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Ho Minh Chung

Technical Lead at TymeX | Backend Architecture | Cloud-Native Systems | Fintech
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

About

Results-driven Technical Lead with 10+ years of experience in designing and delivering scalable fintech platforms across digital banking, cloud-native systems, and enterprise software. Expertise in AWS-based serverless architectures, microservices, and high-throughput transaction systems.

Currently serving as Backend Technical Lead at Tyme, one of the world's fastest-growing digital banking groups. Successfully architected and delivered multi-country lending platforms across Southeast Asia and Africa — handling over $300M in annual loan volume and serving millions of users.

Experience

Technical Lead

TymeX
2021 - Present · 3+ years

Led backend architecture and engineering strategy for scalable, cloud-native lending platforms deployed across three countries. Delivered systems handling over $300M in annual loan volume, serving millions of users and thousands of merchants.

  • Merchant Lending Platform

    Architected a multi-country solution (5 loan products across 3 countries)

    • Led end-to-end development of a unified merchant lending platform deployed in South Africa, Philippines, and Indonesia.
    • Built using Python and AWS Serverless Stack (Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB, ALB, S3, SQS) to enable cost-effective scalability and rapid deployment cycles.
    • Integrated with Mambu, CRM, Core Banking, Segment, Datadog, Databricks for real-time analytics and operational visibility.
    • Led 2 Scrum teams totaling 15+ engineers, defining code quality standards, CI/CD pipelines, and architectural governance frameworks.
  • Advance Loan Platform

    Designed and delivered the full lifecycle of a digital lending solution

    • Led a cross-functional Scrum team to design and ship a full-cycle digital lending solution for TymeBank, serving over 350,000 eligible customers.
    • Architected a scalable backend system capable of processing 300,000 monthly loan disbursements, with throughput optimized for thousands of transactions per second during peak traffic.
    • Designed and implemented automated repayment workflows to support efficient collection across over 300,000 active loans per month, ensuring system resilience, low latency, and high fault tolerance.
  • Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) Platform

    Led solution architecture for a comprehensive BNPL product

    • Designed and delivered a scalable BNPL solution for TymeBank in South Africa, enabling instant credit access at both physical and online retail points.
    • Architected a cloud-native backend using Java/Spring Boot microservices on Amazon EKS, integrated with Kafka, WSO2, Mambu, and Databricks for real-time transaction processing and analytics.
    • Led a Scrum team to implement core features: customer onboarding, settlement workflows, accounting modules, card-on-file, purchase lifecycle management, and loyalty-based incentive programs.
    • Delivered a system that scaled rapidly to support 20,000 physical retail stores, 5,000 e-commerce merchants, and over 200,000 onboarded customers.

Software Engineer → Senior Software Engineer → Tech Lead

TMA Solutions
2014 - 2021 · 7 years

Progressed from Software Engineer to Tech Lead, delivering enterprise-grade software solutions for global clients such as Nokia, Alcatel-Lucent, Philips, Broadcom Inc., TecAlliance, and more.

  • Enterprise-Scale Architectures

    Designed and led implementation of end-to-end architectures for 5+ enterprise-scale client engagements

    • Spearheaded full-lifecycle development across multiple domains including telecom, and automotive.
    • Established technical standards, best practices, and documentation frameworks that improved long-term code quality.
    • Mentored and led teams of up to 20 developers, providing architectural guidance, hands-on support, and career growth coaching.
  • FleetManager – SaaS Fleet Management Platform
    • Led frontend architecture using Angular monorepo, supporting multiple interfaces including Admin Portal and Workshop Portal.
    • Built RESTful APIs with ASP.NET Web API, integrated with Apache Kafka for event-driven communication, and deployed via Docker + Kubernetes for scalability and resilience.
  • Chatbot & Enterprise Search Solutions
    • Led a team to deliver 4 Google Cloud Search applications for enterprises like Broadcom Inc. and Philips, enabling unified search across internal knowledge bases and business systems.
    • Implemented full-stack solutions using Java, Spring Framework, RESTful APIs, ReactJS, Google Cloud, Google Cloud Search, and MySQL.
  • Task Center Platform – Network Device Management System
    • Replaced a legacy desktop application with a modern web-based system to manage thousands of network devices at scale.
    • Built a modular, component-driven architecture reused across 10+ admin applications, significantly improving development efficiency.
    • Developed dynamic UI rendering components, allowing administrators to configure device management forms without code changes.
    • Created a library of 20 reusable core components, shared libraries, and skeleton apps, reducing average page development time from days to under 3 hours.
    • Full-stack implementation using Java, Spring Framework, RESTful APIs, Microservices, MySQL, and AngularJS.

Skills

Solution Architecture & Engineering
Cloud-Native Design
Microservices
Serverless (AWS)
Event-Driven Systems
Agile/Scrum
Cloud & DevOps
AWS Lambda
API Gateway
DynamoDB
Amazon EKS
Docker
Kubernetes
CI/CD Pipelines
Backend Engineering
Java
Spring Boot
Python
Kafka
Observability
RESTful APIs
Microservices
Fintech & Banking
BNPL
Merchant Cash Advance
Core Banking Integration
Payment Gateways
Mambu
Tools & Technologies
Git
Jira
Databricks
Datadog
Segment
Angular
React

Certifications

AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate
Amazon Web Services · 2023
AWS Certified Developer – Associate
Amazon Web Services · 2024

Honors & Awards

Top Performance Employee of the Year
Tyme · 2023, 2024
Top Performing Employee (5 consecutive years)
TMA Solutions · 2016–2020
Nokia High Performance Award
TMA Solutions · 2015

Recognized for outstanding technical performance, leadership, and impact across multiple product teams

Education

Bachelor of Information Technology

CTU University
2010 - 2013