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Canada South Korea

Hee Bae (배희락)

Software Engineer & AI Researcher

Software Engineer & MSCS Candidate (Georgia Tech) with a strong foundation in fine-tuning LLM inference models, building scalable backend systems, and delivering premium AI features. Proven track record at IBM and Ecobee, impacting millions of users through innovative engineering and real-world AI impact.

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Education

Georgia Tech

Georgia Institute of Technology

Master of Science in Computer Science

M.S. in AI/ML (Masters)
University of Waterloo

University of Waterloo

Bachelor of Computer Science

B.CS (Bachelors)

Professional Experience

Independent

Independent App Developer

• Engineered iOS/Android multi-functional AI apps.
• Architected scalable AI backend using FastAPI/Kafka.
• Fine-tuned Gemma models for real-time inference.

Oakhill Pines

Backend Engineer (AI)

• Built Business Context AI Chat (RAG/LangChain).
• Optimized LLM Edge-Compute via vLLM & NVIDIA GPUs.
• Reduced inference costs by 80% vs cloud APIs.

IBM

Software Engineer Intern

• Modernized airline apps (Angular 8 migration).
• Optimized MongoDB queries for 70% faster results.
• Established UI standards and CI/CD pipelines.

Ecobee

Android Engineer Intern

• Led platform migration for 1M+ active users.
• Delivered 40+ Android features (Alexa/Spotify).
• Achieved 87% test coverage with Kotlin/RxJava.

MindsLab

Machine Learning Intern

• Optimized NLP models improving relevance by 70%.
• Built RESTful APIs (Django) for model I/O.
• Researched spaCy and vector embeddings for core product.

Location: Toronto, Canada