Haiyang Sun
Senior Software Engineer at Databricks
Lugano, Ticino, Netherlands
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Top SchoolHaiyang Sun is a Senior Software Engineer and Ph.D. candidate in computer science at USI with 13 years of professional experience spanning big data, compilers, and program analysis for Java, Android, and JavaScript. Currently at Databricks, he combines research-grade program analysis skills with production engineering to tackle large-scale data and runtime instrumentation challenges. He authored nodeprof.js, an open-source instrumentation framework for JavaScript and Node.js, reflecting a practical focus on observability and performance tooling. Trained at Shanghai Jiao Tong University (BSc, MSc) and pursuing doctoral research, he blends rigorous academic methods with hands-on systems development. Based in Lugano with ties to the Netherlands, he brings a global perspective and a rare mix of deep program-analysis research and production-grade coding experience. Colleagues know him for shipping reliable tooling that bridges academic insight and everyday engineering needs.
12 years of coding experience
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) at USI Università della Svizzera italianaMaster’s Degree, Master’s Degree at Shanghai Jiao Tong University
English
Github Skills (12)
graaljs10
jalangi10
java9
polyglot9
interoperability9
graalvm9
javascript9
nodejs9
instrumentation8
profiling8
ecmascript8
jekyll3
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
Haiyang-Sun/ADRENALIN-RV
Jan 2017 - Nov 2017
Contributions:25 commits, 4 pushes in 10 months
Haiyang-Sun/android-shadowvm
Aug 2015 - Aug 2018
Contributions:43 commits, 8 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years
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