Jesse Huang
Software Engineer at SiFive
New Taipei, Taiwan
Summary
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Top SchoolJesse Huang is a software engineer with 11 years of experience specializing in system software, compilers, and information security. Currently at SiFive, he implements RISC-V extensions, vector optimizations, and CFI features across LLVM, glibc, newlib, and QEMU while automating compiler benchmarking and performance analysis. He is a significant contributor to the upstream LLVM project—notably improving RISC-V backend support and test suites—which reflects deep compiler infrastructure expertise. A former security research intern, he brings hands-on malware analysis, sandboxing enhancements, and pattern-matching tooling experience that complements his systems work. Jesse holds an MS in Computer Science from UCLA and balances low-level engineering with reverse-engineering hobbyist interests, often exploring binary reversing and CTF challenges. Based in New Taipei, Taiwan, he blends pragmatic implementation skills with a research-minded approach to secure, high-performance toolchains.
11 years of coding experience
學士, Information Technology, 學士, Information Technology at 國立臺灣師範大學Master of Science - MS, Computer Science, Master of Science - MS, Computer Science at 美國加州大學洛杉磯分校
English, Chinese, Japanese
Github Skills (10)
risc-v10
c-language10
cprogramming-language10
compiler-development10
llvm10
assemble9
assembler9
assembly9
computer-engineering8
test-automation7
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
llvm/llvm-project
Feb 2024 - Dec 2025
The LLVM Project is a collection of modular and reusable compiler and toolchain technologies.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:43 reviews, 29 PRs, 15 pushes in 1 year 10 months
Contributions summary:Jesse contributed extensively to the LLVM project, specifically focusing on RISC-V architecture support. Their work involved implementing support for new RISC-V extensions like Zama16b and making improvements to existing code related to CSR names and shadow stack handling. The user's contributions included modifications to test suites and documentation, highlighting their role in ensuring the correctness and maintainability of the RISC-V backend. Their commits demonstrate a deep understanding of compiler infrastructure.
compilerllvmtoolchain
jaidTw/llvm-project
Apr 2024 - Jul 2026
The LLVM Project is a collection of modular and reusable compiler and toolchain technologies.
Contributions:92 pushes, 33 branches in 2 years 3 months
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