Ruiqi Mao is a versatile software engineer with 11 years of experience spanning full-stack, embedded, and systems development, currently building software at Google from Folsom, CA. He specializes in OpenGL and computer graphics, rooted in hands-on teaching and curriculum design from multiple roles as Head TA at Brown University. Ruiqi’s background includes firmware work at Intel and practical IoT and installer projects during internships, demonstrating an ability to move between low-level firmware and higher-level application development. He has contributed to large open-source ecosystems—stabilizing test suites in JetBrains’ Android plugin—showing a pragmatic focus on reliability and build quality. Known for bridging academia and industry, he pairs strong C++/graphics expertise with a track record of improving testing and CI for complex codebases.
11 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science, Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science at Brown University
Android Plugin for IntelliJ IDEA. This repository is a subset of https://git.jetbrains.org/?p=idea/android.git cut according to GitHub file size limitations.
Role in this project:
QA Engineer / Test Automation Engineer
Contributions:49 commits in 1 year 9 months
Contributions summary:Ruiqi's commits primarily focused on modifying and disabling existing tests within the Android plugin project. The majority of the commits involve changing test configurations by either disabling specific tests known to be flaky, or by modifying how dependencies are linked for certain test suites. The changes suggest an effort to stabilize the test suite and maintain build reliability by addressing known issues. These modifications impact a large array of test suites across multiple test modules.
Contributions:98 commits, 1 PR, 3 pushes in 3 months
firmwarebuildertmk-firmware
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