Fox Chen
Principal Programmer at Sumo Digital Ltd
Birmingham, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolFox Chen is a Principal Programmer based in Birmingham with nine years of professional experience building games and systems-level software. Currently leading technical efforts at Sumo Digital after progressing from Senior Programmer, he blends deep C++ game development expertise with a practical background in cross-platform product maintenance and deployment from earlier roles. Educated with an MS in Computer Science, Fox has led teams and shipped complex features at studios and startups, and he enjoys digging into lower-level work—recently exploring the Linux kernel space despite a long affinity for C++. Known for a candid, hands-on style and a willingness to “screw things up” and learn fast, he brings pragmatic problem solving and mentorship to engineering teams focused on playable, polished experiences.
9 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree Computer Science and Technology, Bachelor's degree Computer Science and Technology at South China Agricultural UniversityMaster of Science (MS) Computer Science, Master of Science (MS) Computer Science at Polytechnic Institute of New York University
Chinese, Chinese, English, quenya
Github Skills (104)
emotion-recognition10
face10
system-programming10
facial-expression-recognition10
linux-kernel10
facenet10
face-recognition10
golang10
rust10
facial-recognition10
kernel10
openface10
linux9
programming-language9
interpreter9
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
foxhlchen/linux
May 2021 - Apr 2022
Adding support for the Rust language to the Linux kernel.
Contributions:2 PRs, 72 pushes, 7 branches in 10 months
kernelrustsystem-programminglinuxlinux-kernel
foxhlchen/BitMaker
Jul 2017 - Sep 2017
Contributions:89 commits, 132 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
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