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Leo Nguyen

Houston, TX / full-stack developer

Available for full-stack roles

Full-stack developer.
React, cloud & AI.

I turn messy workflows into clean interfaces and dependable APIs. Most recently: Swipe Coach, a credit card rewards coach that placed Top 5 at HackRice 15.

Resume
Top 5
HackRice 15
8
Cloud certs
4
SWE roles
01Selected work

Projects

Selected projects5 case studies
Swipe Coach preview

Swipe Coach

Sept 2025

HackRice 15
Top 5

Credit card recommendation app that helps users maximize rewards at checkout.

Top 5 at HackRice 15 - Capital One Challenge WinnerFrontend, auth, API, and AI assistant flow
Auth0Geminicashback
LiveCode
Volunteer Management System preview

Volunteer Management System

Summer 2025 - COSC 4353

Volunteer admin platform for matching people, skills, and event needs.

Semester capstone shipped on Vercel

LiveCode
MusicBot preview

MusicBot

Sept 2024 - Present

Discord music bot with slash commands and button-based playback controls.

Personal automation project

Code
COVID-19 X-ray Detection preview

COVID-19 X-ray Detection

Spring 2025

Chest X-ray classifier tuned for high-sensitivity COVID-19 triage support.

89.10% accuracy - 0.9643 AUC

Code
Museum Management System preview

Museum Management System

Fall 2024 - COSC 3380

Full-stack museum database app with REST APIs and Azure deployment.

Database systems capstone

Code
02Where I've worked

Experience

June 2024 - Present

Current

Student Worker Application Developer

University of Houston Enterprise Systems

  • Troubleshoot and resolve issues in the PeopleSoft system, supporting university operations.
  • Develop projects with PowerApps and Microsoft Flow, delivering automated workflows.
  • Complete PeopleSoft training and contribute to system-improvement initiatives.

May 2023 - March 2024

Houston, TX

Software Engineer Intern

Neudesic, an IBM Company

  • Contributed to Agile project management and led software reliability initiatives.
  • Developed machine-learning models and data-analysis pipelines through API integrations.
  • Gained expertise in cloud services, enabling contributions to cloud-based projects.

June 2022 - December 2022

Houston, TX

Software Engineer Intern

Techwave Consulting Inc.

  • Led the development of a comprehensive website using Java, JavaScript, Oracle Database, Spring Boot, HTML, and CSS.
  • Earned cloud certifications from AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud.
  • Contributed to full-stack development, cloud computing, and project management.

May 2021 - February 2022

Houston, TX

Software Engineer Intern

AndTech Solutions LLC

  • Developed a web-based application using Python and JavaScript
  • Managed and analyzed large datasets with QuickBase
  • Created and modified functions in QuickBase to meet client requirements
  • Gained experience in the entire software development lifecycle
03What I bring

Skills & credentials

Skills

  • React
  • TypeScript
  • Node.js
  • Python
  • Tailwind
  • MongoDB
  • Flask
  • Express
  • MySQL
  • TensorFlow
  • Git
  • Docker

Education

  • University of Houston

    Bachelor of Science in Computer Science

    Aug 2022 - Aug 2025

  • Houston Community College

    Associate of Science in Computer Science

    Aug 2020 - May 2022

Certifications · 8

Amazon Web Services

  • AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner2021

Microsoft Azure

  • Azure Administrator Associate2024
  • Azure Data Engineer Associate2023
  • Azure AI Engineer Associate2023
  • Azure Data Scientist Associate2023
  • Azure Data Fundamentals2021
  • Azure Fundamentals2021
  • Azure AI Fundamentals2021

Contact

Let's build something useful.

I am open to full-stack, frontend, backend, cloud, and AI product engineering roles.