Tien Nguyen
Principal Software Engineer at Custom Ink
Washington DC-Baltimore Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolTien Nguyen is a Principal Software Engineer with 14 years of experience building teams and platforms, currently leading architecture and delivery at Custom Ink in the Washington DC–Baltimore area. He rose through multiple roles at Custom Ink—from software engineer to engineering manager and principal—helping scale e-commerce systems and launching Booster.com as an internal venture. Tien blends hands-on engineering with people leadership, mentoring engineers while designing robust, maintainable platforms. His background in databases from UIUC and early work on accessible museum search tools reflect a long-standing focus on data-driven, durable systems. Colleagues know him as a pragmatic problem-solver who pairs craft-focused engineering practices with a knack for turning product needs into scalable technical solutions.
14 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
B.S Computer Science Databases, B.S Computer Science Databases at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Github Skills (23)
javascript9
react9
documentation9
css8
cloud-api7
sales-tax7
tax5
api5
carbon-emissions5
vertex4
ruby3
hotel-booking2
rails2
rails-api2
rubygems2
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
rubyforgood/scimitar_oryx
Jun 2016 - Sep 2016
Contributions:32 commits, 35 PRs, 52 pushes in 2 months
nht007/dotfiles
Oct 2021 - Aug 2022
Contributions:3 pushes, 1 branch in 9 months
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