Jason Wang

Senior Principal Software Engineer at Red Hat

Haidian District, Beijing, China
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Jason Wang is a Senior Principal Software Engineer with 16 years focused on virtualization, Linux kernel networking, and high-performance device drivers, currently driving architecture and delivery at Red Hat. He is a long-time maintainer of QEMU's networking subsystem and virtio/vhost components, combining deep kernel-level expertise with practical performance and migration optimizations. His background in automated testing (notably contributions to the widely used autotest framework and KVM tests like iofuzz and kdump) shows a strong QA-to-engineering trajectory that improves reliability across hypervisor stacks. Trained with a Master's in Computer Architecture from Beihang University, he blends low-level x86/assembly skills with scripting (Python, Perl, Bash) to solve cross-layer problems. Based in Beijing’s Haidian District, he is known for pragmatic engineering trade-offs and for surfacing subtle network and clocksource issues that often evade higher-level testing.
code16 years of coding experience
job9 years of employment as a software developer
bookMaster's degree, Computer Architrcture, Master's degree, Computer Architrcture at Beihang University
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Github Skills (22)

kvm10
python10
iommu10
qemu10
testing10
linux10
system-testing10
c-programming10
c1110
linux-kernel10
networking10
c1710
kernel10
virtualization10
vhosts10

Programming languages (2)

CPython

Github contributions (5)

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autotest/autotest

Mar 2010 - Jun 2011

Autotest - Fully automated tests on Linux
Role in this project:
userQA Engineer / Test Automation Engineer
Contributions:83 commits in 1 year 2 months
Contributions summary:Jason primarily contributes to the automated testing framework of the `autotest/autotest` repository. Their work involves creating and modifying tests, particularly for KVM functionality related to areas like kernel virtual machine (KVM) tests. They also made improvements in test configuration, enabling features such as network installation and performance enhancements like file transfers. The user has also implemented new test cases, such as the `iofuzz` and `kdump` tests, to improve the project's coverage and reliability.
pythontest-automationtestinglinuxautomated-tests
jasowang/net

Oct 2015 - Feb 2025

Contributions:55 pushes, 103 branches in 9 years 5 months
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Jason Wang - Senior Principal Software Engineer at Red Hat