About
Kha (Kai) Tran
Software Engineer & Google Professional Cloud Architect
Open to Work New grad · Backend · Data · AI roles · OPT authorized · Open to relocation
Experience
NAVER Corporation 2023
Software Engineer Intern
Built a fan engagement platform serving 100K+ MAU and 50K DAU. Designed scalable backend services to handle real-time interactions at consumer scale.
MoMo (M_Service) 2022 – 2023
Software Engineer
Optimized payments microservices for Vietnam's largest e-wallet, reducing end-to-end latency from 1.2s to 100ms for millions of users.
Western Illinois University Fall 2025 – Spring 2026
Teaching Assistant & Teaching Support Assistant
Designed and taught CS101 curriculum for interdisciplinary students (music, LEJA, emergency management). Tutored graduate students in Computer Graphics and Computer Architecture alongside undergrad programming courses.
Education
Western Illinois University May 2026
M.S. Computer Science — 4.0 GPA
Capstone: EduKai — AI tutoring platform (LangGraph multi-agent · RAG pipeline · FSRS scheduling)
VNUHCM - University of Science 2020
B.S. Computer Science
Certifications
Professional Cloud Architect
Google Cloud · Jun 2026
Advanced Data Analytics
Google / Coursera · Apr 2026
Stack
Languages
Java Kotlin Go Python
Backend
Spring Boot gRPC Kafka Redis
Cloud & Infra
GCP Kubernetes Docker Terraform
AI / ML
LangGraph RAG Vertex AI