CHRIS DEJONG

SOFTWARE ENGINEER

Development Logs

A language interpreter used in beam physics.

BACKGROUND

My name is Chris and I am a software engineer with over a decade of experience in programming and development. I have a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science at Northern Illinois University and I specialized in computational software and minored in computational mathematics.

While I spend most of development time in C and C++, I also develop in Python, Rust, and C#. I am also a capable full-stack developer with experience using a variety of popular web frameworks. Many of personal projects center around low-level programming in computer graphics and compilers, but I am known to venture into the world of front-end development for the love of the game.

As of May 2025, I am looking for a new role as a software engineer. If you're a recruiter and want to reach out, please visit my linkedin page.

EXPERIENCE

Undergraduate Research Assistant

Northern Illinois University

DeKalb, IL, Jan 2024 - May 2025

Developed Sigmafox, an interpreter for a beam physics research language called COSY for use in high performance computing environments.
Multi-platform support for Windows and Linux systems to enable better access to system resources for memory management and allocators, file system interaction optimizations, and debugging facilities.
Vectorization support for SIMD optimizations, utilizing SSE4 and AVX instruction sets. Designed to use compile time optimizations and C++17 constant expression if-statements to reduce runtime overhead.

Systems Administrator

Aircraft Gear Corporation

Loves Park, IL, Feb 2018 - Aug 2022

Epicor M2K ERP administration, Microsoft SQL Server administration, and Microsoft Hyper-V administration. Performed networking maintenance and upgrades by introducing a fiber interconnect between our internal servers and our mesh
Implemented a redundant backup system for mission critical virtual machines and NAS partitions, ensuring site-wide stability.
Developed a data conversation utility in C++ to facilitate a data migration from Epicor's M2K ERP system to Epicor Kinetic.
Provided full-stack development for a legacy WAMP-stack e-commerce platform and integrated a complete catalog management system.

EDUCATION

Northern Illinois University

Bachelor's in Computer Science (4.0GPA)

DeKalb, IL, Aug 2022 - May 2025

Majored in computation software and minored in computational mathematics. Vice president of Independent Game Developer's organization from August 2023 to May 2025, providing presentations on graphics programming, game engine architecture, and performance optimization. Electives were project-based graduate level courses: Principles of Compilers, Computer Graphics: Modeling, and Computer Graphics: Rendering.

Rock Valley College

Associate's in Computer Science (3.75GPA)

Rockford, IL, Aug 2020 - May 2022

Member of Phi Theta Kappa, primarily general educational courses with a spattering of computer science related electives.