Benjamin Chau

About Me

Senior undergraduate at the University of Rhode Island majoring in Computer Science currently looking for new-grad/entry-level software engineering roles.

Location

Providence, RI
Education
    University of Rhode Island
    September 2020 - May 2024
    degree
    Bachelor's
    major
    Computer Science
    minor
    Design
    coursework
    Data Structures and Abstractions
    Operating Systems
    Computer Organization
    Programming for Data Science
    Object-Oriented Programming
    Software Engineering
    Fundamentals of Programming Languages
    Applied Combinatorics
    Design and Analysis of Algorithms
Work Experience
    Google
    Software Engineer Intern
    Kirkland, WA, United States, 98083
    May 2023 - September 2023
    company
    Google
    title
    Software Engineer Intern
    overview
    - Back-end development within the Google Cloud Platform on the MindMeld Shuffle team - Developed an artificial latency feature to begin testing of 3+ slowness mitigation strategies for the Shuffle library, a data read/write algorithm for distributed systems, by adding an option to inject configurable delays into a simulator that mocks client use cases of the algorithm (C++, Protocol Buffers, Remote Procedure Calls, Wrapper/Decorator Pattern, Singletons, Multi-threading, Synchronization) - Participated in the development process for the feature, including writing a design doc, going through design reviews, collaboration with other software engineers, and implementation of components with code reviews - Programmed several tests to ensure code coverage for 5+ new components (Unit Testing, Integration Testing, Dependency Injection, Mocking)
    FM Global
    Software Developer Co-Op
    Johnston, RI, United States, 02919
    January 2023 - May 2023
    Fidelity Investments
    Software Engineer Intern
    Johnston, RI, United States, 02919
    June 2022 - August 2022
    University of Rhode Island
    Undergraduate Teaching Assistant
    Johnston, RI, United States, 02919
    January 2022 - May 2022
Skills
Technical skills
cc#c++javajavascriptpythonreact.jsrusttypescript
Volunteer
    Mentor Collective
    September 2022 - January 2023
Leadership
    Mentor Collective
    Student Mentor
Hobbies
Web Development
Video Game Development
Video Games
Running
Web Surfing