Thomas Nguyen
Staff Software Engineer at Kubecost
San Diego, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolThomas Nguyen is a Staff Software Engineer in San Diego with 11 years of experience building cloud-native systems and shipping reliability and security improvements for Kubernetes and cloud cost tooling. At Kubecost he progressed from support to senior and now staff engineer, contributing backend and DevOps expertise—notably improving OpenCost Prometheus queries and adding Azure Virtual Nodes support to better attribute Kubernetes cost allocation. His background includes DevSecOps work for the US Navy and a CS MS from Carnegie Mellon, blending security-conscious engineering with operational rigor. He enjoys deep-focus work—reading, writing, and listening to albums start-to-finish—and brings a habit of incremental daily impact to complex, production-scale systems.
11 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science and Engineering, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science and Engineering at Santa Clara UniversityMaster of Science - MS, Computer Science, Master of Science - MS, Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University
Vietnamese, English
Github Skills (11)
kubernetes10
query-optimization10
azure10
go10
prometheus10
cost-optimization10
microsoft-azure10
kubernetes-pods10
co10
devops9
monitoring9
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
opencost/opencost
Oct 2022 - Mar 2025
Cost monitoring for Kubernetes workloads and cloud costs
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & DevOps Engineer
Back-end Developer & DevOps EngineerContributions:83 reviews, 48 PRs, 26 pushes in 2 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Thomas primarily contributed to the OpenCost project by modifying and improving Prometheus queries, focusing on Kubernetes workload cost monitoring. They refactored queries to filter by "container" instead of "container_name", and fixed bugs in allocation metrics. Additionally, the user handled and implemented support for Azure Virtual Nodes (serverless), demonstrating an understanding of cloud-specific infrastructure. Their contributions also involved improving code quality, debugging, and optimizing the codebase for cost allocation metrics, enhancing the overall functionality and efficiency of the cost monitoring system.
gcpcost-optimizationfinopskubecostcost-allocation
thomasvn/Linda-Distributed-Storage-Model
Apr 2017 - Apr 2017
Contributions:36 commits, 24 pushes in 23 days
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