Yu Chen
Software Engineer at Meta
Sausalito, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolYu Chen is a software engineer with a PhD in Computer Science and 12 years of experience building high-performance systems across startups and tech giants, now at Meta. He specializes in numerical simulation, PCA, and GPU-accelerated computing, having implemented efficient CUDA and DirectX HLSL solutions during research work at Tencent. Comfortable across the stack, Yu programs in C++, Python, C#, MATLAB, and TypeScript, and has shipped desktop Electron apps and containerized infrastructure using Docker, React, and CI/CD practices. His background in engineering physics and research gives him a rigorous, model-driven approach to problems, while hands-on roles in firmware, DevOps, and Node.js have honed pragmatic production skills. He seeks remote opportunities that blend machine learning, graphics, and numerical methods, bringing a rare ability to translate research prototypes into reliable production systems.
12 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science at The University of British Columbia
Github Skills (10)
simulation7
python5
cnc-controller2
gcode2
cnc2
3d-printer2
printer2
3d-printing2
slicing1
slicer1
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
RapidiaTechInc/Cura
Oct 2020 - Oct 2021
3D printer / slicing GUI built on top of the Uranium framework
Contributions:14 releases, 73 pushes, 2 branches in 11 months
3d-printerprinterguiuraniumslicing
edwinchenyj/GAUSS
May 2018 - Dec 2021
Gaggle of Algorithms and Utilities for Simulating Stuff
Contributions:140 pushes, 6 branches, 4 issues in 3 years 7 months
pythonsimulation
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