Dedicated, self-motivated and proficient software engineer with hands-on experience working with production-scale datasets and services in notable firms. Led teams and won numerous awards in programming competitions.
Career Summary
- Software Engineer at Google Taipei.
- Software Engineering Intern at Google USA.
- Expanded a large-scale testing framework used by Google YouTube and Search Infrastructure developers.
- R&D Intern at Synopsys Taiwan.
- Designed, implemented and analyzed graph algorithms on production-scale datasets.
- Rated Best Intern of the Year and presented the work in Synopsys Shanghai.
- 11 years of experience in competitive programming. Led numerous teams and gave lectures.
- Received 20+ national/regional awards in programming competitions.
- Curated a well-received resource collection: "Awesome Competitive Programming" (2,500+ stars on GitHub).
- 3 years of experience in gaming industries.
- Wrote keyboard lighting effects, implemented website designs, managed servers and coordinated events.
- Created, administered and managed multiple websites with decent web traffic.
- Contact
- Education
- Skills
- Experience
- Honors
- Projects
- Talks
- Trivia
Languages: English (fluent with neutral accent, TOEIC 940/990), Chinese (native)
- Email:
jasmine.chen.cs@gmail.com
- GitHub @lnishan
- LinkedIn @lnishantw
- Twitter @lnishantw
- National Chiao Tung University
Bachelor's Degree, Computer Science and Engineering (Sep 2014 - Jan 2018), Management Science (Sep 2012 - Jun 2014)- Bachelor's Thesis: SQLGitHub (Python, 2017), a project mentored by Mozilla to make managing GitHub organizations easier. Features a SQL-like syntax to fetch aggregate data from GitHub API. Wrote a SQL parser from scratch.
- GPA: 4.01/4.30
- 5 Academic Achievement Awards (Top 5% in class)
- 2 Curricular Scholarships (Discrete Mathematics, Data Structures)
- Teaching Assistant, Object-Oriented Programming
- Relevant Coursework: Data Structures, Algorithms, Artificial Intelligence, Discrete Mathematics, Probabilities, Operating Systems, Computer Organization, Computer Networks, Computer Graphics, Computer Security, Database Systems, System/Network Administration Practice, Parallel Programming, Human Computer Interaction
- Areas
Algorithms
,Data Structures
,Backend Development
,Software Engineering
,Parallel Computing
,Web Development
,System Administration
- Languages
C++
,C
,Python
,Bash
,Web
(HTML
,CSS
,JavaScript
,PHP
,MySQL
)
- OSes
Windows (Cygwin)
,macOS
,Linux
,FreeBSD
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Google
Software Engineer
Taipei City, Taiwan, May 2018 –C
,C++
,Systems Programming
- Chrome OS Media
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Google
Software Engineering Intern
Cambridge, MA, USA, Jun 2017 - Sep 2017Python
,Software Testing
,Infrastructures
- Expanded a large-scale integration testing framework used across services at Google, including YouTube Infrastructures and Search Infrastructures, to support and facilitate iterative development.
- Wrote an extension that monitors local code changes and automatically recompiles, redeploys, and retests services.
- Shortened workflow of iterative testing by 1 – 8 minutes (or 10 – 20x) on each retest.
- Worked with Live developers to test and enhance the extension, which also led to improvements of test cases.
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Synopsys
R&D Intern
Taipei City, Taiwan, Jul 2016 - Aug 2016C/C++
,Algorithms
,Shell Scripting
,Graph Visualization
,Memory Profiling
- Designed, implemented, and analyzed a novel, efficient, scalable graph algorithm that speeded up Nodal Analysis by 120% and reduced its memory usage by 47% on datasets used in production.
- Performed extensive profiling, data analysis and 3D graph visualization on the effects of the algorithm.
- Wrote several shell scripts and a custom memory allocator and for fully automated testing and profiling.
- Wrote massif-cherrypick (C++, 2016), a Valgrind extension to analyze partial memory consumptions.
- Rated Best Intern of The Year and presented the work in Synopsys Shanghai.
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ITSA E-tutor
Problem Reviewer
Remote/Tainan, Taiwan, Apr 2016 - Dec 2016Algorithms
,Discrete Mathematics
- Reviewed 120 algorithmic problems on ITSA E-tutor, an online learning platform initiated by the Ministry of Education in Taiwan.
- Examined problem statements, assessed feasibility and correctness of solutions, and validated test cases.
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Cooler Master
Independent Contractor
Taipei City, Taiwan, Apr 2016 - Jun 2016C++
,Windows API
,C++ SDK
,Time-Driven Programming
- Programmed LED lighting effects on MasterKeys Pro (keyboard) with its C++ SDK and Windows API.
- Attained animations with smooth gradient transitions with advanced time-driven programming.
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4Gamers
Part-time Internship
Taipei City, Taiwan, Jan 2014 - Aug 2014IT
,Web Development
- General IT Assistance, including setting up PCs and troubleshooting issues.
- Implemented professional web designs with HTML, CSS and JavaScript.
- Assisted many Twitch celebrity streamers (5,000 - 100,000 followers) in partnerships, sponsorships, stream moderation and other issues.
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eGamers
Part-time Internship, Community Coordinator
Remote, Jul 2012 - Dec 2013IT
,Web Development
,Community Coordination
- General IT Assistance, including setting up PCs and troubleshooting issues.
