Jimmy Nguyen
Head of Engineering | Platform & Product Engineering | DevSecMLOps | AI & Cloud Leader
📧 Email: contact@jimmytoan.com
📍 Location: Singapore
Technical Expertise
Strategic engineering leader with over 17 years of experience building, scaling, and leading high-performing engineering organizations. I write about technologies I've personally architected, implemented, and scaled in production environments.
AI/ML & GenAI
- Generative AI (Langchain, LlamaIndex)
- RAG architectures & Vector databases
- OCR & ML document processing
- MLOps & AI Agent development
- AWS DeepRacer champion (2023)
Cloud & Infrastructure
- AWS, Azure, GCP multi-cloud
- Kubernetes & container orchestration
- Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible
- Microservices & API Gateway
- 100% deployment automation
DevSecOps & Platform
- CI/CD (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps)
- Security (ISO 27001, MAS TRM, SAST/DAST)
- Python, Node.js, ReactJS
- Monitoring (Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog)
- Platform engineering & SRE
🏆 Key Achievements
🚀 AWS DeepRacer Champion 2023
1st place in Singapore's AWS DeepRacer Open League, mastering AI reinforcement learning in just one month with the fastest lap time.
💡 Big Impact Award (AUD $10,000)
Led Zero Downtime Deployment implementation at Ansarada, reducing deployment time by 3 hours for the main legacy application.
📈 Platform Transformation
Delivered 100% deployment automation, 50% faster time-to-market, and 40% cost savings across multiple organizations.
🎓 AI Education Leader
Designed and ran 5-week GenAI bootcamp, mentoring participants from zero to MVP with hands-on Langchain and MLOps training.
Current Projects & Community Impact
Adaptive AI Learning Platform
Building a personalized AI-powered education platform for K-12 and lifelong learners, integrating GenAI, vector databases, and real-time feedback loops.
GenAI Bootcamp Instructor
Designed and ran a 5-week hands-on AI bootcamp in Ho Chi Minh City, teaching GenAI concepts, Langchain, Firebase, and MLOps to guide participants from zero to MVP.
LEGO Robotics Coach
Mentoring a student team for World Robot Olympiad 2025, focusing on sensors, logic programming, and autonomous vehicle-inspired robotics.
Technical Leadership
Leading cross-functional engineering teams across Software Engineering, DevOps, SRE, Cloud, Platform, Security, and AI/ML domains with proven track record of scaling organizations.
My Content Philosophy
With over 17 years of hands-on experience in engineering leadership, I write about technologies and methodologies I've personally architected, implemented, and scaled in production environments across Fintech, Trade Finance, SaaS, Insurance, and Telco domains.
🎯 Experience-Driven Content
- • Production-tested architectures and solutions
- • Real-world challenges and practical solutions
- • Lessons learned from scaling teams and systems
- • Industry best practices from enterprise environments
🚀 Future-Focused Insights
- • Emerging AI/ML technologies and applications
- • Cloud-native and platform engineering trends
- • DevSecOps and security compliance strategies
- • Leadership and team building methodologies
Let's Connect
I'm always excited to connect with fellow engineering leaders, AI enthusiasts, and tech innovators to discuss platform engineering, GenAI applications, cloud architecture, and building high-performing engineering teams.