Brian To

PRINCIPAL FULLSTACK ENGINEER · TECHNICAL LEADER

Brian To

15 years building high-scale products, leading cross-border teams, and turning complex systems into clean, performant experiences.

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MONEY FORWARDCROSSIANNITECOFPT

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Full-Stack Engineering

From React to Go, Node.js to Python — end-to-end product delivery at scale.

System Architecture

Microservices, Micro-FE, and cloud-native systems built for millions of users.

AI Integration

RAG, LLMs, and AI-powered tools that boosted team productivity by 30%.

Technical Leadership

Leading 15+ engineers across Vietnam, Japan, and India with clarity and craft.

Impact in numbers

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Concurrent users scaled from 3,500 to 30,000

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Team productivity boost through AI integration

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Reduction in post-shipment defects via Shift Left Testing

Career journey

2021 – Present4+ years

Money Forward

Principal Engineer · Lead Cross-Border Team

Led 15+ engineers across Vietnam, Japan, and India. Standardized Micro-FE, Feature Flags, and UI components across the corporation. Integrated AI/ML tools boosting productivity by 30%.

2019 – 20212 years

Crossian

Technical Leader · Founder Engineer

Scaled e-commerce platform 8x (3,500 to 30,000 concurrent users). Architected cross-border dropshipping system with Kafka for robust order processing serving millions of customers.

2014 – 20195 years

Niteco

Fullstack Developer

Spearheaded migration from jQuery to modern frameworks (React/Angular/Vue). Built Authentication Microservices with RabbitMQ. Won Best Mentor of Niteco Young Talent Program.

2011 – 20143 years

FPT

Backend Developer · Team Leader

Led development team, managed project lifecycle. Optimized algorithms for device and system performance. Established unit testing and code review practices.

Selected projects

A glimpse of products and platforms I've shaped over the years

Money Forward2024

Accounting GPT

AI assistant published on the GPT Store. Analyzes accounting statements and auto-generates reports for finance teams.

ChatGPT · Qdrant · RAG

Money Forward2022

Micro-FE Standardization

Designed the Micro-FE framework adopted across the entire corporation. Earned the MFV Professional Award.

Rsbuild · Module Federation · React

Money Forward2023

AI Help Assistant

In-product RAG chatbot answering user questions in real time. Drove documentation efficiency and UX improvements.

LangChain · Qdrant · Claude

Crossian2020

Cross-Border Dropshipping Platform

Architected the core platform serving millions. Scaled from 3,500 to 30,000 concurrent users; 50,000 daily orders.

Kafka · MongoDB · NestJS · Next.js

Crossian2021

Real-Time Shipping Integration

Deep API integration with major shipping providers. Reduced lost/wrong packages and minimized PayPal disputes.

Node.js · Redis · GraphQL

Niteco2018

Auth Microservice (Pub/Sub)

High-performance authentication service shared across multiple European products. Built around RabbitMQ Pub/Sub.

Java · Spring · RabbitMQ · OAuth

Tech stack

Technologies I work with daily across the full stack

Backend

Node.js · Go · Python · Java Express · NestJS · FastAPI · Spring

Frontend

React · Vue · Next.js · Nuxt.js Micro-FE · TypeScript · Tailwind

Mobile

React Native · Expo React Query · Apollo

DevOps

AWS · Kubernetes · Docker Terraform · ArgoCD · CI/CD

AI / ML

RAG · LLM · LangChain ChatGPT · Claude · Gemini

Database

PostgreSQL · MongoDB · Redis Kafka · ElasticSearch · Firebase