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Ha Tran Nguyen Phuong

Ha Tran Nguyen Phuong

Climate-focused software engineer (AI x renewable energy)

Brooklyn, New York, United States
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Joined October 2025
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Summary

Climate-focused software engineer: Ha combines a software-engineering background with sustained interest in climate and renewable energy. She has written extensively about climate topics, been involved with regional youth climate organizing (AEYN), and currently works on product/engineering at climate-oriented startups (Wren, Topos). wren+2
Public writer and thinker: Ha publishes longer-form essays and reflections on Medium and Substack (excavation), covering climate frameworks, learning, and product-building. Her writing shows an interest in bridging technical work and public-facing argumentation. medium+1
Early-career full‑stack / product engineering experience across startups and larger tech companies: her listed roles (Robinhood, Salesforce, Heptabase, Topos, Wren) indicate movement between product‑focused startups and established tech firms, suggesting strengths in shipping product features, participating in small-team engineering, and applying technical skills to climate and fintech domains. toposdata+2
Educator and community-builder: Ha spent time in Minerva's community (TA / student), appeared on Minerva media (Humans of Minerva), and co‑founded or helped lead youth climate organizing—demonstrating interest in education, mentorship, and civic/organizing work in addition to engineering. apple+1

Work

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Writing

Counterintuitive ideas to solve climate change (part I)

September 1, 2020

Medium essay discussing alternative strategies and perspectives on climate solutions.

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Resources to help you save the planet

August 1, 2020

Medium post laying out frameworks and practical resources for climate action across careers, investment, political action, and education.

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excavation (Substack publication)

Series of personal essays and reflections on reading, life, and climate/technology topics.

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Notes on YC AI startup school

Substack post reflecting on learnings from YC / startup-building, including technical and product lessons relevant to AI and climate products.

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Hobbies

Writing (Medium, Substack) and reading (active Goodreads profile) substack+2