BenĀ Niu
Software Engineer at Meta
Bellevue, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolBen Niu is a systems-focused software engineer and researcher with 11 years of experience building OS kernels, compilers, hypervisors and performance/security tooling. He has driven Windows performance and x64-on-ARM64 emulation work at Microsoft, contributed backend optimizations to the well-known ChakraCore JavaScript engine, and participated in CPU-tracing research (REPT) and vulnerability response. Holding advanced degrees from Lehigh and a CS background from Zhejiang University, he combines academic rigor with production-grade engineering. His public research and project portfolio (github.com/mcfi and Google Scholar) reveal a consistent focus on low-level correctness, performance tuning, and exploit mitigation. Based in Bellevue, WA, he brings deep platform expertise and a track record of turning research prototypes into shipping system features.
12 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
PhD Computer Science, PhD Computer Science at Lehigh UniversityBachelor's degree Computer Software Engineering, Bachelor's degree Computer Software Engineering at Zhejiang University
English, Chinese
Github Skills (13)
javascript10
c-language10
chakracore10
cpp10
cprogramming-language10
javascript-engine10
performance-optimization10
chakra10
debugging9
algorithms8
data-structures8
algorithm8
data-structure8
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
chakra-core/ChakraCore
Jan 2016 - Jan 2016
ChakraCore is an open source Javascript engine with a C API.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:11 commits, 4 PRs, 41 comments in 8 days
Contributions summary:Ben primarily contributed to the backend logic of the ChakraCore Javascript engine. They focused on bug fixes, specifically addressing issues related to the MultiBr instruction, and implemented comments to improve code readability. Furthermore, the user worked on performance optimization by refining the code related to Math.round functions, particularly in the lower-level code generation process. These changes indicate a focus on improving the engine's performance and correctness.
capichakracorejavascript-enginejsrtmicrosoft
mcfi/MCFI
Sep 2014 - Jun 2019
MCFI/PICFI tool chain
Contributions:330 commits, 1 PR, 34 pushes in 4 years 9 months
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