Ariella Vu
Senior Software Engineer II at MetaMask
United States
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Top SchoolAriella Vu is a Senior Software Engineer II with 7 years of experience building full-stack web apps and high-profile browser extensions, currently driving UX and security work at MetaMask. She’s a hands-on front-end lead on the MetaMask extension—authoring UI refactors, storybook tests, token import and transaction-decoding improvements—and led the Sign-in with Ethereum (SIWE) integration while contributing to EIP-4361. Ariella also engineered pragmatic Node.js and service-worker solutions for Chrome Manifest V3, including a unique keep-alive approach and mock smart contracts to validate complex JSON-RPC payloads. Prior to MetaMask she led major product initiatives at Copper, from pricing-and-packaging restructures to a G Suite add-on and a performance win that cut 10,000-item load time dramatically. She regularly mentors and runs workshops at hackathons and conferences, blending thoughtful architecture with a developer-first testing culture.
8 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.), Computer Science, Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.), Computer Science at University of California, Davis3-week Summer Course, Forensic Science, 3-week Summer Course, Forensic Science at Brown University
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Github Skills (24)
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front-end-development10
frontend-development10
react10
sc9
scs9
testing8
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extension-functions7
ethereum7
extension-methods7
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Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
MetaMask/metamask-extension
Jan 2022 - Jan 2023
:globe_with_meridians: :electric_plug: The MetaMask browser extension enables browsing Ethereum blockchain enabled websites
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:2097 reviews, 83 commits, 469 PRs in 1 year
Contributions summary:Ariella primarily focused on enhancing the user interface and user experience within the MetaMask browser extension. Their work included updating UI elements such as color schemes, converting components to functional components, refactoring existing code, and incorporating new UI features like ActionableMessage for displaying warnings and updating the back button in the settings page. They also contributed to implementing token import functionalities and made improvements to the transaction decoding component. Additionally, the user added storybook controls and test cases for enhanced component testing and development.
dapp-developersethereumweb3bravemetamask
digiwand/personal-site-v1
May 2021 - Sep 2022
Contributions:508 commits, 101 PRs, 179 pushes in 1 year 4 months
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