Nguyen Tuan Kiet Ho

Experience

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  RocketRideJun 2026 - Present

  Open Source Contributor

  • Developed a Google Cloud integration layer for AI agents to securely read and write NoSQL data across 100+ pipelines leveraging Application Default Credentials
  • Built runtime hardware detection for OCR deployments routing environments to compatible dependency paths to reduce setup failures
  • Created a financial data validation layer integrating SEC APIs to cross-reference AI-extracted information, filtering inconsistent outputs and improving LLM response reliability
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  Koios MarketplaceJan 2026 - Mar 2026

  Software Engineer Intern

  • Optimized PostgreSQL search with tsvector, pg_trgm, and GIN indexes, reducing latency from 250 ms to 195 ms across 5,000+ listings
  • Added schema validation and Jest coverage across service boundaries, reducing invalid payload issues by approximately 25%
  • Implemented weighted ranking and similarity scoring in TypeScript, delivering typo-tolerant retrieval across thousands of listings without requiring a separate search engine
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  Finbud AIJun 2025 - Aug 2025

  Software Engineer Intern

  • Shipped a RAG microservice with FastAPI, LangChain, and Azure AI Search, processing 10K+ documents with hybrid retrieval, metadata filtering, and API endpoints
  • Optimized distributed backend performance using response caching and Azure Load Balancer, sustaining 800+ concurrent users with p95 latency below 500 ms and under 2% request failures during load testing
  • Containerized AI and backend microservices using Docker across chatbot, API, and ML services, reducing local environment setup time by approximately 20% and standardizing deployment across three services

Projects

• OrbitCode

  TypeScriptNext.jsReact NativeExpoAWSPostgreSQLRedisStripe API

  • Set up authentication and private AWS networking for a verified campus marketplace, isolating PostgreSQL RDS from public traffic
  • Reduced repeated database reads by 90% and protected core APIs from traffic spikes using Redis caching, applying global rate limiting across marketplace endpoints via shared middleware, and conducting k6 load tests simulating 50+ concurrent users
  • Moved uploads and notifications off the request path with BullMQ retries, supporting real-time messaging and S3 image storage.
• LaLiga FantasyCode

  Next.jsTypeScriptFastAPIPythonDocker

  • Processed 1,000+ match records to build a sports analytics platform generating real-time performance statistics for 500+ professional players
  • Trained a match outcome prediction model on historical player and match data, achieving 75% validation accuracy and serving predictions through API endpoints
• UCI Test PredictionCode

  PythonScikit-learnNumPyPandasJupyter

  • Built a machine learning pipeline to predict whether a student will pass or fail based on their demographic, social, and academic background
  • Processed and analyzed student records to extract key features and train classification models for academic performance prediction
• IoT Smoke Detection SystemCode

  C++ArduinoHardwareIoT

  • Designed and programmed a microcontroller-based smoke detection system orchestrating a network of 4 Arduinos and C++ for real-time, distributed environmental monitoring
  • Integrated analog gas sensors with auditory alerts to actively detect and respond to hazardous conditions across multiple nodes

Education

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  University of Illinois ChicagoExpected: May 2027

  Bachelor of Science in Computer Science

  Courses: Data Structures & Algorithms, Software Design, Machine Learning, Database Systems, Computer Design, Operating Systems, System Programming, Software Engineering I

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