NAM DUONG

INTRO

Hi there!

I'm Nam Duong, a football addict with a side job as a software engineer. With over 7 years of coding experience, my journey started with competitive programming in high school, where I won a Silver Medal at the National Olympiad in Informatics. At UNSW, I joined the ICPC team under Dr. Raveen De Silva's coaching, and we placed 6th overall at the South Pacific regionals.

That passion for ICPC inspired me to build TeamUp, a platform that helps organise and form teams for programming contests. It's now been used by 1,000+ students across 30+ universities for ICPC South Pacific 2025 and IMC x SPPC 2026. My competitive programming background also led me to become a Casual Academic at UNSW, where I teach Algorithms (COMP3121), Programming Challenge (COMP4128), and Advanced C++ (COMP6771) across multiple terms.

On the industry side, I started with two internships at H2X Engineering Software, building web applications for HVAC engineering systems. From there, I joined Amplify as a Software Developer in early 2024, where I built the MVP of TheCreatorverse — a campaign management platform — from scratch, designing the microservice architecture and shipping end-to-end influencer campaign workflows. Within a year, I moved into the Tech Lead role, leading a team of 5 engineers. We shipped the platform to enterprise clients including Nestlé, Unilever, and Amazon — building an AI-powered creator discovery tool, delivering brand microsites, and architecting a real-time analytics pipeline handling 150K+ QPS.

I also combined my two passions — coding and sports — by collaborating with engineers from Google and Deputy to build SportShare, a platform for sports clubs. And when I'm not coding for work, I'm usually coding for fun — whether it's building full-stack clones, AI-powered travel planners, or competing in programming contests.

WORK

TEACHING

Throughout this journey, I have marked over 300 lengthy assignments (1000 words each) and more than 10,000 shorter assignments (250 words each). I tutor classes of 30 to 50 students, engaging them in exploring algorithmic concepts across Algorithms (COMP3121), Programming Challenge (COMP4128), and Advanced C++ (COMP6771). Beyond teaching, I help students debug their code, write my own test checkers, and create sample solutions for final exams.

CONTACT

• GitHub
• Linkedin

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