Edward Liaw
Software Engineer at Google
San Diego, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolEdward Liaw is a software engineer with 13 years of experience who blends a bioinformatics foundation with cloud-native engineering at scale. He has built and operated automated scientific pipelines using Docker, Airflow, Kubernetes, and AWS, and has designed Rust and Python APIs while driving CI/CD and testing standards in production. At Google and prior roles he has contributed to build and test automation for large projects (including Android AOSP and the Linux Test Project), fixing low-level debugger and kernel test issues that improve cross-architecture reliability. He favors data architecture and functional programming, and has repeatedly modernized legacy bioinformatics tools and orchestration services to shorten delivery cycles. Based in San Diego, he pairs deep domain knowledge in genomics computing with hands-on systems work across infrastructure, tooling, and QA. An unusual thread in his background: a brief immersive training in Chen-style Taijiquan that reflects discipline and focus applied to engineering challenges.
13 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
University of California San DiegoUniversity of California Santa Cruz
Chinese, English
Github Skills (28)
syscall10
debugging10
debug10
c-language10
build-configuration10
posixct10
multithreading10
testing10
linux10
android-build10
c1110
linux-kernel10
makefile10
c1710
automation10
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
aosp-mirror/platform_build
Aug 2022 - Sep 2022
Role in this project:
Automation Engineer / Build & Release Engineer
Automation Engineer / Build & Release EngineerContributions:6 commits in 29 days
Contributions summary:Edward's contributions primarily focus on modifications related to build configurations and test definitions within the Android Open Source Project (AOSP) repository. Their commits involve adjustments to build system files (e.g., core/tasks/general-tests.mk), and test scripts to manage dependencies, and the inclusion of new test cases. The changes highlight an emphasis on the organization and execution of kernel tests for various architectures. Overall, the work directly impacts build processes and testing within the AOSP environment.
linux-test-project/ltp
Aug 2022 - Sep 2022
Linux Test Project (mailing list: https://lists.linux.it/listinfo/ltp)
Role in this project:QA Engineer / Test Automation Engineer
QA Engineer / Test Automation EngineerContributions:6 commits, 5 comments, 5 issues in 1 month
Contributions summary:Edward primarily contributes to the Linux Test Project (LTP) by addressing bugs and improving the test suite. Their work involves modifying existing test cases, particularly those related to system calls like `pread`, `timerfd`, `signal`, and `close_range`. The user also fixes compilation issues, and ensures correct behavior across different kernel versions and architectures, improving the reliability and coverage of the LTP tests. Furthermore, the user makes updates to configuration and build scripts, as well as refactoring code.
unixposixtest-automationtest-projectmanjaro
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