Summary
Danny Nguyen is a senior software engineer with nine years of experience building scalable, privacy-conscious systems at companies including Amazon, Shopify, GitHub, and Airbnb. He has shipped production services that handle sensitive data for hundreds of millions of users, specializing in privacy engineering, AI governance, and ads infrastructure. At GitHub he helped build an AI-powered data catalog and DSR pipeline supporting Copilot’s data ecosystem, and he now focuses on AI-native product experiences such as conversational support agents at Airbnb. Danny blends deep backend engineering with a strong emphasis on responsible data practices, making technical trade-offs that balance scale and trust. He holds a BS in Computer Science & Engineering from UC Irvine and is known for moving research-grade AI capabilities into production-ready, auditable systems.
9 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
University of California, Irvine