Viet Nguyen is a CTO with a decade of experience building data and ML infrastructure and API backends, currently leading engineering at Hypefactors in Copenhagen. He blends product-driven engineering with hands-on work in AI, focusing on agent-style systems that scale and simplify cognitive complexity. His background spans research roles at RWTH Aachen, Fraunhofer, and the European Space Agency, giving him a strong foundation in rigorous engineering and applied research. Viet is particularly skilled at turning academic-level problems into production-ready services and operational ML platforms. He prioritizes pragmatic solutions that unlock new AI applications and reduce developer friction at scale. Colleagues describe him as a product-minded technologist who still enjoys the “fun stuff” of prototyping novel AI capabilities.
9 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
MSc. and BSc. Computer Science, MSc. and BSc. Computer Science at University of Twente
Ph.D. Computer Science, Ph.D. Computer Science at RWTH Aachen University
Contributions:29 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 5 months
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