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Htoo Maung Maung

Htoo Maung Maung

AI ENGINEERING LEADER

I build teams that ship AI-powered products. From enterprise SaaS to distributed engineering across four countries, I lead where people, systems, and practical AI meet.

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How I got here

Hey, I'm Htoo. You can also call me Franzy. I came to Singapore from Myanmar with a curiosity for how things work and a polytechnic robotics gold medal that proved I could build them.

Over 11 years, I've gone from writing Java servlets and building learning platforms to leading distributed engineering teams across Singapore, Japan, Vietnam, and the Philippines. Along the way, I built an applicant tracking system with Elasticsearch at its core, grew from senior engineer to engineering manager within the same company, and shipped enterprise SaaS products used by thousands.

Today at Manabie International, I'm doing what excites me most: integrating AI tools directly into how my team builds software, from sprint rituals to code reviews to deployment workflows. I believe the best engineering leaders don't just manage; they multiply their team's capabilities by bringing the right tools and the right culture together.

Current focus

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AI-Integrated Engineering

Embedding AI tools into daily engineering workflows. From AI-assisted code reviews to intelligent sprint planning, I make AI a natural part of how teams build.

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Distributed Team Leadership

Leading engineers across 4 countries. Building delivery culture that works across time zones, languages, and working styles.

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Enterprise SaaS Architecture

Full-stack delivery on Salesforce platform. System design, ERP modules, CI/CD pipelines, and production-grade solutions at scale.

Proof in public

A growing collection of systems, workflows, and case studies pulled from real work. The homepage stays high level; each showcase page goes deeper than a resume bullet.

Chapters so far

2025 - Present
Chapter 5: Going Global
Software Engineering Manager, Manabie International
Leading full-stack ERP delivery across Singapore, Japan, Vietnam, and the Philippines. Integrating AI tools into daily engineering workflows and sprint rituals. Setting technical direction while balancing feature delivery, experimentation, and stakeholder alignment across borders.
ReactTypeScriptNode.jsSalesforceApexPythonAI Tools
2019 - 2024
Chapters 2-4: Building & Leading
Senior Engineer to Engineering Manager, TeamSpirit Singapore
Grew from individual contributor to managing a team of 8. Built complex UI with React and Redux, optimized performance, enhanced CI/CD pipelines, and defined OKRs. The chapter where I discovered that great engineering is as much about people as it is about code.
ReactReduxTypeScriptSalesforceJenkins
2017 - 2019
Chapter 1: Going Deep
Senior Software Engineer, Octus Pte Ltd
Led backend development for a SaaS applicant tracking system. Implemented enterprise Elasticsearch, managed AWS infrastructure, and built CI/CD pipelines. First taste of leading technical decisions end to end.
JavaSpring BootAngularElasticsearchAWSMongoDB
2014 - 2017
The Beginning
Software Engineer, Blueorange Pte Ltd
Built enterprise learning management systems for government institutions. Real-time collaboration with WebSocket, video platform integration, and the lessons that come from maintaining production systems used by thousands.
JavaJSPWebSocketNode.jsMySQL

What I work with

Languages & Frameworks

JavaScript TypeScript Java Python React Redux Next.js Spring Boot Node.js

AI & Automation

GitHub Copilot Claude AI Agentic Coding AI-Powered QA Automation AI-Assisted Code Review Prompt Engineering

Infrastructure & Data

AWS Docker Salesforce PostgreSQL MongoDB Elasticsearch Redis GitHub Actions RabbitMQ Nginx

Leadership & Process

Agile / Scrum Team Building Hiring & Recruitment OKR & KPI Setting Stakeholder Management System Design Mentorship Cross-functional Collaboration

Education & certifications

Education

B.Eng Computer Engineering
Nanyang Technological University, 2011-2014
Diploma in Manufacturing Engineering
Nanyang Polytechnic, 2008-2011
🏆 Gold Award - Singapore Robotic Games 2011

Certifications

Salesforce Certified JavaScript Developer
Salesforce Certified Administrator
Certified Scrum Master (CSM)
SCRUM Alliance

Let's build something together

Looking for an engineering leader who ships? Let's talk.