Summary
Melvin Tiong is a software engineer with 12 years’ experience building full-stack web systems across early-stage startups and large regulated enterprises, currently at Wise in Singapore. Self-taught in software after studying Operations Management, Marketing, and Psychology, he excels at translating multidisciplinary constraints into pragmatic technical solutions. His hands-on work spans Node.js/JavaScript, C, and PostgreSQL, with notable delivery of HIPAA- and NIST-aligned features for clinical genomics at Vela and frontend audio optimizations for mobile at Sonoport. Comfortable owning broad scopes from UX to infrastructure, he favors choosing the right tool for the job rather than a single tech stack. Colleagues rely on him for clear product-oriented engineering decisions that balance usability, compliance, and performance.
12 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
BSocSc + BBM Psychology / Marketing / Operations Management, BSocSc + BBM Psychology / Marketing / Operations Management at Singapore Management University
GCE A Levels, GCE A Levels at Raffles Institution