# Hieu (Adrian) Nguyen

> Software Engineer at QuinStreet

Location: Santa Clara, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/hieuadriannguyen

Hello! I'm Adrian Nguyen, I'm a Software Engineer working at QuinStreet and a Computer Science BS graduate at California Polytechnic State University, SLO. I have experience across the stack and a passion for solving complex problems and making the digital world more accessible and efficient.

I worked with multiple technologies including Java, Spring, JavaScript/TypeScript, React, Node, SQL & NoSQL, MySQL, AWS, C, and Python.

Let's connect if you have opportunities or simply wish to exchange ideas!

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ QuinStreet
Jan 2024 – Present | Foster City, California, United States

### Technical Lead & Software Developer @ Hack4impact Cal Poly
Jan 2022 – Jan 2024 | San Luis Obispo, California, United States
Co-led a software team to plan and implement volunteer management platform in Next.js, TypeScript
Collaborated with a team of developers to improve a non-profit housing organization website to handle scheduling and donations tracking on account, file uploading features using TypeScript, React, MongoDB, AWS

### Software Engineer Intern @ Higlobe
Jan 2023 – Jan 2023 | Palo Alto, California, United States
Redesigned MongoDB schema for document signing app, resulting in notable storage savings and faster site performance
Developed robust tamper-detection for documents and implemented multi-mode signing capabilities
Refactored code base for better maintainability, aligning RESTful APIs and other components with MVC structure
Refined UI/UX to deployment-ready state using Bootstrap and embedded JavaScript, integrating dynamic emails
Improved security with key management & Burp scans; wrote back-end Jest tests & implemented crash prevention

### Software Engineering Fellow, Open-Source Labs @ CodeDay
Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | United States
Participated in a team project, implementing a form verification system using React, NextJS, and Bootstrap
Resolved a critical Regex-related bug in an open-source CSS-in-JS library, enhancing the library’s reliability

### Computer Science Tutor / Peer Mentor @ City College of San Francisco
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | San Francisco, California, United States
Instructed 60+ students in Java and Python, emphasizing code quality, data structures & algorithms
Mentored freshmen, assessed Python assignments of 30+ students, providing feedback to enhance coding skills

### Teaching Assistant: Computer Science @ City College of San Francisco
Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 | United States
- Worked with professor to evaluate weekly Python assignments, discussions and provide constructive feedback to 20+ students in Introductory Programming course
- Monitored class's progress and offered private study sessions to review and improve programming projects


## Education
### Bachelor of Science - BS in Computer Science
California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo
Jan 2022 – Jan 2024

### Advanced Software Engineering Course
CodePath
Jan 2022 – Jan 2022

### Associate of Science - AS in Computer Science
City College of San Francisco
Jan 2019 – Jan 2022


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/hnadrian

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Last updated: 2026-03-29