Sheena (Xinyue) Bai

Software Engineer

Houston, Texas, United States1 yr 6 mos experience

Key Highlights

  • Designed a Kafka snapshotting mechanism reducing recovery time.
  • Developed a full-stack application for budget forecasting.
  • Coauthored a research paper accepted by ICCV 2025.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Software Engineer with a focus on SaaS and educational technology.

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Skills

Core Skills

Apache KafkaJavaWeb DevelopmentPythonComputer VisionSqlCommunication

Other Skills

Python (Programming Language)DjangoMachine LearningProject ManagementResearch SkillsAnalytical SkillsMATLABGo (Programming Language)

About

Hello! I graduated from Rice University with a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and is an incoming master student at UCLA. I have experience in programming languages including Python, Java, C/C++, SQL, Golang, and JavaScript/TypeScript. Through internship, research projects and coursework, I've honed my skills in full-stack web development and machine learning. I am passionate about applying my skills to solve complex problems and am actively seeking software engineer and data engineer positions.

Experience

1 yr 6 mos
Total Experience
1 yr 6 mos
Average Tenure
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Current Experience

Confluent

Software Engineer Intern

May 2025Aug 2025 · 3 mos · Austin, Texas, United States · Hybrid

  • Designed and implemented a snapshotting mechanism for Kafka’s group coordinator infrastructure using Java and Scala, reducing coordinator recovery time by eliminating the need for full record replay on broker takeover.
JavaApache Kafka

Rice university

3 roles

Teaching Assistant for Database System

Aug 2024Jan 2025 · 5 mos

  • Teaching assistant for COMP430 Intro to Database System: https://courses.rice.edu/courses/!SWKSCAT.cat?p_action=COURSE&p_term=202110&p_crn=12198
SQL

Computer Vision Research Intern

Promoted

Aug 2023Mar 2025 · 1 yr 7 mos

  • Coauthored a paper accepted by ICCV 2025 analyzing the viewpoint stability of foundational models in 3D reasoning tasks including monocular 3D reconstruction.
Computer Vision

Fondren Fellow

Sep 2022May 2023 · 8 mos

  • Designed and developed a series of comprehensive Python programming and data analysis workshops and presented them to 50+ students and faculties at Rice University.
  • Workshop contents include data analytics & visualization using Python (Pandas, NumPy, and Matplotlib) with concrete examples.
CommunicationPython (Programming Language)

Rice university facilities engineering & planning

Student Software Developer

Feb 2024May 2025 · 1 yr 3 mos · Houston, Texas, United States · On-site

  • Developed a full-stack web application to perform monthly budget forecasting for 30+ departments across the university using Python, Django, and SQL in a team of five.
SQLPython (Programming Language)Web DevelopmentPython

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Program Assistant

Jun 2022Aug 2022 · 2 mos

  • Assisted in preparing class materials and curriculum for STEM courses for high school students.
  • Served as a key point of contact for technology related inquiries, addressing concerns via phone and email while maintaining high levels of responsiveness and professionalism in a tech driven educational environment.
Communication

Education

UCLA Samueli Master of Engineering Program

Master of Engineering - MEng — Artificial Intelligence

Sep 2025Aug 2026

Rice University

Jan 2021Jan 2025

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