# Derek Zhu

> Software Engineer @ Persona

Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/derekzhu

Software engineer with experience in full-stack development, data processing, and data analytics.

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ Persona
Jan 2025 – Present | San Francisco, California, United States

### Software Engineer Resident @ Persona
Jan 2025 – Jan 2025 | San Francisco, California, United States

### Software Engineer @ Beyond the Arc, Inc.
Jan 2024 – Jan 2024 | San Francisco Bay Area
- Engineered and deployed a robust backend system for a retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) web application, enabling efficient contextual text generation based on precedent documents
- Developed and optimized server-side functions to perform fast, advanced searches on a vector database, supporting keyword, semantic, and hybrid search
- Designed and integrated frontend login and sign-up interfaces with a backend authentication service, employing row-level security to safeguard sensitive data within the database

### Private Math Tutor @ Unknown
Jan 2019 – Jan 2024 | Remote
Improved over 15 Algebra 2 to Calculus students' math grades with custom lesson plans and tailored learning goals.

### Vice President @ Theta Delta Chi Fraternity
Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | Berkeley, California, United States
Head of judiciary board overseeing over 50 fraternity members to enforce rules and devise effective, constructive, and equitable redress plans involving restorative justice. Shaped positive fraternity development, safe activity planning, and healthy behavior standards as member of executive council.

### Risk Management Chair @ Theta Delta Chi Fraternity
Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | Berkeley, California, United States
Coordinate with the Berkeley fire department to hold inspections and ensure fire safety. Lead safety monitors for events by delegating fraternity members for positions and teaching protocol for SVSH
prevention and substance safety.


## Education
### Bachelor of Arts - BA in Computer Science
University of California, Berkeley

### Irvington High School


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/derek-l-zhu

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Last updated: 2026-04-11