Brian Bondy
Founder at Brave Software
Ontario, Canada
Summary
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RockstarBrian Bondy is a founder and seasoned software engineer with 15 years of experience building high-performance, user-focused applications and infrastructure. As former Co-founder & CTO of Brave and a contributor to widely used projects like Electron and Khan Academy’s live editor, he blends front-end polish with back-end and build/DevOps expertise. His work spans UI improvements, browser engine internals, build systems, and integrating features like Brave Wallet across platforms, demonstrating deep familiarity with Chromium-based architecture. A top 0.1% StackOverflow contributor and UWaterloo grad, he pairs technical rigor with product sensibility—and, off the clock, he channels the same discipline into ultra running and fatherhood.
15 years of coding experience
English, French
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (149)
python10
windows10
http10
loops10
winapi10
gcc10
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automation10
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visual-studio10
conditional-statements10
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Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
brave/browser-laptop
Nov 2015 - Dec 2018
[DEPRECATED] Please see https://github.com/brave/brave-browser for the current version of Brave
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:200 releases, 3482 commits, 1249 PRs in 3 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Brian focused on enhancing the user interface and experience by adding and improving UI components and functionality to the Brave browser. This involved implementing features such as showing new URL suggestions, providing a menu for adding bookmarks, and adding a new component for downloading. The user also made various styling and visual adjustments to the UI, including fixing the spacing for various elements and improving the look of scrollbars and menu elements, especially on Windows. They also updated existing code, adding a full screen option for windows.
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brave/brave-core
Nov 2016 - Dec 2022
Core engine for the Brave browser for mobile and desktop. For issues https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/issues
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:1123 reviews, 3121 commits, 1363 PRs in 6 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Brian's commits focused on moving wallet browser code to the Brave wallet components, indicating a role in developing the browser's back-end features. These changes involved modifying existing files, including browser and components to handle wallet functions, which suggest they were involved in maintaining or building core parts of the application's infrastructure. The commits include references to features like Brave Wallet with build flags suggesting integration of wallet functionalities.
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