BUGEN ZHAO
PERSONAL DETAILS
Birth
October, 2000
Telegram
t.me/bugenzhao
Mail
i@bugenzhao.com
GitHub
github.com/BugenZhao
EDUCATION
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Sep 2018 - Jun 2022
Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science
GPA 3.9 / 4.3, Rank 14 / 147 (Top 10%)
EXPERIENCES
Database Kernel Engineer, at RisingWave Labs, Shanghai & Singapore
Dec 2021 - Present
Core contributor to RisingWave, an open-source distributed streaming database; Top-1 contributor
on GitHub.
Drove early architecture and core design of RisingWave, taking the system from its initial stage to
production-ready; delivered core fault tolerance and elastic scaling for streaming workloads.
Owned the core streaming engine end-to-end, spanning the optimizer, scheduling, execution, and
state management, shaping streaming semantics with strong correctness guarantees.
Recognized as the Rust expert on the team; established best practices and tooling for the large
codebase, including error handling, tracing, and await-tree; elevated developer experience.
Indie iOS Developer
Jul 2021 - Present
Creator and maintainer of MNGA, a refreshing forum app on iOS, reaching 200K+ downloads and
10M+ sessions.
Built the app with a unique hybrid SwiftUI + async Rust architecture.
Owned UI/UX and product design, App Store distribution, and monetization via in-app purchases;
maintained a 4.5/5 rating across 700+ reviews.
Database Engineer Intern, at PingCAP, Shanghai
Jul 2021 - Nov 2021
Contributed to TiDB & TiKV, a distributed HTAP database and its storage layer, focusing on workload
simulation for sensitive data masking and internal workflow automation (ticat).
OTHERS
Talks
Rust China Conf 2023, Await-Tree: A Panacea for Observability in Async Rust.
Honors
33
rd
China Mathematical Olympiad (CMO 2017), Bronze Medal.
SKILLS
Language
Chinese Mandarin (Native)
English (Business)
Programming
Rust, C/C++ (System)
Swift, TypeScript (Frontend)
Python, Bash (Scripting)