- Wrote a simple form management system for hosting tournaments and a couple handy tools for news publishing with HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP and MySQL.
- Assisted many Twitch celebrity streamers (5,000 - 100,000 followers) in partnerships, sponsorships, stream moderation and other issues.
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i-Feels.net
Cofounder, Administrator, Developer
Remote/Hong Kong, Apr 2006 - Feb 2008Visual Basic
,PHP
,MySQL
,Website Mangagment
- Cofounded i-Feels.net and its predecessor ODB - a small development studio with friends from Hong Kong. i-Feels.net was one of the most popular forums in Hong Kong, having 60,000+ registered members and being amongst the top 500 websites in Hong Kong according to Alexa Traffic Rank.
- Administered a number of other websites and forums with moderate web traffic during that period of time.
- More information can be found on this Wiki page.
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Academic Achievement Award
Top 5% in class in terms of overall grades2016 Spring
,2015 Fall
,2015 Spring
,2014 Fall
,2014 Spring
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Curricular Scholarship
Top 5% in class for the “Core Subjects” designated by the departmentDiscrete Mathematics
,Data Structures
Been the team leader and main coder in all the following contests:
- ACM-ICPC (International Collegiate Programming Contest)
- Honorable Mention,
2015/Taipei
- Honorable Mention,
2015/Hanoi
- Honorable Mention,
2012/Kaohsiung
- Honorable Mention,
- National Collegiate Programming Contest
- 3rd Place,
2015
- Honorable Mention,
2012
- 3rd Place,
- ITSA National Programming Contest
- Honorable Mention,
2015
- 11th Place,
2014
- Honorable Mention,
- National Problem Solving Contest
- Finalist,
2011
(15th Place) - Finalist,
2010
(9th Place) - 5th Place,
2008
- 4th Place,
2007
- Finalist,
- Taipei Software Programming Contest
- 3rd Place,
2011
- Honorable Mention,
2009
- 3rd Place,
- Taipei Information Proficiency Competition
- 3rd Prize,
2011
- 3rd Prize,
2010
- Honorable Mention,
2009
- 3rd Prize,
- National Collegiate Programming Contest - Application Software
- 3rd Place,
2015
- Honorable Mention,
2014
- 3rd Place,
- Taiwan School Cyberfair
- Bronze (3rd Place),
2010
- Bronze (3rd Place),
- Information Technology Month - Creative Software Programming Contest
- 4th Place,
2010/National/Individual
- 4th Place,
2009/National/Team
- 4th Place,
2009/Northern Region/Individual
- 4th Place,
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Awesome Competitive Programming (Markdown, 2016)
Markdown
,Algorithms
,Data Structures
- A curated list of awesome resources for Competitive Programming, Algorithms and Data Structures. Currently starred by 2,500+ and forked by 600+ GitHub users worldwide. This project was aimed to connect the world to information - and it did :) .
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C++
,Data Structures
- An optimized, almost-C++17-compliant std::vector implementation. Up-to-149% more efficient than counterparts when tested on gcc 6, clang 3.8 and VS14. Found a mistake in Facebook’s folly::fbvector.
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C++
,Memory Profiling
- A Valgrind extension to analyze partial memory consumptions. Takes in a massif.out file, and forges a new one containing only stats of the functions that match the specified pattern..
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Python
,Web Scraping
,Packet Inspection
- A web crawler for the Chinese-Chinese dictionary published by the Ministry of Education in Taiwan. Observed HTTP requests, inspected packets and came up with a neat approach to crawl the data.
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Parallel Video Processing (C++, 2015)
C++
,Parallel Programming
,Video Processing
- A group project on parallelizing video processing. Utilized various APIs: C++11 thread, Pthread, OpenMP, CUDA and FPGA on Windows, Linux and OSX. Drawn interesting conclusions.
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Twitch Plays Connect6 (C++, 2014)
C++
,Multithreading
,Network Programming
,Artificial Intelligence
- A crowdsourced Connect6 game hosted on Twitch. Designed a multi-threaded interaction framework built on OpenCV, adapted an open-source IRC client and wrote a simple Connect6 AI.
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HTML5
,JavaScript
,PHP
,MySQL
,Web Development
- A simple and easy-to-use form management system for organizations. Allows users to validate fields with custom regular expressions. Utilized HTML5 native drag-and-drop and JavaScript for extensive DOM manipulations.
- Jasmine Chen. {Name-of-testing-framework} Interactive Edit/Reload. Google Cambridge. Sep 8, 2017.
- Jasmine Chen. CDC Performance Improvement: Trimming Resistance Network. Synopsys Shanghai. Nov 14, 2016.
- Jasmine Chen. Profiling & Graph Visualization. Synopsys Taiwan. Aug 17, 2016.
- Jasmine Chen. State Space Search. NCTU Training Camp. Summer 2015.
- Jasmine Chen. Basic Enumeration. NCTU Training Camp. Summer 2015.
- Jasmine Chen. Essential C/C++. NCTU Training Camp. Winter 2015.
- Used to solve a 3x3 Rubik's Cube in under 18 seconds on average.
- Moderated UniCube.tw - then one of the most popular online forums for Rubik's cubers in Taiwan.
- Has 500+ games on Steam through game reselling and trading. Was the first and only person in Taiwan to do so.
- Had 3000+ followers on Twitch being an active community member of esports and game streaming .
- Organized the very first reddit AMA for TW/HK esports players.