RJ Zhai
SF Bay, CA
Hi I’m RJ and I’m a hooper, gym goer, swing trader, and software engineer.
I completed B.Sc. at Carnegie Mellon’s School of Computer Science, with a concentration in computer systems. I also had a double major in applied mathematics where I focused on computational finance. My academic interests are databases and computer systems optimization.
I like sports, traveling, films and music.
Less FOMO, lighter EMO, better YOLO.
news
| Dec 01, 2025 | Started as SWE at Databricks Lakeflow SDP |
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| Aug 19, 2024 | Started as MTS at Oracle DB Query Optimzier |
| May 12, 2024 | Graduated from Carnegie Mellon University SCS |
| Aug 28, 2023 | Started TAing database systems! |
latest posts
| Jun 17, 2024 | CMU undergrad reflection |
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| Jun 08, 2024 | CMU courses review |