Claire Wang
Software Engineer
San Francisco Bay Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolClaire Wang is a software engineer with nine years of experience building backend systems and robotics middleware from the San Francisco Bay Area. She has contributed to ROS 2 core libraries (notably rclcpp) and worked on simulation and physics engine projects at Open Robotics, blending C++, Python, and Go to solve complex systems problems. Claire’s background includes hands-on internships across Qualcomm where she delivered automation, web backends, and CI tooling, showing a pragmatic full-stack comfort. She holds an MSE from the University of Pennsylvania and a BA from Bryn Mawr, and brings a collaborative, product-focused approach to open-source engineering. Notably, her contributions to ROS 2 parameter handling reflect a knack for improving developer ergonomics and long-lived infrastructure.
9 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's Degree, Bachelor's Degree at Bryn Mawr CollegeMaster of Science in Engineering (MSE), Master of Science in Engineering (MSE) at University of Pennsylvania
Github Skills (6)
rcpp10
params10
c-language10
cprogramming-language10
ros10
fest4
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
ros2/rclcpp
May 2020 - Jun 2020
rclcpp (ROS Client Library for C++)
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:8 commits, 7 PRs, 18 pushes in 1 month
Contributions summary:Claire primarily contributed to the `rclcpp` library by implementing and modifying parameter handling functionalities. Their work involved adding and removing callbacks for parameter setting, deprecating an existing function, and refactoring code related to parameter interactions. The user also addressed code style issues and deprecated an existing callback mechanism. This involved updates to both the core `rclcpp` library and the `rclcpp_lifecycle` subcomponent.
client-librarycpprosrclcpp
claireyywang/my-hobby-site
Jan 2021 - Jul 2021
Contributions:39 pushes, 1 branch in 5 months
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