# KV Nguyen > Software Engineer at Northwestern Mutual Location: New York, New York, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/kv ## Work Experience ### Software Engineer 3 @ Northwestern Mutual Jan 2023 – Present | New York, New York, United States ### Software Engineer 2 @ Northwestern Mutual Jan 2021 – Jan 2023 | New York, New York, United States Builds engineering tools and reusable, scalable, and responsive components for the design system using HTML, CSS/Sass, vanilla JavaScript, and React to contribute to NPM packages in a monorepo. Served as the technical lead for the design system documentation website built with Gatsby, GraphQL, MDX, and Webpack by driving planning and standards, overseeing the release process, building new development processes, onboarding engineers to these new processes, analyzing user data, and prioritizing goals for improving the website. Collaborates daily with peer engineers by pair programming, peer code reviews, and hosting API review meetings. Provides support and guidance to consuming engineers of the design system by leading office hours to debug issues, providing ongoing support for engineering issues, and onboarding engineers and designers. Writes Enzyme and snapshot tests for React components as well as tests components for cross-browser visual quality, states and variations, responsiveness, composability, and accessibility using Storybook. Works on an agile, cross-functional team to align and collaborate closely between engineering and design throughout the entire development process. ### Software Engineer 1 @ Northwestern Mutual Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 | New York, New York ### Software Engineer @ The Grace Hopper Program at Fullstack Academy Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Greater New York City Area • Software engineering program with a project-based curriculum focused on front-end and back-end JavaScript application development, computer science fundamentals, and industry best practices • Worked on projects individually and with teams by practicing agile methodologies such as stand-ups, code reviews with a project manager, and Kanban organization • Developed pair programming, collaboration, and test-driven development skills • Core tech stack: JavaScript, Node.js, Express, React, Redux, PostgreSQL, Sequelize, HTML5, CSS3 Projects: Meal.Match • Full stack web application that takes user input of ingredients, finds recipe matches, creates grocery lists of missing ingredients, and allows the users to text the grocery lists and recipes to their phones or to send via email • Created React components, structured GraphQL queries for efficient API calls, and deployed application to Heroku • Wrote the algorithms that calculate the match percentages and find the missing ingredients for a recipe from user input • Collaborated on an agile team that practiced standups, code reviews, pair programming, and Kanban boards • Tech: React, Node.js, Express, PostgreSQL, Sequelize, GraphQL, Apollo, Mocha, Chai, Enzyme, Twilio, Nodemailer Remoter: • Independently created React Native mobile application over a 3-day hackathon that finds the closest locations using Yelp's REST API, such as cafes and libraries, to work remotely based on real-time geolocation and displays the locations on a map with the locations' relevant details • Constructed a list of the closest locations as well as the individual pages for each of the locations that display each location's respective relevant information when selected Expresso.js: • Collaborated on a full stack e-commerce website selling coffee • Personally created React components, wrote backend CRUD routes, integrated Redux and wrote tests • Tech: React, Node.js, Express, PostgreSQL, Sequelize, Redux, OAuth, Mocha, Chai, Enzyme ### Lending Associate @ Bank of America Jan 2016 – Jan 2019 | Greater New York City Area • Client-facing Pinnacle Club team (top 5% in the US in terms of sales production), contributed to a 30% increase in production by leading business development, understanding customer needs, and structuring complex deals by conducting financial credit and risk analyses • Took on different roles working on cross-functional teams in a fast-paced and customer-focused environment with lawyers, brokers, and financial advisors to find the best-tailored product fit for the client and ensure a timely closing • Managed direct client communications from relationship building to closing, succinctly explained the complex mortgage process to a variety of clients, and introduced clients to the online portal ### Tutorial Leader @ UCI Learning and Academic Resource Center Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | Irvine, California • Independently led bi-weekly sessions in chemistry and human physiology courses to aid undergraduate and graduate students’ subject understanding of complex topics by breaking them down into digestible pieces • Created lesson plans and instructional models that promote independent thinking and critical reasoning skills as well as collaborative group work • Collaborated with professors, TAs, and fellow tutors to identify key concepts and efficient teaching methods to enhance students’ learning • Mentored pre-health students and organized optional office hours and review sessions prior to midterms and finals ### Lead Research Coordinator @ UC Irvine Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | UCI Medical Center • Directed teams of junior associates to design clinical procedures for critical care and pulmonary teams in the medical intensive care unit at a level 1 trauma center and communicated experimental design protocols to physicians • Collected and analyzed patient data from physicians, patients, and patients' families in order to produce scientific research reports that adhere to the Institutional Research Board's standards • Facilitated weekly team meetings to review research results, circulate industry leading studies, brainstorm novel research ideas, and coordinate ultrasound workshops with physicians ## Education ### Bachelor of Science - BS in Biology/Biological Sciences, General UC Irvine Jan 2012 – Jan 2016 ### Grace Hopper Program Software Engineering Immersive in Full Stack JavaScript Fullstack Academy Jan 2019 ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/kv-nguyen - GitHub: https://github.com/kieuvyn12 --- Source: https://flows.cv/kv JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/kv/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-23