Hi there! I am Kaung Mon Htay. You may
call me Kaiz or Kai. Believe it or not people have hard
time spelling my name.
I am a results-driven Full-Stack Software Engineer with
5+ years of hands-on experience building and leading
scalable web and mobile applications. With strong
background in frontend (web and mobile development),
backend (REST and GraphQL APIs), cloud infrastructure,
DevOps, and automation.
- Name:Kaung Mon Htay (Kaiz)
- Where:Sydney, Australia
- Email:[email protected]
- Phone:[Protected]
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Mar 2022 - Feb 2025
Lead Software Engineer
Sigma School -
May 2022 - Oct 2023
Lead Software Engineer
Epic Startups -
Apr 2020 - Mar 2022
Software Engineer
The Hacker Collective
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Full Stack Development
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Software Development
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Database Administration
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Project Management
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Cloud Technologies
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DevOps
- Swimming
- Badminton
- Proud cat dad
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Stackfolio
Step by step guide of my tech stacks, development strategies, and setting up CI/CD pipelines.My personal portfolio of tech stacks and development strategies — covering everything from environment configs to setting up CI/CD pipelines and starter templates. Feel free to use them as a reference for your own projects!
- Role Hobby
- Year 2025
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Jobier is an AI-powered job assistant created to simplify job matching with tools like autofill, auto-apply, and AI-generated cover letters, making it easier to land an ideal position.
- Implemented periodic scraping from multiple job posting sites including ATS job boards.
- Implemented skills and sectors extraction from job postings using SparseZoo NLP model.
- Designed and implemented a vector based matching algorithm.
- Role Lead Developer
- Year 2024-2025
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Gamified e-learning app for Android and iOS with bite-sized lessons as well as built-in code editor.
- Implemented a custom web-based code editor using the Monaco Editor, then embedded it into the app via a React Native WebView resulting in significantly reduced app size while keeping the code editor features. This was done to overcome a challenge as there were no code editor libraries for React Native.
- Implemented seamless data syncing between the code editor and the mobile app by making use of the postMessage API. As a result, the app became more responsive and performant without affecting user experience.
- Overhauled the entire app and removed redundant codes/assets resulting in significantly reduced app size from 90 MB down to 39 MB.
- Role Lead Developer
- Year 2024
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- Implemented cron trigger that automatically selects and picks auction winners.
- Designed and implemented in-memory queueing positions providing instant live feed on the frontend.
- Implemented RBAC mechanism resulting in secure communication between different user roles.
- Role Lead Backend Developer
- Year 2023-2024
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- Replica of Google Chrome Dino Game that was built from scratch to teach students about keyboard inputs and events. The game can be played manually or run in self-play mode.
- Designed and implemented the collision detection using AABB algorithm.
- Role Mentoring
- Year 2022
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- Open-source CLI tool to generate structured, TypeScript-based full-stack projects with built-in CI/CD.
- Simplifies onboarding and project kickoffs for dev teams enabling developers to focus on building applications without spending time on setting up the infrastructure, credentials, or the folder structure.
- Role Lead Developer
- Year 2025
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- Replica of Spotify web-based player that was built to teach students how to work with third-party APIs.
- Implemented oAuth to securely request access to user’s data from Spotify.
- Integrated multiple endpoints from the official Spotify API to display the current user’s recommendations and top items.
- Role Mentoring
- Year 2021
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Fun fact: As a kid, I have always hated solving Sudoku puzzles. Creating this felt like kicking your high school bully in the face.
Has two implementations:- Method 1: Much faster and efficient algorithm based on Peter Norvig's implementation.
- Method 2: Brute force algorithm.
- Role Hobby
- Year 2020
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