Brian Salomon
Software Engineer at Figma
Durham, North Carolina, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolBrian Salomon is a seasoned software engineer with 14 years of experience specializing in 2D graphics, GPU backends, and image processing, now working on graphics tech at Figma after founding Pentrek. He led and grew the Skia team at Google, building its initial GPU backend and steering the library used widely in Chrome, Android, and Flutter. His open-source contributions to landmark projects like google/skia and flutter/engine emphasize GPU-specific performance optimizations and cross-platform texture handling. Comfortable both as an individual contributor and a technical leader, he combines low-level systems expertise with product-facing engineering judgment. Based in Durham, NC, he holds an MS in Computer Science and brings a rare depth in rendering internals that bridges drivers, GPU APIs, and higher-level UI frameworks. An understated strength: he regularly ships practical fixes that resolve subtle rendering bugs across diverse platforms.
14 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
MS, Computer Science, MS, Computer Science at The University of North Carolina at Chapel HillBachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science at University of Virginia
Github Skills (13)
gpu-programming10
c-language10
ios10
cpp10
mobile-development10
cprogramming-language10
opengl10
cplus10
graphic10
android10
image-processing10
skia10
vulkan9
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
google/skia
Jan 2015 - Jan 2023
Skia is a complete 2D graphic library for drawing Text, Geometries, and Images.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:1248 commits in 8 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Brian's commits focus on modifications and additions to the Skia graphics library. Their work involved fixing rendering issues, improving image processing, and adding new features, particularly concerning image processing and GPU-backed buffer functionality. The user primarily worked on the GPU-specific implementations and performance optimizations.
drawingtext-drawingskia2dopengl
flutter/engine
Dec 2017 - Jan 2021
The Flutter engine
Role in this project:Mobile Developer
Mobile DeveloperContributions:10 commits, 17 PRs, 23 comments in 3 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Brian primarily contributed to the engine, making substantial changes to external texture handling for iOS and Android platforms. Their work involved updating the code to specify GL texture formats, image color types, and to use new YUVA texture factories. They also refactored the code to remove dependencies on GrPixelConfig and Ganesh headers.
flutterflutter-enginec-plus-plus
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