Jia Lo

Johor, Malaysia

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Jia Lo is an embedded electronics and machine learning enthusiast with 11 years of hands-on experience, currently based in Johor, Malaysia. A Universiti Malaysia Pahang graduate, he has worked as an Associate Embedded Tester at UST, executing test plans, validating software stability, and documenting defects to uphold high QA standards. He contributes to open source in his spare time—most notably improving Android build reliability and CI resilience for the well-known BOINC volunteer-computing project by fixing WSL compatibility issues and making build scripts resumable. Comfortable with both embedded systems and automation, he sharpens his coding skills through practical fixes and bug hunting on GitHub. Known for adaptability and a willingness to learn, he blends systematic testing discipline with a developer’s eye for build and tooling improvements.

10 years of coding experience

3 years of employment as a software developer

Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Universiti Malaysia Pahang

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Github Skills (18)

scripting10

automation10

script10

android10

sh10

automations10

shell10

c-language9

cprogramming-language9

kotlin8

javas8

java8

distributed-computing7

grid-computing7

cplus7

Programming languages (21)

PowerShellC#JavaC++CRustSchemeD

Github contributions (5)

BOINC/boinc

Mar 2020 - Mar 2021

Open-source software for volunteer computing and grid computing.

Role in this project:

Mobile Developer (Android) & Automation Engineer

Contributions:28 commits, 19 PRs, 133 comments in 11 months

Contributions summary:Jia primarily contributed to the Android client build system, addressing compatibility issues and improving build efficiency. They fixed WSL compatibility problems by adding quotes to build scripts. The user also made significant improvements to the `buildAndroidBOINC-CI.sh` script, allowing for resuming partial downloads and cleaning up cache files. Additionally, the user modified build scripts for Android platforms and removed deprecated background scheduling functionality.

pythonsciencehigh-performance-computingphpscientific-computing

truboxl/boinc

Apr 2020 - Sep 2022

Open-source software for volunteer computing and grid computing.

Contributions:2 PRs, 69 pushes, 127 branches in 2 years 5 months

pythonvolunteervolunteer-computingcomputingopen-source-software

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