Chenxia Liu
Software Engineer at Meta
Seattle, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolChenxia Liu is a seasoned software engineer with 14 years of experience, currently at Meta after a long tenure leading mobile browser engineering at Mozilla where they helped deliver the new Firefox for Android and managed teams for Fire TV and Echo Show builds. They combine deep Android expertise—contributing to high-profile open-source projects like Firefox/Fenix and Focus, including telemetry, crash reporting, and UI improvements—with hands-on ownership of build and dependency work. Comfortable toggling between individual contributor and manager roles, Chenxia has driven rapid post-release fixes that materially improved user retention. Trained at MIT (M.Eng, B.S.), they bring a data-minded approach as a former Data Steward and a practical appreciation for both product and platform quality. An unexpected detail: alongside their engineering career they’ve explored diverse interests from political science coursework to ceramics and bioengineering lab work, reflecting a broad curiosity that informs creative problem-solving.
14 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Political Science, Political Science at De Anza CollegeM.Eng Computer Science, M.Eng Computer Science at Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyRussian Ceramics, Russian Ceramics at City College of San Francisco
Github Skills (22)
kotlin10
mobile-development10
application-settings10
user-interface10
android-sdk10
browser10
ui-design10
java10
javas10
android10
appsettings10
telemetry10
tel9
error-reporting9
css9
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
mozilla-mobile/focus-android
Jun 2017 - Apr 2018
⚠️ Firefox Focus (Android) moved to a new repository. It is now developed and maintained as part of: https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/firefox-android
Role in this project:
Mobile Developer (Android)
Mobile Developer (Android)Contributions:7 releases, 85 commits, 95 PRs in 9 months
Contributions summary:Chenxia contributed to the Firefox Focus Android application, focusing on UI and feature enhancements. They added version information to the About page, integrated a telemetry probe for the default browser setting, and implemented a settings screen for search engines. The user also updated the UI to include search engine radio buttons, and made changes to the UI tests and locale support.
firefoxbrowserprivacyfirefox-androidandroid
mozilla-mobile/firefox-android
Jun 2017 - Oct 2019
:warning: This repository hosts the Firefox for Android (Fenix), Focus for Android, and Mozilla Android Components projects. It is now developed and maintained as part of Mozilla Central. See the announcement here: https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/firefox-android/wiki#upcoming-migration-to-mozilla-central. ”
Role in this project:Mobile Developer (Android)
Mobile Developer (Android)Contributions:71 commits in 2 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Chenxia primarily contributed to the Firefox for Android (Fenix) and Focus for Android projects, focusing on features and UI improvements within the Android application. They implemented version information display in the "About" page, added a telemetry probe for default browser status, and integrated search engine UI elements. These commits included code modifications across Java, CSS, HTML, and XML resource files, indicating a hands-on role in the application's user interface, settings, and telemetry functionalities.
firefoxhostsandroidandroid-componentsfirefox-for-android
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