Ruby Chen
Software Engineer at MongoDB
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Summary
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Top SchoolRuby Chen is a software engineer based in Sydney with five years’ experience building backend systems and contributing to core database projects. Currently at MongoDB, she brings hands-on expertise in C/C++ systems work—evidenced by contributions to the high-profile WiredTiger storage engine where she improved build tooling, error handling, S3 integration, and code hygiene. Her BSc/LLB conjoint in Computer Science pairs technical depth with strong communication and client-facing experience from prior legal work, making her effective at translating complex requirements into robust implementations. Ruby combines production-grade engineering with attention to correctness and maintainability, and she has a demonstrated interest in low-level infrastructure that powers scalable data platforms.
5 years of coding experience
Certificate of Languages, Korean Language and Ancient Egyptian Language, Certificate of Languages, Korean Language and Ancient Egyptian Language at The University of Auckland
Github Skills (26)
c-language10
admin10
wiredtiger10
storage10
databases10
database-administration10
data-storage10
file-storage10
cloud-storage10
error-handling10
cprogramming-language10
relational-databases10
sql-database10
database10
s3fs10
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
wiredtiger/wiredtiger
Dec 2021 - Jan 2023
WiredTiger's source tree
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer / Database Engineer
Back-end Developer / Database EngineerContributions:494 reviews, 75 commits, 192 PRs in 1 year 1 month
Contributions summary:Ruby contributed to the WiredTiger database project by implementing and modifying core functionalities. They addressed issues related to CMake build configurations and versioning. Further contributions included refactoring code, removing unused variables, and improving error handling within the database's core components. The user also added functionalities to integrate S3 extension logging and add a get object size method in S3Connection.
rustwiredtiger
ruby-oujo/ruby-oujo
Mar 2021 - Mar 2022
Contributions:4 pushes, 1 branch in 11 months
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