Ziqing Luo
Static Analysis Engineer
San Jose, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolZiqing Luo is a Static Analysis Engineer based in San Jose with four years of focused experience building and validating compiler-grade code analysis at Apple and Micro Focus. He specializes in back-end static analysis and QA, having contributed to LLVM/Clang by improving -Wunsafe-buffer-usage warnings, fixing subtle buffer and pointer-safety bugs, and detecting unsafe libc calls—work that strengthens a widely used, industry-standard compiler project. With a strong academic foundation in computer science including doctoral study, he blends research rigor with practical tooling improvements that catch real-world vulnerabilities before runtime. Colleagues describe him as detail-oriented and pragmatic, able to translate complex precondition logic into actionable diagnostics that reduce developer risk.
4 years of coding experience
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer and Information Sciences, General, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer and Information Sciences, General at University of DelawareBachelor's degree, Computer Science, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science at Nanjing Normal University
Github Skills (9)
compiler-development10
code-analysis10
c-language10
static-analysis10
clangd10
cprogramming-language10
clang10
testing10
libc9
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
llvm/llvm-project
Jun 2022 - Mar 2025
The LLVM Project is a collection of modular and reusable compiler and toolchain technologies.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & QA Engineer
Back-end Developer & QA EngineerContributions:88 reviews, 42 PRs, 76 pushes in 2 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Ziqing primarily contributed to improving the Clang compiler's warning system, specifically focusing on the `-Wunsafe-buffer-usage` warnings. They addressed various bugs related to buffer access and pointer safety, including those involving constant arrays and incomplete types. Moreover, they enhanced the warning system to detect unsafe libc function calls and refine pre-conditions of related functions. These efforts improved the code analysis capabilities of the compiler.
compilerstechnologiesclangsubmittoolchain
ziqingluo-90/apple-llvm-project
Aug 2022 - Mar 2025
The LLVM Project is a collection of modular and reusable compiler and toolchain technologies. This fork is used to manage Apple’s stable releases of Clang as well as support the Swift project.
Contributions:132 pushes, 94 branches in 2 years 7 months
compilersclangtechnologiestoolchaincompiler
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