Resume

Engineering leader with 13+ years of hands-on experience designing, shipping, and operating software products across news media, EdTech, and SaaS. Have delivered and scaled 50+ projects — from high-traffic newsroom platforms serving millions of requests to interactive learning systems — while building and mentoring engineering teams that execute reliably under production pressure. Equally comfortable at the whiteboard, in code review, and in the incident channel.

• Own the technology strategy and engineering roadmap; align platform investments with business priorities.
• Build and coach the engineering organization — hiring, mentoring, and establishing architecture, coding, and delivery standards.
• Lead architecture decisions across product, data, and infrastructure; oversee reliability, security, and cost of the production stack.
• Partner with executive leadership on product direction, vendor selection, and go-to-market technology requirements.
• Drive adoption of AI-assisted development tooling and cloud-native practices to shorten delivery cycles.

Technologies: .NET, Node.js, TypeScript, PostgreSQL, Redis, Kafka, Docker/Kubernetes, AWS, LLM integrations.

• Lead cross-functional teams across engineering, design, QA, and operations on multi-product initiatives.
• Translate business requirements into technical solutions; select architectures and technology stacks fit for each product's scale and lifecycle.
• Partner with product and business stakeholders to align roadmaps and keep delivery predictable.
• Grow the team through technical coaching, code review, and structured onboarding.
• Flagship: VitanEdu ecosystem (VitanLearn, VitanExam, VitanGuide, VitanLibrary, VitanJob, VitanBrain, …) — a multi-product learning platform serving Vietnamese learners end-to-end.

Technologies: .NET Core, Vue.js, PostgreSQL, Elasticsearch, Flutter/Dart, AWS, Redis, Apache Kafka.

• Founded and run a software studio delivering custom web, mobile, and backend systems for SMEs and media clients.
• Own the business end-to-end: sales, solution design, delivery, hiring, P&L, and long-term client relationships.
• Stay hands-on in architecture, code review, and production operations on flagship engagements.
• Shipped dozens of client products spanning content platforms, e-commerce, internal tooling, and integrations.

Technologies: .NET, Node.js, Vue/React, PostgreSQL/MSSQL, Redis, Docker, AWS.

• Directed the design, development, and rollout of interactive EdTech platforms from zero to production.
• Ran hiring and technical training; evaluated and introduced emerging technologies into the delivery stack.
• Led ongoing modernization and performance work on existing products to keep them competitive.
• Notable products: Dekiru.vn (interactive Japanese learning), Bomas (labor-export management), TryJLPT.com, Kantan.vn.

Technologies: ASP.NET / C#, Vue.js, MSSQL, React Native.

• Built and evolved the content management systems powering leading Vietnamese news properties — including dantri.com.vn, kenh14.vn, vtv.vn and others.
• Designed high-throughput commenting infrastructure capable of absorbing large traffic bursts with minimal latency.
• Optimized editorial workflows and reader-facing experience across newsroom systems.

Technologies: ASP.NET / C#, MSSQL, jQuery.

• Engineering leadership: team building, mentoring, hiring, engineering culture.
• Technical direction: system architecture, technology selection, code and design review, production incident response.
• Delivery: project & product management, roadmap planning, stakeholder alignment, risk management.
• Business: analysis, estimation, client engagement, P&L awareness.
• Problem solving: pragmatic decision-making under uncertainty, trade-off analysis.

• Certificate in Aptis English General B2 (September 2024)
• Certificate in Computer Vision - Techmaster (July 2022)
• Certificate in Flutter - Techmaster (April 2021)
• Certificate in DevOps - Techmaster (December 2021)
• Certificate in Python - Techmaster (December 2021)
• Creative Director Award (Techco, 2017-2019)
• Prize of Excellent Management Staff (VCCorp, 2015-2017)
• Certificate in Aptech HDSE - Aprotrain Aptech – 2012

• Exploring new technologies and building small side tools for the community.
• Writing about engineering and leadership on anhtu.dev.
• Running and playing football to stay sharp.
• Strategy games (League of Legends, Age of Empires).
• Films, camping, and travelling.