Yixing Chen

Senior GPU Compiler Engineer @ Qualcomm

About

GPU Compiler Engineer at Qualcomm. Passionate about AI/ML systems and the software–hardware co-design that enables efficient compute on modern accelerators.

Country

United States

City

Santa Clara

Industry

Telecommunications

Skill

Compiler Construction/Optimizations, Vulkan/OpenGL, Vulkan, Compiler, DirectX, SPIRV, vulkan, Computer Graphics, Shader Processor, GPU Architecture, HW ISA, LLVM, Spir-V Spec, OpenGL Shading Language (GLSL) Spec, Vulkan GLSL Spec, C/C++, C (Programming Language), Java, Linux , Python (Programming Language)

Experience

Senior GPU Compiler Engineer

Qualcomm

2025-11 - Present · 11 mos

San Francisco Bay Area

Serve as the POC for several Vulkan compiler features and contribute to the design and implementation of new graphics language capabilities across GLSL and SPIR-V. Develop compiler support for multiple generations of Adreno GPUs and help guide architectural and performance-related improvements. Own key mid-end passes shared across multiple APIs (Vulkan, DirectX, OpenCL) and collaborate closely with hardware, driver, and power/performance teams through design review and discussion.

GPU Compiler Engineer

Qualcomm

2022-9 - 2025-11 · 3 yrs 3 mos

San Francisco Bay Area

Work on designing and implementing new graphics language APIs features for Vulkan GLSL shading language compiler. Work on designing and developing compiler support for multiple generations of Qualcomm Adreno GPU HWs. Research and develop optimizations to improve performance for benchmarks, games and parallel applications. Contribute to a variety of front/mid-end passes for Vulkan/DirectX and hold ownership for one of mid-end passes shared by all APIs (OpenCL, Vulkan, DirectX).