Front-End · Product · Engineer

Nguyen Tan Hiep builds scalable, high-performance web applications with Next.js, React, and a system-design mindset. Clean architecture. Performance as a first-class feature. End-to-end ownership.

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loc
hcm · vn
exp
3+ years
ship rate
12 / yr
status
deploying
01Core Doctrine

Development is the choreography of logic into scalable permanence.

Every interface is a negotiation between intent and constraint. The work is to write software that reveals the intent with the smallest possible footprint — headless CMS pipelines, multi-tenant architectures, measured AI agents, and the infrastructure underneath.

Full-stack in practice, front-end in temperament.
  1. 001Performance is a product feature, not a finishing touch.
  2. 002Deploys are boring on purpose — fast rollback, observable, cheap.
  3. 003Self-host when it matters. Edge when it helps.
  4. 004A schema is a UX decision.
02Technical Vectors

Three vectors. One spine.

Capabilities are not a list of logos — they are the instruments used to compose the work.

SYS.UI_UX01

Front-End Systems

  • Next.jsprimary
  • React / Angularsecondary
  • TypeScriptdialect
  • Tailwind CSSstyle
  • Motion / GSAPmotion

Editorial-grade UI with scroll choreography, smooth micro-interactions, accessible semantics.

SYS.LOGIC02

Back-End & APIs

  • Node.jsruntime
  • Pythonlang
  • REST / GraphQLshape
  • Langchainagent
  • Postgres / Prismadata

Designs schemas with query patterns in mind; prefers explainable agents and measurable contracts.

SYS.OPS03

Infra & DevOps

  • Docker / Composecontainers
  • AWS / Cloudflare R2cloud
  • Proxmox / VMwareself-host
  • GitHub Actionsci/cd
  • Nginx / Ansibleops

Self-hosted when it matters. Deploys are boring on purpose — fast rollback, observable, cheap.

03Operational History

A timeline of shipped systems.

2023 — 2025HAVE

Software Engineer

  • Designed and shipped 5+ production Next.js & Django applications, end-to-end from architecture to deployment.
  • Improved Core Web Vitals ~30% via code splitting, edge caching, and critical-render-path tuning.
  • Operated self-hosted infra — Docker Compose, Proxmox, Ansible, Nginx — for reliable, low-cost deployment.
  • Refactored legacy codebases into modular clean-architecture systems used across teams.
2022 — 2023Early-stage · Freelance

Front-End Engineer

  • Launched type-safe i18n systems and embedded Sanity Studio for real-time content editing.
  • Built multi-tenant content platforms with database-level localization.
04Selected Deployments

Selected ships.

  1. SYS.012025

    Sonata

    Next.js · Payload CMS · R2
  2. SYS.022024

    StartupConnect

    Next.js · Supabase · Langchain
  3. SYS.032024

    VDBC Platform

    Next.js · Sanity CMS
05Origins

Where the practice began.

DEGREE_01

B.Sc. in Information Technology

HCM University of Technology (HUTECH)

  • Algorithms, database management, system design.
  • Built a CNN-based facial recognition algorithm and a student-management system.
Leadership

Vice President of the Student Council. Organized 40+ large-scale tech events.

EXCHANGE_PROG

Information Engineering

Hamburg University of Applied Sciences

  • Full scholarship for academic excellence.
  • Focus on robotics, task scheduling, and vision-based systems.
  • Built a vision-based pick-and-place robot in Python.
06Connect Sequence

Initiate connection.

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Engineering the next system. Open to selective collaborations, senior product roles, and partnerships that value clean architecture.

Loc
HCMC · VN
Timezone
GMT+7
Status
Accepting briefs

© 2026 Nguyen Tan Hiep

Front-End · Product Engineer