Ty Huynh
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Ty Huynh

Senior Software Engineer & Technical Lead

Da Nang, Vietnam | LinkedIn | GitHub | Email

Summary

15+ years building production web systems: e-commerce, SaaS, government platforms and high-volume data pipelines. Technical lead for a ground-up legacy modernization, co-founder of a 0-to-1 SaaS product. Expert in PHP/Laravel, Backend Architecture, and distributed systems.

Core Expertise

  • Languages: PHP, JavaScript/TypeScript, Java, Python, C#.
  • Backend: Laravel, Spring, Django, ASP.NET, REST APIs, Microservices.
  • Data & Ops: MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis, Docker, CI/CD, Laravel Horizon/Queue, web crawling (Selenium, XPath).
  • Frontend: Vue.js, React, Bootstrap, Tailwind CSS, DaisyUI.
  • Methods: Technical Leadership, Agile/Scrum, Domain Driven Design, Legacy Modernization.
  • Domains: E-commerce, SaaS, HR/ATS, government, traffic tax

Professional Experience

Technical Leader — CloudEBS (Contract, Remote) | 2025 – 2026

Outsourcing firm for web applications and high-scale e-commerce systems. Project: Romania Traffic Tax Control System (eTarifare V2).

  • Rebuilt eTarifare V2 from scratch as a live production system, improving performance, maintainability, and security while preserving existing business logic.
  • Designed a modular-monolith Laravel architecture and restructured the codebase during modernization of the legacy platform.
  • Led a backend team through architecture proposals, code reviews, and delivery milestones; standardized Laravel best practices and design patterns.
  • Coordinated third-party payment-gateway integration and microservice components; implemented critical features hands-on.
  • Stack: PHP, Laravel, REST APIs, MySQL, Redis, WebSocket (Reverb), Linux, Git, GitLab CI/CD, AI-assisted development.

CardFly | Co-Founder & Lead Technical Architect | 2022 — 2023

  • Built and launched a SaaS platform (web, mobile, social features) from concept to market.
  • Designed the full-stack architecture and automated CI/CD deployment; built high-volume data crawling systems.
  • Co-led product strategy, design and engineering.

Co-Founder / Lead Technical Architect — CardFly (Startup) | 2022 – 2023

SaaS platform for social connection, delivered on web and mobile.

  • Took the product from concept to market launch across backend APIs, web, and React Native mobile.
  • Designed feature architectures from scratch; built automated CI/CD pipelines and server infrastructure.
  • Engineered high-volume data-crawling systems and protected user-facing pages with authentication and rate limiting.
  • Optimized features continuously after launch; co-led product strategy and engineering.
  • Stack: PHP, Laravel, Livewire, ReactJS, React Native, Tailwind CSS, MySQL, Linux, CI/CD, Ansible.

Senior Software Engineer / Technical Consultant — Freelance | 2016 – 2026

Delivered 9+ years of full-stack projects for international and domestic clients: e-commerce, ERP and workspace products.

  • Twitter/X data crawler: Designed a master/child job architecture with Laravel Queue/Horizon and parallel workers across multiple VPS instances, with deduplication, throttling, and retries; stored millions of rows.
  • Music and e-commerce crawlers: Built configurable Selenium/XPath extraction for Discogs, YouTube, Etsy, Amazon, and other sources.
  • E-commerce: Delivered custom EC-CUBE 2/3/4 plugins and themes (Book Ascom recurring-purchase and payment workflows, Zebra Shop, Sock Stylist Shop) and Shopify customizations.
  • POD Workspace: Contributed to 0→1 SaaS workspace product (Laravel, Vue.js, REST APIs).
  • Owned requirements gathering, deployment, post-release maintenance, and client communication.

Solar Reviews | Senior Backend Engineer (Contract, Remote) | 2020 — 2021

Solar Reviews is a U.S.-focused website for researching and comparing residential solar energy.

  • Built and optimized backend API endpoints for solar-estimation calculators (Laravel, MySQL, Vue.js).
  • Refactored legacy PHP modules and upgraded legacy infrastructure without operational downtime.
  • Integrated backend services with enterprise CRM platforms to automate lead handling.
  • Daily collaboration with the team to deliver high-volume features.
  • Stack: PHP, Laravel, CRM Third-Party API, MySQL, Redis, AWS, Linux, CI/CD.

Senior Software Engineer — Paradox Olivia, Da Nang (Full-time) | 2019 – 2020

Enterprise AI recruiting platform (acquired by Workday).

  • Refactored deeply abstract core modules incrementally in a live production system supporting a 30+ engineer organization.
  • Built reusable foundation modules for cross-team use; integrated Twilio and MessageBird SMS/Voice with fallback behavior.
  • Stack: Python, Django, Vue.js, MySQL, Redis, AWS, Linux, CI/CD.

Earlier Experience | 2011 — 2019

  • Unisoft — Team Leader (contract, part-time), 09/2019 – 12/2019: led 5 engineers on a production-process management system for Japanese clients; 100% on-time milestone delivery.
  • CGSoft — Senior Software Engineer, 01/2018 – 01/2019: C#/ASP.NET and Selenium/XPath crawlers for Recruiting.com ATS job synchronization.
  • Suzutek VN — Senior Software Engineer, 01/2016 – 03/2017: co-created a CakePHP + AngularJS starter kit adopted across company projects.
  • SDC, Da Nang University — Software Engineer / Team Lead / PM, 01/2015 – 06/2016: Java Spring MVC and Laravel; delivered 5 concurrent web and mobile projects.
  • HTK-INC — Software Engineer, 11/2011 – 01/2014 (contract/part-time): layered Java/Spring/Hibernate systems (communication logs, e-commerce).
  • Unitech Corp — Software Engineer, 01/2012 – 01/2013: e-government portals (Java, Liferay, Hibernate, eGovFrame, Orbeon).
  • Ecomlogy (Canada, freelance) — Backend Developer, 01/2012 – 01/2013: built a mobile REST backend from scratch (Java, Play Framework, MySQL).

Education

  • Bachelor of Software Engineering | Da Nang University of Science and Technology.

Languages

  • English (advanced, professional use) · French (starter)