Software Engineer · San Francisco, CA

Hi, I'm Jim.
I build things for the web, then find new ways to over-engineer them.

Currently: rebuilding this site with Next.js + Tailwind, and scaling chicken recipes for science.

01 / Work

Projects

Amazon Clone

A full-stack storefront clone with real authentication and checkout — Firebase handles login, realtime order history, and Stripe processes payments end to end.

React
Firebase
Stripe
Material-UI

View live

Burger Builder

A responsive single-page app for stacking a custom burger order — Redux drives the running total, and auth state survives a refresh.

React
Redux
Firebase

View live

Archived

Restaurant Reviews

A full-stack review platform with a Spring Boot API backing a React frontend, deployed on AWS. The original S3-hosted demo has since been decommissioned.

React
Spring Boot
MySQL
AWS

Profiles REST API

A backend-only REST API for user profile creation and management, with token auth and full CRUD via Django Viewsets.

Python
Django REST Framework

02 / Just for fun

Playground

Small standalone tools I build instead of mobile apps — quick ideas, live for anyone to use.

Chicken, Scaled.

Scale a braised chicken sauce and slurry to whatever weight of chicken you're holding.

Open

03 / Toolbox

Skills

Languages

JavaScript/TypeScript
Python
Java
C/C++

Frontend

React
Next.js
Redux
Tailwind CSS

Backend & Infra

Node.js
Django REST Framework
Firebase
AWS
Git

04 / Me

About

I'm a software engineer based in San Francisco, originally from Bellevue, WA, building web apps end to end — from the database up through whatever framework is having a moment. Outside of the editor I'm usually hiking, shooting hoops, planning the next trip, or getting outvoted by my cat Chance on what to watch. 😺

05 / Background

Resume

Education

Western Washington University

B.S. Computer Science · August 2018

Download full resume (PDF)

Selected work

Amazon Clone
Full-stack storefront with Firebase auth, realtime order history, and Stripe checkout.
Burger Builder
Redux-driven SPA for building custom orders, with persistent state across refreshes.
Profiles REST API
Django REST Framework API for user profile CRUD, deployed on AWS EC2.
Restaurant Reviews
Spring Boot + MySQL review platform with a React frontend, deployed on AWS.
Code Review (WWU capstone)
Team-built code review tool with tokenized auth and a line-by-line diff highlighter, shipped for a real client using Agile.

06 / Say hi

Contact

vjimnguyen@gmail.com

Hi, I'm Jim.I build things for the web, then find new ways to over-engineer them.