Kayla Nguyen
Software Engineer at Google
Seattle, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolKayla Nguyen is a software engineer with 11 years of experience specializing in serverless and cloud-native systems at Google, where she has worked on Serverless and Artifact Registry projects. She is an active open-source contributor to notable Google Cloud repos, improving Functions Framework and Python samples by adding declarative function signatures, CloudEvent support, and conformance tests that strengthen portability and robustness. Her background spans backend engineering, performance benchmarking for App Engine Flex, and SRE tool standardization—skills that combine practical performance tuning with developer-friendly APIs. Based in Seattle and with roots in robotics research and stage operations, she brings a pragmatic, cross-disciplinary approach to solving production problems and mentoring teams.
11 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Computer Science, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Computer Science at Mount Holyoke CollegeHigh School Diploma, English Language and Literature, General, High School Diploma, English Language and Literature, General at High School for Gifted Students, Hanoi University of EducationBachelor's degree, Computer Science, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science at AIT-Budapest
English, French, Japanese, Vietnamese
Github Skills (13)
cloudevents10
google-cloud-functions10
back-end-development10
python10
flask10
flask-ask10
sample-data9
test-automation9
sample-rate9
unit-testing9
sample-size9
release-management8
cicd7
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
GoogleCloudPlatform/functions-framework-python
Oct 2021 - Nov 2021
FaaS (Function as a service) framework for writing portable Python functions
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:3 releases, 18 reviews, 7 commits in 15 days
Contributions summary:Kayla significantly contributed to the functions-framework-python repository by implementing declarative function signatures and integrating cloudevent support. They refactored code, including renaming `cloudevent` to `cloud_event`, and added conformance tests to validate the declarative functions. The user also released pre-release versions and removed debug code, demonstrating a focus on enhancing functionality and stability of the framework.
pythonas-a-serviceportableservice-frameworkfunctions-python
GoogleCloudPlatform/python-docs-samples
Nov 2021 - Dec 2022
Code samples used on cloud.google.com
Role in this project:Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:1 review, 5 commits, 5 PRs in 1 year
Contributions summary:Kayla primarily contributed to refactoring and updating Google Cloud Functions samples, focusing on declarative function signatures. Their work involved updating storage, pubsub, and HTTP samples, improving code structure and adhering to the project's sample guidelines. The user also addressed issues in error handling within the HTTP samples, which enhanced the robustness of the code. These contributions show a focus on improving the functionality and maintainability of serverless application code samples.
gcppythongoogle-cloudgoogle-cloud-rungoogle-appengine
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