Benoît Lizé
Senior Staff Software Engineer at Google
Paris, Ile-de-France
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Top SchoolBenoît Lizé is a Senior Staff Software Engineer in Paris with 15 years of deep expertise optimizing performance-critical software from kernel interfaces and memory allocators to large-scale distributed systems. At Google he has driven memory, latency and loading optimizations for Chrome’s 3+ billion users, leading work on PartitionAlloc and launching features like Chrome Custom Tabs. His background in applied mathematics (MS, PhD) and high-performance computing underpins a methodical, measurement-driven approach to systems engineering and algorithmic optimization. He combines individual contributor rigor with technical leadership, shipping production-grade improvements across mobile, desktop and cluster environments. Notably, his career spans both numerical scientific software for aerospace and mass-market client performance, giving him rare perspective on optimization at both micro and macro scales. Based in Île-de-France, he is the kind of engineer who bridges theoretical HPC techniques and pragmatic product-facing performance wins.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Applied Mathematics, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Applied Mathematics at Université Paris Nord- Paris 13Master's degree, Applied Mathematics, Master's degree, Applied Mathematics at Ecole centrale de ParisCPGE, MPSI - MP, Mathematics, Physics, Computer Science, CPGE, MPSI - MP, Mathematics, Physics, Computer Science at Lycée Fénélon, ParisProgramming languages (1)
Github contributions (2)
BenoitLBen/runtime
Nov 2014 - Mar 2020
runtime
Contributions:24 commits, 5 PRs, 4 pushes in 5 years 4 months
runtime
BenoitLBen/test-pages
Mar 2025 - Apr 2025
Contributions:2 pushes, 1 branch in 7 days
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