class: Cloud & Software Architect
level: Senior (6+ years XP)
guild: Bank of Thailand
academy: Carnegie Mellon University · SCS
location: Bangkok, Thailand 🇹🇭
legendary: Bank of Thailand Scholar 🏛️ |
class GunKaewngarm:
role = "Architect @ Bank of Thailand"
prev = ["Agoda", "Adrich (CMU partnership)"]
edu = "MSE @ CMU (GPA 4.11)"
builds = "Systems serving millions"
loves = ["Cloud", "IAM", "DevOps", "AI", "🎮"]
now = "IAM for 2M+ users · Zero-trust" |
Carnegie Mellon University Master of Software Engineering GPA: 4.11 · Class of 2024 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 🇺🇸 |
School of Computer Science  
🏅 Bank of Thailand Scholar Fully funded · 2023–2024 |
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Led full backend architecture redesign for Adrich's IoT Smart Label system — a full-stack challenge spanning firmware, distributed backend, and frontend.
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| Quest | Tech Stack | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 🔐 Public IAM Platform | .NET 10, Azure AD B2C, SQL Server, Docker | Public identity service for 2M+ users — unified auth across all BOT digital services & internal apps |
| 🤖 AI Adoption Program | GitHub Copilot, Azure OpenAI | Led org-wide AI-assisted dev tooling rollout; defined governance standards & usage guidelines |
| 🐳 Golden Container Images | Docker, Azure Container Registry | Centralized & versioned base images enforcing security baselines — eliminated config drift |
| 📐 Enterprise Architecture Standards | ARB Governance, Azure | Authored ARB frameworks, review procedures, zero-trust patterns adopted org-wide |
| Quest | Tech Stack | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 🎯 Campaign Engine | Scala, Akka, Kafka, SQL, Hadoop | Designed & built platform to create, schedule & blast targeted marketing campaigns to millions of bookers — directly drove revenue |
| 📧 HTML Template Engine | Scala, Akka | Dynamic template builder for email, push & SMS — powers all Campaign Engine content |
| 🔁 Retargeting Engine | Scala, Spark, Hadoop | Spark pipeline scoring web traffic to identify users for reminder emails — measurable revenue uplift |
| 📊 Behavioral Data Pipeline | Scala, Kafka, Hadoop, Hive | Customer behavior logging & tracking; feeds ML models for campaign personalization at scale |
| ☸️ Containerization Initiative | Docker, Helm, Kubernetes, Shell | Led team's first K8s rollout — cut developer test & deploy time significantly |
| 🛍️ Deals Page | Scala, MS-SQL | Cross-department build of coupon & promotions hub on Agoda website — increased coupon-driven bookings |
| 📬 Comms Microservices Core | Scala, Akka, Kafka, MS-SQL, Grafana | High-throughput backbone for all Agoda email/SMS/push — data-intensive, distributed, observable |
| Quest | Tech Stack | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 📊 Gunvest | JavaScript, PostgreSQL | Personal investment portfolio tracker & market analyzer |
| 🚦 Rama IV Traffic Dashboard | Python, Plotly Dash, BigQuery, CNN | Real-time Bangkok traffic monitoring + CNN speed prediction (±10 km/h) |
| 🐦 FlappyAI | Python, Neural Networks | Flappy Bird AI trained via genetic algorithm + neural evolution |
| 💬 Namo Chatbot | Python, Dialogflow, GCP | LINE chatbot for mindfulness & Dhamma — built to assist users with depression |
| 🚢 Battleship Multiplayer | JavaScript, Django, WebSocket, AWS EC2 | Real-time multiplayer game with matchmaking & in-game chat |
⚡ Languages
🏗️ Frameworks & Runtimes
☁️ Cloud & Infra
📊 Data & Messaging
| 🏅 | Achievement |
|---|---|
| 🥇 | Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert — highest Azure architecture credential |
| ☸️ | Kubernetes Mastery — container orchestration at scale |
| 🔄 | GitLab CI: Pipelines, CI/CD and DevOps |
| 📐 | Pragmatic System Design |
| 🎓 | Master of Software Engineering, CMU — GPA 4.11 · School of Computer Science |
| 🏛️ | Bank of Thailand Scholarship — full-ride, selected from across Thailand |
| 🇹🇭 | IAM @ Scale — built public auth platform serving 2M+ users |
"A good architect doesn't just design systems — they design for the humans who use them."