Clarisse Cheah
Software Engineer 3 at MongoDB
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Summary
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Top SchoolClarisse Cheah is a Software Engineer 3 at MongoDB with five years of experience building and optimizing backend systems, particularly in database internals. A Monash Software Engineering graduate with a strong mathematics foundation and a 3.82 GPA, she moved quickly from intern to senior engineer roles at MongoDB, contributing to performance and test improvements in the widely used WiredTiger storage engine. Teachable and collaborative, she combines rigorous code quality habits with practical system testing and checkpoint enhancements that improve real-world reliability. Prior roles in technical writing and tutoring sharpened her ability to explain complex concepts and meet tight deadlines, making her equally effective in cross-functional teams and open-source collaboration.
5 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Software Engineering, Computer Software Engineering, 3.82 GPA, Bachelor of Software Engineering, Computer Software Engineering, 3.82 GPA at Monash University
English, Malay, Chinese
Github Skills (9)
c1710
code-optimization10
databases10
c1110
relational-databases10
sql-database10
database10
wiredtiger10
testing9
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (3)
wiredtiger/wiredtiger
Dec 2020 - Dec 2022
WiredTiger's source tree
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:388 reviews, 66 commits, 173 PRs in 1 year 11 months
Contributions summary:Clarisse primarily contributes to the WiredTiger database source code. Their work focuses on optimizing database internals, including statistical macro improvements, and addressing code formatting issues. Furthermore, the user made adjustments to improve tests by adding column store support and by enhancing checkpoint functionality. These commits showcase the user's focus on database performance, code quality, and system testing.
rustwiredtiger
mongodb/mongo
Jun 2022 - Jan 2023
The MongoDB Database
Contributions:30 commits, 1 branch in 6 months
nosqlc-plus-plusmongodb-databasedatabasemongodb
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