James larisch
Senior Research Engineer at Cloudflare
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
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Top SchoolJames larisch is a Senior Research Engineer based in Cambridge, MA with 11 years of experience bridging academic research and production web systems. He holds advanced degrees from Harvard and spent his doctoral work in computer science before joining Cloudflare, where he progressed from intern to senior research engineer focusing on programming languages and web technologies. James combines deep research instincts with hands-on engineering—shipping systems at scale during co-op stints at HubSpot, Gem, and Sonian and building durable testing and data pipelines. He has a track record of turning complex distributed-processing problems into practical solutions and enjoys making "computers listen" through concise, expressive software. Colleagues describe him as equally comfortable in low-level language work and web infrastructure, a combination that surfaces in his research-informed production contributions.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Communications High SchoolDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science at Harvard UniversityBachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science at Northeastern University
English
Github Skills (70)
golang10
go10
quic10
modular9
blockcypher9
linux9
opengl9
rust9
programming-language9
windows9
ruby-client9
gpu9
terminal-emulator9
tcp9
bsd9
Programming languages (17)
Github contributions (5)
semaj/hask-raft
Nov 2015 - Dec 2015
Contributions:54 commits in 14 days
semaj/cv
Oct 2020 - May 2026
My latex resume using the moderncv template
Contributions:23 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 7 months
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