Hi, I'm Hayden Thai

Software Engineer at CrowdStrike

I build secure, scalable applications at the world's best cybersecurity company, Crowdstrike. Previously, I've built tools at Tesla and shipped products at Amazon. I'm passionate about frontend engineering, developer experience, and learning new technologies.

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Tools and technologies I use to build great software

  • React
  • TypeScript
  • Next.js
  • Python
  • Node.js
  • Ember.js
  • Express.js
  • GraphQL
  • Apollo
  • Tailwind CSS
  • JavaScript
  • Java
  • C
  • C++
  • AWS
  • GCP
  • Docker
  • Kubernetes
  • PostgreSQL
  • Git
  • Jest
  • Cypress
  • Jenkins
  • HTML
  • CSS
  • SQL
  • Jira
  • Npm
  • Artifactory

Experience

From student to building software that impacts millions

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CrowdStrike

Software Engineer

Jun 2025 - Present

8 months

I build frontend tools for CrowdStrike's Next-Gen SIEM platform that give security operations teams the visibility they need to hunt down and neutralize threats before they cause damage. My work sits at the front line of enterprise cybersecurity, helping organizations protect millions of endpoints and stay ahead of adversaries around the clock.

Current
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Tesla

Software Engineer Intern

Sep 2024 - Jan 2025

4 months

I worked on an internal workforce tool used by over 100,000 Tesla factory workers globally. The project replaced expensive third-party software with a custom in-house solution, saving the company millions annually.

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CrowdStrike

Software Engineer Intern

May 2024 - Aug 2024

3 months

Built a tool that let users generate security dashboards which played a key role in mitigating the largest IT incident of 2024.

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Amazon

Software Engineer Intern

May 2023 - Aug 2023

3 months

Automated a manual workflow for Amazon Fresh grocery operations globally, saving over a million manual clicks per year.

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Amazon

Software Engineer Intern

May 2022 - Aug 2022

3 months

Built a micro-frontend POC that validated a new UI architecture for the team, enabling faster and more reliable deployments and driving the migration from a monolithic frontend to independently deployable microservices.

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SDSU

Supplemental Instruction Leader for Circuit Analysis 1

Dec 2021 - May 2022

5 months

Led weekly sessions helping students master advanced circuit analysis techniques like KCL, KVL, Thevenin's Theorem, Norton's Theorem and more...

BS Computer Engineering, San Diego State University, 2025
What I've Built

Projects and products that make an impact

FPGA Neural Network Inferencer

Built a hardware-software co-design system on a Basys3 FPGA, integrating a PicoRV32 RISC-V core with custom Verilog accelerators to manage over 52,000 tensor parameters, using Q16.16 fixed point arithmetic to execute low latency MNIST digit classification on bare metal hardware.

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