storage.

Software Engineer

Sonic Labs

Ultra-fast, developer-incentivized Layer-1 blockchain compatible with EVM

September 2025 - December 2025

Remote, USA

Designed and developed backend services in Rust for the Learn-to-Earn infrastructure powering 80k+ active users, focusing on performance and scalability.
Built and deployed AWS-based architecture (ALB, ECS, EKS, RDS, API Gateway, Amplify) ensuring high reliability and cost efficiency.
Developed Jenkins CI/CD pipelines for EKS microservices, achieving zero-downtime releases and 2× faster delivery cycles.
Implemented blue-green deployment strategy under mentor guidance, improving uptime to 99.98%.

Fullstack Developer - Freelance

The Binary Holdings

Web3 infrastructure firm connecting telecom and banking ecosystems to blockchain

April 2025 - September 2025

Remote, Thailand

Leveraged Prompt Engineering and AI-assisted workflows to build and deploy production-ready web apps using Next.js and Supabase with Web3 payment integration in under 2 weeks.
Architected and launched contest.fun, a Play-to-Earn app featuring real-time leaderboards and automated daily/weekly reward distribution systems.

Backend Developer

GFI Group - OpenEdu

Web-based eLearning platform focused on Web3 and AI education

Aug 2024 - Aug 2025

Onsite, Vietnam

Engineered a high-performance Rust microservice to automate NFT certificate minting for thousands of users while ensuring 100% data integrity on EVM chains.
Scaled backend infrastructure to support 5,000+ daily active users by implementing RabbitMQ for reliable asynchronous blockchain messaging.
Developed real-time monitoring dashboards using Grafana and Prometheus to track blockchain transaction status and system health.
Optimized the development lifecycle by automating Jenkins CI/CD pipelines with Dockerized EC2 runners, achieving a 40% reduction in deployment time.

Backend Developer

GFI Group - GFI Research

Tools for managing crypto portfolios, analyzing on-chain metrics

Aug 2024 - Nov 2024

Onsite, Vietnam

Collaborated to design data pipelines for on-chain analytics (CoinGecko, DeFiLlama, Dune) with hourly refresh rate <2% failure.
Optimized pipeline reliability to achieve an hourly refresh rate with a failure rate under 2%, ensuring consistent real-time data for market research.
Streamlined infrastructure operations by automating ArgoCD deployments, resulting in an 80% reduction in manual maintenance effort.

Intern Backend Developer

TerraLogic

IT services company focused on outsourcing

May 2024 - Aug 2024

Onsite, Vietnam

Developed secure payment APIs using Python FastAPI and PostgreSQL to handle core transaction logic.
Optimized transaction speed by implementing Redis caching, significantly reducing database load during peak hours.