Haotong Chen
Homekit Software Engineer at Apple
Chaoyang District, Beijing, China
Summary
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Top SchoolHaotong Chen is a HomeKit software engineer at Apple with 11 years of hands-on experience across full-stack development, quality engineering, and test automation. He combines a Master's in Web Technology with practical expertise in virtualization and CI/CD, having improved QEMU-based test frameworks and enhanced USB/serial support in Avocado VT plugins. A pragmatic problem-solver who enjoys improving engineering processes, Haotong has shipped backend and DevOps improvements at Red Hat and PCCW Global and brings a can-do mindset to complex systems. Based in Beijing, he pairs strong web and multimedia foundations with a curiosity for computer graphics and a track record of making testing environments more robust and observable.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree, Multimedia Technology, First Class, Bachelor’s Degree, Multimedia Technology, First Class at University of HertfordshireMaster’s Degree, Web Technology, Master’s Degree, Web Technology at University of Southampton
English, Chinese
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (18)
python10
qemu10
testing10
virtualization10
test-automation10
scripting9
debug9
debugging9
bash8
linux8
git7
powershell6
elasticsearch6
vuejs26
cmd6
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
avocado-framework/avocado-vt
Jan 2017 - Mar 2019
Avocado VT Plugin
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & DevOps Engineer
Back-end Developer & DevOps EngineerContributions:5 reviews, 54 commits, 62 PRs in 2 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Haotong primarily contributed to the `avocado-vt` plugin, enhancing its functionality and improving its reporting capabilities. They added features like colored test result outputs and summaries to the test status information scripts. Additionally, the user modified the codebase to support specifying USB device ports and enabling serial communication for USB devices within the virtual testing environment. Furthermore, the user worked on enhancements in QEMU VM handling, including fixes for migration processes and memory management, as well as updating the image check functionality and ensuring a robust environment.
plugin
autotest/tp-qemu
Jan 2017 - Jul 2019
Virt Test Provider for qemu and other related virtualization backends
Role in this project:Test Automation Engineer
Test Automation EngineerContributions:56 reviews, 119 commits, 116 PRs in 2 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Haotong primarily contributed to testing-related aspects of the `autotest/tp-qemu` repository, focusing on QEMU virtualization backends. Their work involved fixing string formatting errors and adjusting sleep times within the USB host test suite. They added new test cases for USB device checks and incorporated negative tests for USB hubs, contributing to a more robust and reliable testing framework. The user also modified the test environment to support Windows and enhanced the test suite by including error checks and features.
pythonprovidertestingbackendsqemu
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