Larry Chen
Principal Software Engineering Lead at Microsoft
Greater Seattle Area United States
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Top SchoolLarry Chen is a Principal Software Engineering Lead with over a decade of experience driving platform and embedded systems software at Microsoft, currently leading the Direct3D Ecosystem team. He has deep expertise in graphics stacks (D3D11/DXGI), low-level device drivers, and hardware-integrated prototypes dating back to work on Surface, RIM, and ATI hardware. Larry combines hands-on debugging with test automation and FPGA/embedded integration, enabling cross-team OEM collaboration and complex platform bring-ups. He holds an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Columbia and a B.A.Sc. in Computer Engineering from Waterloo, reflecting a hardware-software convergence mindset. Colleagues know him for tackling hard cross-layer problems—from radio and power management to GPU ecosystems—while translating that technical breadth into shipping robust platform features.
10 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science Electrical Engineering, Master of Science Electrical Engineering at Columbia UniversityBachelor of Applied Science Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Applied Science Computer Engineering at University of Waterloo
Chinese
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Github Skills (31)
directml10
qualcomm10
keras10
intel9
ai-framework9
pytorch9
onnx9
hardware-acceleration9
machine-learning9
accelerator9
scikit-learn9
tensorflow9
deep-learning9
high-performance9
nvidia9
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
Zu-shi/DirectML
Jun 2024 - Jul 2024
Contributions:6 reviews, 8 comments in 8 days
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