Resume

Software Engineering Intern
Google • Sunnyvale, CA
August 2025 — November 2025

• Developed extensions to LLVM/Clang for Google internal C++ infrastructure on the Production Toolchains team.

• Created code transformation and validation passes using Clang Transformers and Clang Tidy, applied across all of Google’s C++ code.

• Contributed open-source changes to Clang-Tidy to promote the use of portable floating-point types in C++.

Software Engineering Intern
Apple • Cupertino, CA
May 2025 — August 2025

• Architected runtime performance improvements in JavaScriptCore, the JavaScript engine powering Safari.

• Designed and implemented new runtime features to collect value profiling data in native functions and propagate it to JIT tiers.

Software Engineer (Part-Time)
Entry Shield Security, LLC • Remote
May 2024 — Present

• Developed full-stack mobile and web applications using TypeScript, React Native, Expo, Firebase, and Google Cloud Functions.

• Collaborated with remote, cross-functional teams to ensure consistent uptime and reliability, supporting a safety system that actively protects students in school systems nationwide.

Research Assistant (Part-Time)
University of Michigan College of Engineering • Ann Arbor, MI
December 2023 — April 2025

• Created and maintained a full-stack, multi-paradigm AI application using vector databases and large language models.

• Managed deployment of full-stack app using Docker, FastAPI, and React.

• Created rigorous continuous integration testing and deployment pipeline, enabling 100% uptime on production to-date.

Computer Consultant (Part-Time)
University of Michigan College of Engineering • Ann Arbor, MI
September 2022 — Present

• Offered technical support and setup to over 4,150 users in the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science department.

• Configured, administered, and troubleshooted Linux servers, Windows and macOS desktops, and networking equipment.

See more about my projects on my Portfolio.

Riscy
https://github.com/brenfwd/riscy

• Created a C-targeting RISC-V RV64 disassembler using modern C++.

• Developed custom ELF binary loading, RISC-V instruction decoding, and C code generation subsystems.

Optimizing LLVM-based Compiler

• Developed full optimizing compiler stack for a novel C-like language, written in OCaml, using LLVM and targeting x86-64 machine code.

• Developed several optimization passes, including a graph-coloring register allocator and common sub-expression elimination.