# Melvin Lim

> Staff Software Engineer at Google.

Location: San Jose, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/melvinlim

𝗘𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗱𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝗦𝗼𝗳𝘁𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗿

Software developer with 15+ years of professional experience developing robust system-level software and drivers for complex in-house networking ASICs. Hands-on experience from 8-bit microcontrollers to distributed multi-core embedded Linux systems with HA fail-over. Strengths and areas of expertise:

𝗦𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺-𝗹𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹 𝗦𝗼𝗳𝘁𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲: Fluent in C. Extensive device-driver development experience in embedded Linux platforms. Firmware development experience with microcontroller systems using RTOS and bare-metal. Proficient with FSM/HSM. Working knowledge of Ethernet, TCP/IP, I2C, and SPI. Familiar with ARM Cortex M4 microcontrollers. Technical lead for QoS and data path areas such as flow control, buffer management, scheduling, and performance tuning.

𝗛𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲-𝗦𝗼𝗳𝘁𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: Extensive network processor chip bring-up experience. Solid background on digital hardware design and testing. Expert in creatively manipulating hardware and software knobs to stress test, isolate issues, and characterize corner-case behaviors of ASICs.

𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝗧𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗲𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗿: Have a knack for isolating, reproducing, and solving non-linear problems with poor visibility. Have resolved many issues that others have given up on, relying mostly on theories, intuitions, and experiments. A case in point: after just 6 months of joining Brocade, I was awarded as an “honorary ASIC team member” for discovering and isolating the largest number of critical chip defects in Brocade’s first-generation Ethernet ASIC.

𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵-𝗹𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹 𝗦𝗼𝗳𝘁𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲: Fluent in Scala. Working knowledge of Java, Python, and JavaScript.

𝗘𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: M.S. degree in Computer Engineering (GPA: 4.0), B.S. degree in Computer Science (Summa cum Laude and Most Outstanding Thesis).

𝗦𝗼𝗳𝘁𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗖𝗿𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽: Writes high-quality, clean, and testable code. A big fan of Uncle Bob, SOLID principles, automated tests, and Domain-Driven Design.

𝗦𝗼𝗳𝘁 𝗦𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘀: Excellent writing and documentation skills. Creative and a self-starter. Experience with mentoring junior engineers as well as re-training experienced veterans for ASIC driver development.

## Work Experience
### Staff Software Engineer @ Google
Jan 2020 – Present | Sunnyvale, California, United States
Software TL working on SmartNIC drivers and firmware.

### Principal SW Systems Engineer @ Extreme Networks
Jan 2017 – Jan 2020 | San Jose, California, United States
Technical lead for QoS Traffic Management (TM) ASIC driver for Ethernet switches based off Broadcom’s Tomahawk3, Trident3, and Jericho2 network processors.

### Sr. Staff Software Engineer @ Brocade
Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | San Jose, California, United States
Technical lead for QoS Traffic Management ASIC driver for a leaf and spine Ethernet switches based off Cavium’s first-generation XPliant programmable chip.

### Staff Software Engineer @ Brocade
Jan 2011 – Jan 2016 | San Jose, California, United States
ASIC driver lead for two generations of Brocade’s in-house Ethernet Traffic Management chip (similar to Dune’s Petra) for Data Center Ethernet switches.

### Sr. Software Engineer @ Brocade
Jan 2008 – Jan 2011 | San Jose, California, United States
Block owner of the Traffic Management end-to-end credit module in Brocade’s first-generation Ethernet chip.

### Software Engineer @ LeWiz Communications
Jan 2005 – Jan 2008

### Engineering Intern @ MontaVista
Jan 2003 – Jan 2004

### Software Design Engineer @ Vicon Communications
Jan 2002 – Jan 2003


## Education
### MS in Computer Engineering
San José State University

### BS in Computer Science major in Computer Engineering
De La Salle University


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/melvin-lim-3968915

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Last updated: 2026-04-12