Chaoren Lin
Software Engineer at Google
New York, New York, United States
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Top SchoolChaoren Lin is a seasoned software engineer with 12 years of experience based in New York, currently building scalable systems at Google. He brings deep backend and build/release expertise across large open-source projects—contributing to Google's error-prone static analysis, Bazel Scala rules, and LLDB debugger—demonstrating strength in compiler-quality checks, build tooling, and low-level process/thread handling. His work often targets robustness and developer ergonomics, such as porting MustBeClosed checks, improving Bazel dependency propagation, and hardening LLDB's Linux and Android builds. Trained in both mathematics and computer science at Binghamton University, he combines formal problem-solving with practical engineering. Notably, his contributions touch widely used infrastructure components that improve code correctness and cross-platform build portability.
12 years of coding experience
Bachelor of Science - BS, Mathematics, Bachelor of Science - BS, Mathematics at Binghamton University
Github Skills (21)
debugging10
debug10
c-language10
static-analysis10
linux10
lldb10
java10
scala10
javas10
bazel10
build-automation10
cprogramming-language10
error-prone10
annotations9
testing9
Programming languages (20)
Github contributions (5)
llvm-mirror/lldb
Jan 2015 - Jul 2016
Project moved to: https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & Build/Release Engineer
Back-end Developer & Build/Release EngineerContributions:226 commits in 1 year 5 months
Contributions summary:Chaoren primarily contributed to the LLDB debugger project by implementing enhancements to the Linux specific process and thread handling. They worked on integrating thread state coordination, addressing issues in stepping commands and signal handling within the LLGS (LLDB's GDB Server) environment. Additionally, the user made changes related to build infrastructure including fixing build processes and improving portability with features such as providing a fall-back solution for the Android build.
llvm
bazelbuild/rules_scala
Feb 2017 - Oct 2017
Scala rules for Bazel
Role in this project:Backend Engineer
Backend EngineerContributions:9 commits, 11 PRs, 86 comments in 8 months
Contributions summary:Chaoren focused on improving the build process and dependencies of the Bazel Scala rules. They refactored the build files by switching from `exports_files` to `java_import` rules, allowing aspects to propagate jars. The user also implemented a test filter feature, enabling more targeted testing, and addressed issues related to launcher scripts and classpath handling. Additionally, the user made updates to the project's dependency management by updating references to use `https` and added configurations for IDEs.
bazelscalatestscalarulesbazel-rules
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