Kevin Feng
Software Engineer at Meta
Old Toronto, Ontario, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolKevin Feng is a software engineer and University of Waterloo computer science student with eight years of practical experience across infrastructure, observability, and security-focused teams at Meta, Datadog, and Reality Labs. He specializes in distributed tracing and capacity infrastructure, and has contributed to high-impact open-source work such as improving Quartz instrumentation in Datadog’s dd-trace-java APM client with refactors and test automation. Kevin’s background includes blockchain auditing and cryptographic services, giving him a strong blend of systems, security, and testing expertise that informs his engineering decisions. Based in Toronto, he brings a pragmatic, quality-first approach to building reliable, observable systems and enjoys connecting academic rigor with production-scale engineering.
8 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science at University of Waterloo
English, Chinese, French
Github Skills (9)
quartz10
javas10
java10
testing10
tracer9
apm9
trace9
distributed-tracing8
java-agent8
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
DataDog/dd-trace-java
Jan 2021 - Apr 2021
Datadog APM client for Java
Role in this project:
Backend Developer & Test Automation Engineer
Backend Developer & Test Automation EngineerContributions:27 reviews, 98 commits, 18 PRs in 3 months
Contributions summary:Kevin's contributions primarily focused on enhancing and testing the Quartz instrumentation within the Datadog APM client for Java. They refactored Quartz instrumentation to remove unnecessary tags and added unit tests to ensure proper functionality. Additionally, the user corrected naming conventions and addressed code quality issues, including fixing CodeNarc errors. These changes involved modifications to existing instrumentation code and the addition of new test cases.
apm-clientapmbytebuddydatadoghqtracing
kevinfwl/personal-site
Jan 2020 - Aug 2022
My personal website
Contributions:1 PR, 25 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 7 months
reactnextjs
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