Mahsa Seifikar

Senior Software Engineer

Canada5 yrs 3 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchAI ML Practitioner

Key Highlights

Expert in Distributed Systems and Apache Kafka.
Developed open-source tools for information retrieval.
Strong background in large-scale data processing.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Backend-focused Software Engineer with expertise in Data Systems and Distributed Architecture.

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Skills

Core Skills

Distributed SystemsApache KafkaLarge-scale Data ProcessingGoogle BigqueryInformation RetrievalPytorchRedis

Other Skills

JavaC++PythonLarge Scale DevelopmentSoftware InfrastructureApache SparkDeep LearningPySparkNatural Language Processing (NLP)Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD)DebuggingProblem SolvingCode ReviewIntegration TestingTeamwork

Experience

5 yrs 3 mos

Total Experience

1 yr 9 mos

Average Tenure

1 yr 9 mos

Current Experience

Confluent

Senior Software Engineer

Aug 2024 – Present · 1 yr 9 mos · Toronto, ON · Remote

Working in the Kora Metadata team and contributing to Apache Kafka open source project

Apache KafkaDistributed Systems

Ascend.io

Software Engineer

Feb 2023 – Apr 2024 · 1 yr 2 mos · San Francisco Bay Area · Remote

Large-scale Data ProcessingGoogle BigQuery

University of waterloo

2 roles

Graduate Research Assistant

Promoted

Sep 2021 – Jan 2023 · 1 yr 4 mos · Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

Graduate Researcher in Data Systems Group, David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science, worked with Professor Charles Clarke on information retrieval research
Developed an open-source preference judgment tool for ranking documents based on assessor preferences for the TREC 2022 Health Misinformation Track. Published "A preference judgment tool for authoritative assessment" in Proceedings of ACM SIGIR 2023.
Conducted research on unsupervised question clarity prediction through retrieved item coherency analysis. Published in Proceedings of ACM CIKM 2023.

PyTorchInformation Retrieval