# Thu Nguyen

> Software Engineer

Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/thunguyen1

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ Thistle
Jan 2021 – Present | San Francisco, California, United States

### Instructor @ Hackbright Academy
Jan 2022 – Jan 2024 | San Francisco, California, United States
- Instruct students through 6 weeks of pair programming + 6 weeks of individual full stack development with Python3, Javascript (JSON, AJAX, jQuery), Flask, React, Jinja2, REST API, SQL, SQLAlchemy, PostgreSQL, HTML5, CSS3, AWS, Docker, Git, and GitHub
- Lead lectures on systems design, object-oriented programming, testing methodologies, use of industry-popular technologies and tools/libraries, and computer science fundamentals (e.g. arrays, dictionaries/objects, sets, runtime analysis, recursion, hash table, linked lists, trees, graphs, sorting, etc.)
- Guide individual students through the planning, scoping, and implementation of her/their full stack web application; conduct frequent code reviews; lead daily scrum/stand-up meetings
- Facilitate weekly whiteboarding sessions
- Run, test, and provide feedback on weekly programming assessments 
- Internal tools development

### Teaching Assistant & Technical Advisor @ Hackbright Academy
Jan 2020 – Jan 2022 | San Francisco, California, United States

### Lead Physical Therapy Technician @ AC WELLNESS NETWORK
Jan 2018 – Jan 2020 | Cupertino, California, United States
- Instructed and counseled patients on how to properly execute rehabilitative and injury-preventative exercises
- Monitored, updated, and synchronized patient health records across multiple EHR platforms — WebPT, Lumeris, Athenahealth + Epion 
- Collaborated with Athenahealth developers to ensure software functionality was compatible with clinic workflow
- Lead staff training for the site-wide EHR transition from Lumeris to Athenahealth + Epion, and on all subsequent feature releases/updates 
- Adhere to HIPAA compliance guidelines regarding PHI of patients and/or client of a HIPAA-beholden entity

### Lead Physical Therapy Aide @ Quinn Orthopedic Physical Therapy
Jan 2018 – Jan 2020 | Cupertino, California, United States

### Software Engineer Fellow @ Hackbright Academy
Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | San Francisco, California, United States
Accelerated, full-time 12-week software engineering fellowship for women that specializes in teaching competitive full stack software & web development, while also focusing on computer science fundamentals.

Languages: Python3, JavaScript (JSON, AJAX), SQL, HTML5, CSS3
Frameworks & Libraries: Flask, React, jQuery, Jinja2, Bootstrap
Database & Industry Tools: REST API, PostgreSQL, SQLAlchemy, Git, GitHub, Docker, AWS
Computer Science: runtime analysis, recursion, sorting algorithms, advanced data structures (hash table, linked lists, binary tree, graphs)

### Aerial Fitness Instructor @ Epic Pole Fitness
Jan 2016 – Jan 2018 | Sacramento, California, United States

### Physical Therapy Aide @ Pacific THERx Physical Therapy and Fitness
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Portola Valley, California, United States
- Collaborated with physical therapist to create and prescribe to our patients an effective treatment protocol
- Educated patients on proper form, correct execution, and overall effectiveness of their rehabilitative exercises
- Assessed patient progress and consulted physical therapist to either continue or modify a patient's care plan based on observable data 
- Charted and managed patient-related healthcare data using WebPT
- Updated and restructured the clinic's exercise database to allow patients to access their program with video, audio, and text instructions 
- Adhered to HIPAA compliance guidelines regarding PHI of patients and/or client of a HIPAA-beholden entity

### Medical Scribe @ Sutter Health
Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | Burlingame, California, United States

### Aerial Fitness Instructor @ Ly’s Pole Studio
Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 | San Jose, California, United States

### Academic Tutor / Student Advisor @ Applied Scholastics
Jan 2010 – Jan 2014 | San Bernardino County, California, United States

### UCR Medical Brigade Volunteer @ Global Brigades, Inc.
Jan 2009 – Jan 2014 | Riverside, California, United States


## Education
### Computer Software Engineering
Hackbright Academy

### Bachelor of Science - BS in Biology
University of California, Riverside

### Notre Dame High School, San Jose


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/thunguy
- Website: https://github.com/thunguy

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Last updated: 2026-04-01