# Minh Nguyen

> Staff Software Engineer at Google X

Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/minhnguyen

With nearly two decades of experience and a BS/MS in Computer Science and AI, I am a user-focused full-stack software engineer and tech lead at Google X focused on pioneering AI-first initiatives. Lately, I’ve enjoyed driving innovative initiatives with 100X impact, velocity, and quality.

## Work Experience
### Staff Software Engineer @ Google
Jan 2022 – Present | Mountain View, CA
- Tech lead of 10+ recognized with 18+ awards and ranked 176th most active coder at Google
- Enhanced visualization engine with a 266x improvement rendering up to 2M+ assets at 110FPS
- Invented and managed fleet of agents that automate code reviews, QA, and on-call support
- Architected multimodal search engine and agents to enable "self driving map" capabilities
- Force multiplier and cofounder driving 100x velocity and quality initiatives in a 110+ person org
- Migrated applications from Google3 monorepo to GCP and GitHub ahead of schedule
- Initiated and led coalition to improve build speeds by 100x (200s to < 2s) across 7 teams

### Staff Software Engineer @ X, the moonshot factory
Jan 2022 – Present | Mountain View, California, United States

### Staff Software Engineer @ VMware
Jan 2018 – Jan 2022 | Bellevue, Washington
Created performant, responsive, and accessible web applications and data visualizations that push the capabilities of web browsers using TypeScript, Three.js, D3.js, RxJS, Angular, Sass, AWS, Java, and ExtJS.

### Senior Software Engineer @ Zignal Labs
Jan 2015 – Jan 2018 | Washington DC-Baltimore Area
- Implemented Command Center touch interface using React for the Newseum that was narrated by Wolf Blitzer on Fox and CNN and built from scratch within 4 weeks
- Modernized front end from Backbone and Grunt to React and Webpack; prototyped and shipped first versions of React to production
- Improved development environment by reducing build times (20s to < 1s), adding source-maps, hot reload, and more
- Led development for Zignal's first mobile web application using React, Redux, PostCSS, and Webpack

### Freelance @ Freelance
Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | Remote
The previous company I worked at, Ringtail Design, shut down, so I took some time off to travel and work on several freelance projects involving React, Angular, React Native, and Ruby on Rails

### UX Developer @ Live Earth (Software)
Jan 2013 – Jan 2015 | Arlington, VA
(Live Earth was formerly known as Ringtail Design)

Full stack engineer / generalist for a small company focused on creating great user experiences. Received award for developing a native iOS version of the company's flagship geo-temporal Replay product.

Tech lead and lead developer for a team of 3 that created a real-time command and control dashboard in 11 weeks in time for a trade show that led to follow-up work from the customer, included over 120 changes based on user feedback, and executed hundreds of low latency events per second using NodeJS, Express, AngularJS, D3.js, MongoDB, and Sass.

Core developer on a small team that created a 3d geo-temporal web application using Java, CesiumJS, D3.js, Sass, Gulp, and Angular. Implemented many features such as a reorganized plugin architecture, track visualizations, a fog of war, offline imagery, mobile/tablet support, drag and drop markers, real-time access controlled user collaboration, KML file import and conversion, a D3 export slider, a D3 loading animation, geo-fenced canvas pulse animations, a prerequisites checker, performance optimizations, shortcuts, and more.

### Senior Software Engineer @ Potomac Fusion
Jan 2012 – Jan 2013 | Washington D.C. Metro Area
Senior engineer for a small company focused on big data fusion, analytics, and visualization.

Worked on a small team to create a secure file transfer service through REST and AMQP interfaces using Java, Jboss, Hadoop, and Spring MVC. Supported dozens of teams within a large cloud project as a core service.

Developed R&D project using Hadoop to ingest social media and visualize track data in Google Earth.

### Software Developer @ Invertix Corporation
Jan 2012 – Jan 2012 | McLean, VA
Designed and developed a RESTful API and widgets using JavaScript, HTML5, and Java for providing distributed real-time messaging, service discovery, and dynamic visualizations for the Orion Ozone Widget Framework.

Completed core requirements within weeks of joining the company that were demonstrated at DoDIIS worldwide 2012 in Denver, CO for the Invertix and Orion booths. Orion won "Best Showcase of Technology." Received team bonus for meeting major milestones. http://www.ncsi.com/dodiis12/

Prototyped methods of social media sentiment analysis utilizing AI algorithms.

### Software Engineer @ Lockheed Martin
Jan 2008 – Jan 2012
Worked on projects mostly involving Java in teams of 3 to 30+ including data extraction and transformation, security, front-end development, COTS integration, MySQL + Oracle database management, SOA, automated testing and integration, web services, and scripting in both Windows and Linux environments.

Received 4 awards, high contributor (top ~23%) and exceptional contributor ratings (top ~7%).

### Web Developer @ CATT Lab
Jan 2005 – Jan 2008
Collaborated with a team of 4 to develop the online RITIS geospatial map using JavaScript, PHP, and MySQL to display real-time traffic data for the Washington Metropolitan Area.

http://www.cattlab.umd.edu/?portfolio=ritis


## Education
### MS in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence
The Johns Hopkins University

### BS in Computer Science, Business Management
University of Maryland


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/minhnguyen9

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Last updated: 2026-04-12