Chih-ming Chen
Software Engineer L4 at Google
New Taipei, Taiwan
Summary
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Top SchoolChih-ming Chen is a seasoned embedded systems and firmware engineer with 11 years of experience, currently working on the Android Wi‑Fi stack at Google. He progressed from Firmware Engineer to Software Engineer L4, bringing deep expertise in bootloaders, Linux kernel, Android framework, and wireless subsystems. Prior to Google he spent a decade at HTC building low-level platform software and earlier cut his teeth in web engineering at PIXNET. He holds a master's in EECS from National Taiwan University and a bachelor's in Computer Engineering from National Chiao Tung University. Known for a methodical, curious approach—he describes his work as a continuous search for the "Tao of programming"—he excels at bridging hardware constraints with production-grade software. Based in New Taipei, Taiwan, he combines practical device-level know-how with large-scale Android platform experience.
11 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Computer Engineering, Bachelor's degree, Computer Engineering at National Chiao Tung UniversityMaster's degree, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Master's degree, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at National Taiwan University
Chinese, English
Github Skills (16)
finance-management9
currency9
currency-converter9
finance9
kotlin8
android8
fintech7
api3
oauth2
cli2
google2
vim1
keyword1
vim-plugin1
highlight1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
BlueCatMe/financisto
Oct 2020 - Nov 2022
Financisto - open-source personal finance tracker for Android
Contributions:8 commits, 6 pushes, 5 branches in 2 years 1 month
financistotrackerandroidpersonal-financekotlin
BlueCatMe/Smaug
Mar 2015 - Sep 2015
Contributions:5 releases, 27 commits, 29 pushes in 5 months
apigooglegoogle-driveoauthcli
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