Summary
Zhuojia Shen is a software engineer at Apple with 11 years of experience and a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Rochester, specializing in low-cost security enforcement for ARM platforms using hardware, OS, and compiler techniques. He combines research rigor—co-authoring top-tier publications and leading systems security projects—with hands-on production engineering on OS kernels, compilers, and hardware/software interfaces. His background includes internships at VMware working on VM monitor ergonomics and live patching, plus founding and building backend infrastructure for an education startup, reflecting both systems-level depth and product-minded pragmatism. Based in Sunnyvale, he brings a rare blend of academic insight and production-quality implementation, often translating research prototypes into practical kernel-level solutions.
11 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS, Computer Science, Master of Science - MS, Computer Science at University of Rochester
Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science & Technology, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science & Technology at Beijing Institute of Technology
Chinese, English