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Hi, I'm Kenneth.

Full-stack engineer, forever curious.

I grew up in Malaysia, studied Computer Science in Taiwan, spent a semester chasing the midnight sun on exchange in Sweden, and now build LMS infrastructure back in Taipei. I like software that quietly does its job well — and I like digging into whatever's on the other side of "how does this actually work?"

Portrait of Kenneth Ong

my story

A bit of background

I studied Computer Science at National Taiwan Normal University, where I first fell for the moment a program goes from "shouldn't this work?" to actually working. Along the way I spent a semester on exchange at Uppsala University in Sweden, studying Information Technology and getting a very different perspective on how teams build software — and on how to survive a Swedish winter.

Today I'm a Full Stack Engineer at Wisdom Garden Taiwan, where I ship Python APIs for data-intensive academic workflows and re-platformed a legacy AngularJS frontend to Next.js. I care about the unglamorous parts most people skip past — clean data flows, typed boundaries, systems that fail loudly instead of silently.

Outside of work hours you'll usually find me training calisthenics and street workout — right now grinding toward a clean planche and front lever. If it takes patient, consistent reps to unlock, I'm probably into it.

the journey

Where I've been

  1. Aug 2025 – Present

    Full Stack Engineerwork

    Wisdom Garden Taiwan Ltd

    • Built RESTful APIs with Python to support data-intensive LMS workflows, improving backend reliability and reducing response latency
    • Re-design legacy AngularJS frontend with NextJS, improved application performance by 30%
  2. Graduated 2025

    B.S. Computer Scienceeducation

    National Taiwan Normal University

    • GPA 3.8
  3. Graduated 2025

    Exchange Information Technologyeducation

    Uppsala University

  4. Jul 2024 – Aug 2024

    Software Engineering Internwork

    Taipei Exchange

    • Engineered a FIX financial trading server using the QuickFIX/C++ library, enabling real-time order routing in compliance with FIX protocol standards
    • Designed and executed multithreaded load tests, identifying and resolving bottlenecks that increased system throughput by 20%
    • Gained hands-on experience in low-latency systems, financial protocols, and production-grade C++ development

toolbox

What I work with

Languages

TypeScriptPythonC/C++JavaSvelte

Frameworks

Spring BootFlaskNextJS

Databases

MySQL

Tools & DevOps

GitDocker

Languages Spoken

EnglishChineseMalay

beyond code

Off the keyboard

When I'm not shipping code, I'm at the bar — literally. I train calisthenics and street workout, working through the progressions toward a clean planche and front lever. Same mindset as debugging: break the skill down, drill the fundamentals, and trust that the reps compound.

let's talk

Have a project in mind?

I'm always happy to chat about new opportunities, collaborations, or just talk shop.