Katherine Chen

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Language

English
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Work Experience

Software Engineer Intern at Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE); Juniper Networks; Mist AI
June 1, 2025 - September 1, 2025
Architected and deployed a cloud microservice in Go, Docker, Django, and Kubernetes, decoupling tracking from a service to enable independent scaling (up to 10x throughput), reduced end-to-end delays from 10+ hours to near real-time, and improved system fault tolerance. Integrated microservice with Apache Kafka and Redis to implement event-driven architecture for processing 100K+ concurrent client sessions, ensuring sub-second failover recovery and preserving continuity. Configured and validated end-to-end flows using WPA2-Enterprise AP/WLAN, LDAP authentication, and AWS-hosted staging/dev environments, confirming real-world lifecycle handling through live events.
Software Developer at Akhetonics
September 1, 2024 - June 1, 2025
Designed and implemented custom memory allocation algorithms for an all-optical compiler, improving memory efficiency by 30% and reducing allocation time by 25%. Developed a high-precision Dual Numbers library in C# to enhance neural network debugging and weight calculations, enabling 10x faster derivative computation compared to traditional finite differences. Created a compiler that parses and translates mathematical expressions into executable code, increasing computation efficiency by 40% through optimized tree-based parsing and just-in-time (JIT) compilation.
Meal Split App (Project)
December 1, 2024 - Present
Developing an iOS app in Swift and Python/JavaScript for receipt scanning, payment splitting, and budgeting. Implementing Core ML-based OCR to extract itemized data, and designing an intuitive UI/UX with real-time data modeling and financial breakdowns using Firebase backend.
Personalized Chatbot (Project)
January 1, 2025 - Present
Creating a custom chatbot that mimics patterns of user speech, improving fluency through transformer-based models and sentiment analysis to generate natural responses. Training the model on personal daily logs to enhance realism and adaptability.

Education

Bachelor's degree in Linguistics and Computer Science at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
September 1, 2023 - December 1, 2026

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Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Media & Entertainment