Kenny Nguyen

Gilbert, AZ

Hey! I'm Kenny Nguyen

I'm a Computer Science master's student at Arizona State University with a B.S. in Computer Science. I enjoy backend and systems engineering, especially building reliable software and understanding how it works underneath.

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Education

Arizona State University

M.S. in Computer Science

Accelerated 4+1 Program

Aug 2026 – Dec 2027

Tempe, AZ

Arizona State University

B.S. in Computer Science — GPA: 3.88

Aug 2022 – May 2026

Tempe, AZ

Relevant Coursework

Foundations of AlgorithmsOperating SystemsComputer NetworksData Structures & AlgorithmsSoftware QA & TestingPrinciples of Programming LanguagesMobile ComputingFoundations of Machine LearningSoftware Engineering

Certifications

CodePath Intermediate Technical Interview Prep (Advanced)

Summer 2025

Experience

Software Engineering Intern — Senior Capstone

Tokyo Electron America

Contract

Aug 2025 – May 2026

  • · Built a C# Unity state machine for NPC behavior and event-driven communication between subsystems, enabling state changes to trigger coordinated behavior across the application.
  • · Integrated independently developed Unity modules into a single Meta Quest VR application, establishing reliable initialization, scene transitions, and end conditions for standalone Android deployment.
  • · Resolved integration failures that emerged only in combined runtime, including geometry-collision and UI-layout issues across Quest 2 and Quest 3 hardware.
  • · Produced integration and test handoff documentation for client engineers and presented the completed application to academic and industry stakeholders.

Skills

Languages

Python Python
Go Go
Java Java
C/C++ C/C++
JavaScript JavaScript
TypeScript TypeScript
HTML/CSS HTML/CSS
Bash Bash
SQL SQL

Frameworks & Databases

Spring Boot Spring Boot
React React
JUnit JUnit
Mockito Mockito
PostgreSQL PostgreSQL

Tools & Concepts

Kafka Kafka
Docker Docker
Git Git
Linux Linux

Projects

Intro0/redis-from-scratch-go

A Redis-inspired server in Go with 13 commands over TCP, a buffered RESP parser, Streams, concurrent Pub/Sub, and AOF persistence for SET operations with startup replay.

Redis Server

gotcprespconcurrencypersistence

Intro0/goSocial

A PostgreSQL-backed social API with posts, comments, follower relationships, searchable feeds, invitation-based registration, Swagger documentation, and SendGrid email delivery.

goSocial API

gopostgresqlrest-apiopenapizap

Contact

I'm always open to new opportunities and conversations. Feel free to reach out!

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