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John Tran

@johntran1

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Senior full-stack engineer building AI-enabled, cloud-native distributed systems.

United States

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What I'm looking for

I seek senior engineering roles building AI-enabled, cloud-native distributed systems where I can lead end-to-end delivery, mentor teams, and shape architecture and product.

I am a Senior Software Engineer with 10+ years designing, building, and operating large-scale production systems across consumer tech, enterprise consulting, and data-intensive analytics. I balance frontend and backend work and lead end-to-end delivery of high-performance applications.

My backend expertise includes Python (FastAPI, Django, Flask), C# (.NET / ASP.NET Core), Java, Golang, and Node.js, while my frontend leadership centers on React, Next.js, Angular, and Vue. I have delivered cloud-native microservices, event-driven pipelines, real-time systems, and AI-enabled features like semantic search, RAG, Whisper-based transcription, and LLM integrations.

I mentor engineers, collaborate closely with product and design, and drive architecture and operational best practices—deploying and operating services on AWS, Azure, and GCP with Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, and CI/CD to ensure scalable, maintainable production systems.

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Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Senior Software Engineer

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Yes Energy

Jan 2025 - Present (1 year)

Led end-to-end design and development of AI-enabled, cloud-native analytics platforms that ingest and analyze large volumes of real-time and historical energy market data, delivering semantic search, RAG pipelines, and conversational analytics features.

Golang Semantic Search RAG AWS Kubernetes Terraform

Senior Software Engineer

Eliassen Group

Aug 2019 - Jan 2025 (5 years 5 months)

Delivered enterprise-scale full-stack platforms and production-grade AI features including document intelligence, semantic search, and speech-to-text pipelines, while owning architecture through deployment and long-term support.

Java C++Embeddings Whisper

Senior Software Engineer

Lyft

Mar 2017 - Aug 2019 (2 years 5 months)

Contributed to high-scale backend services for ride dispatch and pricing, optimizing throughput and latency and building operational dashboards to visualize real-time system behavior.

Java Distributed Systems REST APIs React Performance Optimization Monitoring

Software Engineer

Facebook

Jul 2014 - Sep 2016 (2 years 2 months)

Built high-throughput, low-latency backend services in Java supporting core products at scale and developed internal web tools to improve operational visibility and performance.

Java Distributed Systems JavaScript Performance Tuning Instrumentation Dashboards