Chong Cai
Senior Software Engineer at Google
Kirkland, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolChong Cai is a Senior Software Engineer with eight years of experience building secure, production-grade systems at Google, specializing in GCP cloud security, Asylo runtime support, file systems and attestation. He brings a rare blend of deep physics research (PhD-level work in quantum spin systems and hyperpolarization) and hands-on systems engineering, which shows up in meticulous, correctness-focused contributions. An active back-end contributor to the high-profile google/gvisor project, he implemented verity filesystem support including ioctl handlers, PRead, and directory iteration to strengthen container integrity checks. Prior roles at Teledyne LeCroy and Vanderbilt highlight a history of delivering complex analysis software and translating theoretical models into reliable code and experiments. Based in Kirkland, WA, Chong is comfortable operating at the intersection of security, low-level systems, and rigorous verification.
8 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
B.S, Physics; Lei Zhou, B.S, Physics; Lei Zhou at Fudan UniversityM.S, Physics, M.S, Physics at Vanderbilt University
English, Chinese, Japanese
Github Skills (6)
filesystem10
go10
ioctl10
linux-kernel9
data-structures8
data-structure8
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
google/gvisor
Sep 2020 - Oct 2021
Application Kernel for Containers
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:79 commits in 1 year 1 month
Contributions summary:Chong implemented features for the verity file system within the gvisor project, focusing on the `gvisor/pkg/sentry/fsimpl/verity` package. Their contributions include adding support for the `FS_IOC_GETFLAGS` and `FS_IOC_ENABLE_VERITY` ioctl commands, implementing `PRead` functionality, and enabling the use of `IterDirents`. Furthermore, the user's work involved handling and verifying file metadata and children names to ensure data integrity.
containerskernelseccomplinuxsandbox
google/asylo
May 2018 - Jun 2021
An open and flexible framework for developing enclave applications
Contributions:247 commits, 9 pushes, 1 comment in 3 years 2 months
trusted-execution-environmentdevelopingteeflexible-frameworkconfidential-computing
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