Calder Kitagawa
Software Engineer at Google
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolCalder Kitagawa is a software engineer at Google working on the Android Chrome Browser with a decade of experience that began during a co-op-rich Nanotechnology Engineering degree at the University of Waterloo. He brings deep systems and performance expertise—honed through multiple internships across Ads & Shopping Infrastructure and Chrome—where he contributed to tools like Zucchini (next-gen binary patching) and DEX patching, fuzzing, and disassembly tooling. His technical interests span high-performance computing, cryptography, security, and simulation methods, informed by a rare combination of nano-electronics training and large-scale software production. Calder has a track record of improving stability and benchmarking complex systems, plus experience building testing and validation infrastructure that enabled product launches. Based in Calgary, he pairs strong academic results (Dean’s Honors, 91.8% GPA) with practical impact at Google, and he’s known for surfacing subtle reliability and performance gains others may miss.
10 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Grades 4-9, Grades 4-9 at Connect Charter School (Formerly: Calgary Science School)High School, Grades 10-12, High School, Grades 10-12 at Rundle College Senior HighBachelor's Degree in Applied Sciences (Co-op Program), Nanotechnology Engineering, Graduated with Dean's Honors (91.8% Cumulative GPA), Bachelor's Degree in Applied Sciences (Co-op Program), Nanotechnology Engineering, Graduated with Dean's Honors (91.8% Cumulative GPA) at University of Waterloo
English, Japanese, Korean
Github Skills (45)
solar-car10
embedded8
arm8
firmware8
opentype7
variable-fonts7
microcontroller7
unicode7
typography7
pressure6
protobuf6
noaa6
freetype6
sensor5
telemetry5
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
uw-midsun/codegen-tooling
Apr 2017 - Feb 2019
Assorted code generation utilities and tooling
Contributions:25 releases, 26 commits, 40 PRs in 1 year 11 months
code-generationcodegenprotobufsolar-cartooling
uw-midsun/telemetry
Mar 2017 - Jul 2018
Telemetry server for a solar car
Contributions:18 releases, 23 commits, 30 PRs in 1 year 3 months
golangsnmpsolarnoaawebsocket
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