Daniel Hoekwater
Software Engineer at Google
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDaniel Hoekwater is a software engineer with eight years of experience, currently focused on C++ performance optimization at Google in New York. He pairs industry-grade systems work with academic mentorship—serving as an administrator and former instructor at the University of Michigan College of Engineering—bringing clarity to complex system and software engineering topics. His background includes multiple internships in high-performance computing and cloud environments (AWS, Google) and hands-on experience building search-system coursework projects, reflecting strong systems and performance instincts. Comfortable both shipping production C++ and teaching core CS concepts, he blends research-minded rigor with practical optimization skills that improve real-world throughput and latency.
8 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Holland Christian High SchoolMaster of Science & Engineering (MSE), Computer Science, Master of Science & Engineering (MSE), Computer Science at University of MichiganStanford University
English, Spanish
Github Skills (12)
compiler10
rust10
shell10
toolchain10
llvm10
command-line9
javascript9
open-source8
react8
false-sharing6
pprof6
linux5
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
dhoekwater/llvm-project
Dec 2023 - Mar 2026
The LLVM Project is a collection of modular and reusable compiler and toolchain technologies.
Contributions:29 pushes, 18 branches in 2 years 3 months
dhoekwater/autofdo
Apr 2024 - Feb 2026
AutoFDO
Contributions:19 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 9 months
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