Thong Khong

About

I study computer engineering at NJIT on the hardware track, and most of my paid work has been software. I like the place where the two meet.

I'm a U.S. Permanent Resident and don't need sponsorship.

Experience

IT Application Development Intern, Ocean Casino Resort

Atlantic City, NJ. May to Aug 2025 and May to Aug 2026 (rehired)

  • Extended the AI chatbot to customer-facing channels and the new booking platform through API integration.
  • Caught up a test environment that was 2 years behind production, then automated the daily rollover with JavaScript and Playwright.
  • Wrote the first documentation for an undocumented codebase across 3 systems.
  • Built and deployed 5+ production C# applications (WPF, WinForms, console) on SQL Server.
  • Tuned SQL Server operations across systems holding 5,000+ employee and guest records, cutting measured retrieval time by 20%.
  • Automated daily data extraction and backups, improving output accuracy by 15%.

Project Manager and System Developer, Horizon Simulations

Remote, part-time. Apr 2024 to now

  • Design and build avionics simulations for 2 Microsoft Flight Simulator products.
  • Lead releases and bug fixing. Debugged 200+ reported issues through telemetry, logs, and reproducible test cases.
  • Coordinate engineering and QA contributors across 5 time zones.

Student Delivery Technician, NJIT

Newark, NJ, part-time. Oct 2024 to now

  • First responder when classroom technology fails, across 30 to 50 classrooms a day, under a 5-minute SLA.
  • Keep track of equipment across 50+ rooms.

What I work with

Languages. C++, C#, Python, Java, JavaScript, TypeScript, SQL, RISC-V Assembly, VHDL, MATLAB, HTML/CSS.

Embedded. Arduino, ESP32, HiFive (RISC-V) boards, ESP-NOW, UART.

Backend and data. Microsoft SQL Server, T-SQL stored procedures, REST APIs, Node.js, Supabase, Postman.

Everything else. WPF, WinForms, .NET, React, Git, Linux, Playwright, Microsoft Azure, Claude Code, Viam SDK, OpenCV.

School

B.S. Computer Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology, expected December 2027. Dean's List for 3 semesters.

Courses I've liked: Microprocessors, Microprocessor Lab, Analog and Digital Lab, Computer Architecture, Digital Design, Data Structures. Taking now: Operating Systems, Signal Transmission, Discrete Analysis.

  • Officer, NJIT IEEE Student Branch
  • Cultural Head, NJIT Vietnamese Student Association
  • Team Leader, MakeNJIT Hardware Hackathon
  • Team Leader and Presenter, First-Year Engineering Design Showcase
  • Secretary and Event Organizer, NJIT Claude Builder Club (Sep 2025 to May 2026)