Quang Dat (aka. Richard Tong)

Senior Backend Developer | AI Engineer

🎯 Seeking Tech Lead opportunities at international product companies

Contact

tongquangdat@gmail.com

0349404915

Hóc Môn, Ho Chi Minh City

June 23, 1992

Technical Expertise

Core Strengths

Go/Golang

PHP/Laravel

System Architecture

Microservices

AI & Innovation

AI Agents

Prompting

LLM APIs

RAG

Cloud & DevOps

AWS

GCP

Docker

Kubernetes

E-commerce

Shopify

Magento

WooCommerce

Databases

MySQL • PostgreSQL • ScyllaDB • Redis

Education

Ho Chi Minh University of Industry

Bachelor's in Web Development

2008 - 2012

Interests

Running

Football

Reading

Traveling

AI Research

Professional Summary

Experienced Go/PHP developer with 6+ years building scalable e-commerce solutions and Shopify applications serving 5000+ merchants. Recently expanded into AI/ML with hands-on experience in AI Agents development and advanced prompting techniques. Seeking Tech Lead opportunities at international product companies to drive innovation and mentor high-performing engineering teams.

Key Achievements

Employee of the Year (2023)

Recognized for innovative contributions and exceptional performance in developing scalable solutions

AI Integration Pioneer

Successfully integrated AI Agents into existing e-commerce workflows, improving automation efficiency by 60% and reducing manual processing time

Knowledge Sharing Initiative

Launched internal podcast program (10+ episodes) to foster cross-team understanding and collaboration, plus organized 8 professional development seminars

Work Experience

Senior Golang/PHP Developer

FireGroup

Jun 2022 - Present

Built AI Agent for TrueProfit app to analyze sales data and provide actionable insights for merchants
Developed TrueProfit - TikTokShop app for profit tracking and analytics
Built Ali Review - Top 10 review app on Shopify App Store with 4.8★ rating
Led development of Subbox - Shopify subscription app serving 1000+ merchants
Mentored 3 junior developers and conducted code reviews

Senior PHP Developer

Outcubator (Paymentwall)

Jun 2020 - Jun 2022

Developed Integration Hub connecting 50+ payment gateways to major e-commerce platforms
Built plugins for Magento, OpenCart, WordPress, Shopify, serving 100K+ transactions monthly
Reduced payment processing errors by 40% through robust error handling
Conducted code reviews and provided technical guidance for 3-member team

Full Stack Developer

Ecentura

Nov 2017 - Mar 2020

Delivered 20+ WordPress websites and Magento 2 e-commerce solutions
Optimized website performance resulting in 50% faster load times
Set up Linux servers and deployment pipelines for 15+ projects
Trained 5 fresher developers and 3 interns on web development best practices

AI & Leadership Expertise

AI Development

• OpenAI, Vertex AI, Gemini, etc integration
• RAG systems implementation
• CrewAI Framework
• Vector databases(Qdrant)

Leadership

• Technical mentoring (5+ developers)
• Code review processes
• Cross-functional collaboration
• Technical architecture decisions