David Nguyen

Software Engineer @ CARIAD, VW Group | ex-Meta (Video, Stories)

Munich, Bavaria, Germany

About

Android guy

Experience

  • Senior Software Engineer at CARIAD
    Apr 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 3 mos

    - developing infotainment software for VW Group brands (Audi, Porsche, Bentley, VW, Škoda, SEAT, CUPRA) - shipping features into production vehicles

  • Software Engineer at Mylio Photos
    Aug 2023 - Apr 2024 · 9 mos

    - led Android development of a photo organization app - part of a 29-person startup (9 engineers)

  • Software Engineer at Mission Peak
    Feb 2023 - Aug 2023 · 7 mos

    - worked on Android compatibility testing solutions - startup with a couple folks

  • Meta (Menlo Park, California, United States)
    • Engineering Lead
      Aug 2018 - Jan 2023 · 4 yrs 6 mos

      - worked on key user-facing experiences for Stories and Video Player - developed new features to enable creators to share their content and build their businesses - collaborated with design, product, and various internal and external partners - provided direct support to alpha and beta creators during their launches, assisting with debugging and problem-solving - mentored numerous engineers along with 8 interns, all of whom received full-time job offers from companies such as Facebook and Google - conducted 100+ interviews

    • Software Engineer
      Aug 2016 - Jul 2018 · 2 yrs

      - built projects end-to-end, from design to delivering scalable and well-architected code to 1 billion daily users - developed reliable APIs for numerous internal and external teams to build upon - served as one of the 15 on-call sheriffs, ensuring top quality of shipped code across the entire company

  • Research Software Engineer at William & Mary
    Sep 2011 - Jul 2016 · 4 yrs 11 mos

    - developed architectures for mobile systems to optimize their performance and reduce power consumption - got several US patents granted