John Nguyen
Staff Software Engineer at Mercedes-Benz Research & Development North America, Inc.
San Francisco Bay Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJohn Nguyen is a Staff Software Engineer in the San Francisco Bay Area with a decade of experience building UI, tools, and frameworks for automotive and consumer platforms. He has deep hands-on expertise in C++, C#, Qt/QML, and desktop tooling, and has driven HMI, speech integration, and framework work for Mercedes‑Benz’s headunit platforms including the MBUX voice GUI. Known for shipping developer productivity tools—code generators, API-driven test UIs, simulators and loggers—he blends pragmatic engineering with UX sensitivity from prototyping through production. His background spans game-tool pipelines and WPF/XAML productivity work, giving him a strong cross-domain perspective on real-time and design-driven interfaces. Colleagues rely on him to bridge suppliers and internal teams to integrate complex middleware and deliver polished in-vehicle experiences.
10 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's Degree, Game Design and Development, Bachelor's Degree, Game Design and Development at Full Sail University
English
Github Skills (10)
playing10
discord-bot10
discord9
bitwig3
json1
editor1
json-editor1
vue-component1
controller1
vue1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
engooyen/majel
Feb 2019 - Oct 2022
Discord bot for use with Star Trek Adventures table top role playing game.
Contributions:1 review, 111 commits, 51 PRs in 3 years 8 months
discordrole-playing-gamebotdiscord-botrole-playing
engooyen/tlt
Aug 2020 - Aug 2022
Contributions:3 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years
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