Chunchun Ye
Senior Software Engineer at InfluxData
Los Angeles, California, United States
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Top SchoolChunchun Ye is a Senior Software Engineer in Los Angeles with 10 years of experience focused on database query engines, query optimization, and backend systems engineering. Currently at InfluxData, they work on InfluxDB 3 IOx and its enterprise storage compactor and have driven performance improvements and JDBC/FlightSQL integrations. A contributor to Apache DataFusion, Chunchun has implemented SQL engine features and robust tests, reflecting a strong emphasis on correctness and pragmatic optimizations in Rust. Their background spans full-stack product work—React/TypeScript UIs and Go backends—giving them a practical edge when bridging storage, query execution, and client-facing tooling. Notably, they combine open-source collaboration on a major project (DataFusion) with production-grade engineering for time-series analytics at scale.
10 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Engineering, Computer Engineering at Santa Monica CollegeUniversity of California, Los Angeles
English, Chinese
Github Skills (17)
admin10
database-administration10
arrow-keys10
fusion10
go10
sql10
query-engine10
rust10
arrows10
arrow-js10
testing9
databases9
database9
grpc9
dataframes8
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
apache/datafusion
Mar 2023 - Mar 2025
Apache DataFusion SQL Query Engine
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:67 reviews, 23 PRs, 103 comments in 2 years
Contributions summary:Chunchun contributed to the Apache DataFusion SQL Query Engine, focusing on implementing and improving various functionalities. Their work includes supporting uppercase granularity for the `DATE_TRUNC` function, fixing function name typos, and supporting `Dictionary` types for string and integer functions. Furthermore, they added tests and refined error messages for placeholders and row group pruning, demonstrating a focus on code quality and functionality.
querypythonquery-enginedataframerust
influxdata/influxdb
Jan 2023 - Jan 2023
Scalable datastore for metrics, events, and real-time analytics
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:2 reviews, 1 commit, 2 PRs in 1 day
Contributions summary:Chunchun primarily contributed to the implementation of features and improvements within the InfluxDB codebase, particularly focusing on the FlightSQL component. Their work included adding filters and support for parameters in the `GetTables` metadata endpoint, adding support for `GetPrimaryKeys`, `GetExportedKeys`, `GetImportedKeys` and `GetXdbcTypeInfo` metadata endpoints. The contributions also involved modifying the gRPC database header names and integrating changes related to database namespace handling. The user also upgraded dependencies.
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