Gia Bao Bui
Software Engineer
Software Engineer and Highest Achieving Graduate in Computer Science with 2+ years of professional experience building production-grade, API-driven systems deployed in real operational environments.
Strong foundation in problem-solving, system design, and debugging, with hands-on experience across frontend and backend services using Python, TypeScript, and modern web technologies.
Motivated by designing resilient, observable systems and strengthening engineering practices in cloud-native environments.
Recently Focused On
- Re-architected the transactional-outbox pipeline off a managed DMS → Kinesis → Lambda fan-out onto a Fargate-sidecar poller, cutting non-production cloud spend by ~33% month-over-month
- Built a production-ready frontend design-system layer — semantic type/colour tokens, CVA-driven primitives, and shared form components — across the React codebase
- Shipped a no-payment Stripe trial activation flow and the Shopify-to-CMS claim experience end to end, from billing-service logic to the customer-facing claim page
- Centralised the frontend data layer across four microservices, generating types from live OpenAPI specs to collapse backend-contract changes into a one-place edit
Experience
Junior Software Engineer
Feb 2026 — PresentSONIQ Digital · Richmond, VIC
Contributing to frontend (React) and backend services within a production digital signage and content management platform (CMS) operating in a cloud-native AWS environment. Recent focus includes re-architecting the transactional-outbox pipeline for a ~33% non-prod cost cut, building out a frontend design-system layer, and shipping the Stripe-backed Shopify-to-CMS trial activation flow end to end.
Software Engineering Intern / Casual Engineer
Mar 2024 — Jun 2025CSIRO · Clayton, VIC
Architected and delivered a production-grade lab automation system integrating real-time telemetry, firmware control, and secure user authentication, transforming a manual experimental workflow into a safe, automated research platform supporting a multi-disciplinary team of research scientists. Led the technology research and development for a mobile app prototype to optimise industrial workflows and on-site monitoring.
Featured Projects
Logistics Company Platform
Cloud-native full-stack platform with Terraform-provisioned infrastructure (ECR, ECS Fargate, ALB) and CI/CD via GitHub Actions.
Battery Manufacturing Digital Twin
Modular, event-driven backend system with clear API boundaries, containerised with Docker and orchestrated with Docker Compose.
Traffic-based Route Guidance System
Deep learning integrated with graph search algorithms for intelligent route planning with real-time traffic visualisation.
Education
Bachelor of Computer Science (Professional)
2022 — 2025Swinburne University of Technology · GPA: 3.88 / 4.0
- Recognised as Highest Achieving Graduate in the Bachelor of Computer Science (Professional) cohort
- Received lecturer compliment on the best undergraduate paper in Database Systems
- Swinburne Excellence International Scholarship (50%)