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Kevin Taing

@kevintaing

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I build scalable full-stack and AI platforms, from real-time search to agentic RAG systems.

United States

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What I'm looking for

I'm looking to build scalable, user-focused AI and full-stack products where I can lead architecture, improve performance and reliability, and collaborate closely with product, design, and data teams.

I've built and scaled real estate platforms at Zillow supporting property search, listings, pricing insights, and user engagement for millions of daily active users.

At Striveworks, I architected AI-first backend systems, LLM-powered services, RAG platforms, voice applications, and autonomous agent workflows. I reduced API latency by 40% through caching, batching, asynchronous workers, and load balancing while improving production stability by 35%.

Previously at Microsoft, I developed frontend applications serving more than 15 million monthly active users. I improved application performance by 45%, raised Lighthouse scores from 72 to 95, and delivered over 25 large-scale product features.

I turn business requirements into production-ready systems using React, Python, Node.js, cloud infrastructure, distributed architecture, and practical AI orchestration.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Senior Software Engineer

Striveworks LLC

Apr 2025 - Apr 2026 (1 year)

Architected and developed AI-first backend systems and distributed services using Python, Node.js, TypeScript, FastAPI, and Express.js for scalable GenAI and data-intensive applications. Designed and implemented LLM-powered services and RAG systems, and engineered AI voice systems and MCP-based agent integrations.

Full Stack Developer

Zillow

May 2021 - Mar 2025 (3 years 10 months)

Built and scaled full-stack real estate technology platforms supporting property search, listings, pricing insights, and user engagement for millions of daily active users. Developed responsive frontend experiences using React and TypeScript, engineered backend services with Node.js, Python, and Java, and optimized high-traffic APIs and search relevance.

React TypeScript Node Python Java Elasticsearch AWS Caching Database Optimization Distributed Systems Monitoring Logging Observability

Frontend Developer

Microsoft

Jan 2018 - Apr 2021 (3 years 3 months)

Architected and developed scalable, high-performance frontend applications serving over 15 million monthly active users using React, TypeScript, JavaScript, HTML5, and CSS3. Enhanced application performance by 45% through advanced optimization strategies and spearheaded delivery of over 25 large-scale product features.