Singapore

Technical Product Management

Project Management

iOS Engineering

Xuan Gieng (Jasper) Nguyen

Mobile Engineering Director

Collaboration

Problem-solving

Stakeholder management

Leadership

Project management

Negotiation

Swift

Jira

Jenkins

Understanding factors that lead to a motivated team - recognition, communication and more.

Keeping team members motivated

Understand the process of training, motivating and directing your team members.

Managing people

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Fostering a good team culture

Steps to building and maintaining a strong, cohesive and effective team.

Building an effective team

Learn the tips to successfully manage a team in a remote environment.

Managing a remote team

Strategies for maximizing your design internship or co-op program.

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How to successfully prepare and position yourself for a job promotion?

How to get promoted

How to ask for a promotion and negotiate for salary raise?

Negotiating a job offer

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Practice HR, technical and behavioural interviews with mentors.

Practice mock interviews

Talk to people who've broken into the tech industry and learn their stories.

Breaking into tech

Learn the best ways to answer technical interview questions with frameworks

Acing technical interview questions

Learn how to properly present your work and share ideas and opinions.

Presenting your work with impact

How to work with team members with different skill sets but towards a common goal?

Working cross-functionally

Responsible for building the Smart Trading platform on mobile.

Responsible for the Mobile Engineering team, building GXS Bank's mobile apps and SDKs for seamless integration with the Grab and Singtel ecosystem.

• Led and expanded the Mobile Engineering team from 1 to 40 members within 2 years, reporting directly to the CTO.
• Defined and executed technical strategies, deliverables, and milestones to build GXS Bank’s mobile apps from the ground up, in close collaboration with Business, Product, and cross-functional teams to ensure alignment with business goals and seamless execution.
• Successfully launched GXS mobile apps on the Apple App Store and Google Play Store, establishing a strong foundation to serve millions users across Southeast Asia.
• Integrated GXS Bank experiences into Grab and Singtel Dash apps through mobile SDKs, expanding product reach and customer base.
• Spearheaded multi-million-dollar contracts with external vendors for mobile engineering resources, tools, and infrastructure, ensuring high-quality, cost-efficient solutions.
• Collaborated with regulators and external security vendors such as VKey and GuardSquare to enhance the security of GXS Bank’s mobile apps, ensuring compliance and safeguarding sensitive customer data.
• Fostered a culture of transparency and innovation by heading weekly team meetings, biweekly 1:1s, monthly innovation days, and company-wide hackathons.

• Designed and developed internal iOS apps and frameworks to support tour experiences and proof-of-concept projects.
• Established iOS coding standards, best practices, and the code review process, ensuring consistency and quality across regional engineering teams.
• Provided technical consulting for VISA's clients and partners through Co-creation sessions, offering tailored solutions to meet business needs.

As an iOS Software Engineer (later promoted to Senior iOS Software Engineer) and a core member of the Driver Experience Team, I played a key role in enhancing the Grab Driver Application by implementing core features, optimizing development workflows, and improving performance, contributing to a better experience for millions of drivers across Southeast Asia.

Key Responsibilities & Achievements:
• Developed and implemented key features for the Driver Application, including Booking Notifications, Revamped In-Transit Flow, A/B Testing, DiscoveryHub, Analytics, and Driver Support Center.
• Co-architected and refactored the project using customized VIPER, MVVM, and RIBlet design patterns to improve scalability and maintainability.
• Covered 100% test coverage with Unit Tests using Quick and Nimble, and UI Tests using KIF, ensuring high code quality and reliability for the key features.
• Optimized project configurations and modularity, resulting in a 40% improvement in build time.
• Conducted code reviews for 90% of all Pull Requests, dedicating 1 hour per day to ensure high-quality code standards.
• Organized and hosted 15 algorithm contests biweekly for the engineering team, fostering a culture of continuous learning and collaboration.
• Conducted over 20 technical interviews, identifying top talent for the engineering team.

This was my first startup venture after graduation.

Eking is a digital display platform that helps businesses enhance in-store customer engagement by providing dynamic, interactive content on digital screens. This platform aims to attract more customers by delivering personalized, real-time information and promotions in physical retail spaces.

• Successfully graduated with distinction from the Push Accelerator program in 2016, recognized as one of the most promising startups, hosted by CoderSchool.
• Led a cross-functional team to develop a native iOS app using Swift and an Android app using Java, ensuring seamless user experiences across both platforms.
• Designed and implemented a serverless backend architecture using Firebase and Firebase Functions, optimizing scalability, performance, and cost efficiency.
• Engineered custom hardware solutions by modifying Raspbian OS and creating proprietary devices for digital display, ensuring robust integration between software and hardware systems.

• Designed and developed comprehensive teaching materials, including detailed slides and instructional videos, to facilitate student learning.
• Led an engaging iOS Programming course using Swift, equipping students with the skills to build functional and high-quality apps.
• Instructed an immersive Game Programming course with Unity3D, guiding students in the creation of interactive games and dynamic user experiences.
• Managed two Android Programming courses using MIT App Inventor, mentoring 62 students and overseeing the successful completion of 10 innovative projects.

•	Developed a web application for the KAIST Center for Science-based Entrepreneurship (CSE) to introduce the center.
•	Conducted in-depth research on accelerators and incubators in Vietnam, providing valuable insights to inform strategic decisions for the supervisor.

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