Henry Nguyen

UCLA CS '26 • USC MSCS '28

About

I’m a software engineer and computer science graduate student at USC. I did my undergraduate studies in computer science at UCLA, and I enjoy building clean, intuitive web experiences while learning how to design reliable, scalable systems.

Currently, I'm a software engineer intern at the Garrick Institute for the Risk Sciences, where I build modular React components and connect frontend interfaces to Python ML pipelines to support research workflows.

Previously, I worked with the Daily Bruin at UCLA, where I refactored parts of the website with React and Tailwind and shipped dynamic event pages for more than 5,000 daily readers.

Outside of work, you can usually find me playing volleyball or making music!

Experience

Jan 2026 — Jun 2026

Software Engineer Intern · Creative Labs

  • Designed REST APIs and PostgreSQL schemas used by 50+ testers to ingest activity data powering real-time analytics dashboards.
  • Implemented async workers with Redis to precompute metrics, reducing latency and improving dashboard responsiveness.
  • Built WebSocket live updates streaming activity data to dashboards in a cross-functional team of engineers and designers.
  • Deployed Dockerized services with CI/CD pipelines for reliable releases and scalable demos on Vercel and cloud VMs.
PostgreSQLRedisWebSocketsCI/CD
Jun 2025 — Dec 2025

Software Engineer Intern · Garrick Institute

  • Engineered 10+ modular React components, enhancing UI consistency and accelerating data analysis workflows.
  • Integrated a React frontend with Python ML pipelines via REST APIs, cutting manual data handling by 40% for research teams.
  • Collaborated with graduate researchers to design dashboards visualizing ML outputs, improving clarity and decision-making.
ReactPythonREST APIsMachine Learning
Oct 2024 — Jun 2025

Software Engineer Intern · Daily Bruin

  • Refactored the website with React and Tailwind CSS, improving mobile performance and modernizing design components.
  • Created 10+ dynamic event pages and reusable widgets to streamline campus marketing and reduce repetitive development.
  • Resolved 20+ UI bugs and cross-device layout issues, improving site reliability and visual consistency for 5,000+ daily readers.
ReactTailwind CSSJavaScriptHTML/CSS
Aug 2022 — Jul 2024

Server / Food Runner · Din Tai Fung

"please be careful, they're very hot"

Folding XLBsPacking TakeoutBeing Awesome!

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