About

  • Brazilian (living in Seattle)
  • Computer scientist
  • Compiler Engineer @ Microsoft CoreAI
    • Working on a Compiler for MAIA
      • Implemented a bunch of front-end and middle-end compiler optimizations. Still looking for more optimization opportunities.
    • Optimized triton kernels targeting inference for several LLMs
    • Made a few llvm upstream contributions, like this one
    • Currently exploring the autotuners space.
  • Took part in several algorithmic competitions since age 13
    • Brazilian Olympiad in Informatics
    • ICPC (qualified for Latin-America finals 3x, best result 11th out of 700+)
    • CodeChef - Part of 1st division, top 1% in rating, SnackDown 2019 finalist
    • Codeforces - Candidate Master, part of 1st division
    • Hackerrank - Top 1% in rating for Algorithms contest
  • A few of my open-source contributions and personal projects

Some of my interests are (in no particular order):

  • Algorithms
  • Data Structures
  • Problem Solving
  • Optimization
  • Profiling
  • Compilers
  • Low latency
  • Fast Software

Contact me

franciscogthiesen@gmail.com