Yihe Huang

Senior Software Engineer at Databricks

California, United States
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Yihe Huang is a Senior Software Engineer based in California with 11 years of experience building and tuning high-performance, reliable systems across industry and academia. He holds a PhD from Harvard where he researched performance and reliability under advisor Eddie Kohler, and has contributed to Spanner at Google and now ships systems work at Databricks. Yihe is skilled at diagnosing concurrency bugs and performance anomalies in large codebases, implementing pragmatic optimizations in C/C++ and quickly picking up new languages and paradigms. His background includes impactful research internships at Microsoft Research and Oracle Labs (USENIX ATC’18 publication and a patent) and a Google Brain project that boosted TensorFlow data transfer efficiency. He also contributes to open-source localization (e.g., Simplified Chinese translations for NiceHashMiner), reflecting an attention to usability and global user experience.
code11 years of coding experience
job8 years of employment as a software developer
bookBachelor of Science (BS), Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Engineering at University of Michigan
bookDoctor of Philosophy (PhD), Reliable and High-performance Computer Systems, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Reliable and High-performance Computer Systems at Harvard University
bookBachelor of Science (BS), Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bachelor of Science (BS), Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Shanghai Jiao Tong University
languagesChinese, English
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Github Skills (4)

internationalization10
localization10
translation10
json9

Programming languages (4)

C++CRich Text FormatPython

Github contributions (5)

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nicehash/NiceHashMiner

Sep 2017 - Oct 2017

NiceHash Miner
Role in this project:
userLocalization / Internationalization Specialist
Contributions:8 commits in 1 month
Contributions summary:Yihe's contributions primarily involve the translation and localization of the NiceHash Miner application. This is evident through the addition and updating of language files, specifically for Simplified Chinese (zh_cn). The changes include translating various UI elements such as button labels, menu items, and informational messages. These updates enhance the user experience for non-English speakers.
minecraftminernicehashnicehash-miner
nathanielherman/sto

Feb 2015 - Feb 2018

Contributions:552 commits in 2 years 11 months
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Yihe Huang - Senior Software Engineer at Databricks