Chiara Mooney
Senior Software Engineer at Microsoft
Seattle, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolChiara Mooney is a Senior Software Engineer in Seattle with eight years of experience modernizing UI developer platforms at Microsoft and a BS in Computer Science from UCLA. She specializes in cross-platform desktop and mobile tooling, with deep hands-on expertise in React Native, Windows development, Python, C++, and front-end engineering. Chiara has driven accessibility and Windows-specific features across high-profile open-source projects—contributing to react-native-windows, react-native-webview (WebView2 support), and core React Native—to make native desktop app development more robust and testable. Beyond shipping code, she maintains documentation and sample ecosystems, showing a practical focus on developer experience and reliable onboarding. Colleagues know her for combining low-level platform work with pragmatic UI improvements and for tackling platform compatibility quirks that unblock downstream users.
8 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
University of California, Los Angeles
Github Skills (25)
accessibility10
javascript10
ios10
webview10
c-language10
mobile-development10
react-native10
windows10
react-native-component10
styled-components10
cross-platform10
ui-design10
uid10
front-end-development10
android10
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
microsoft/react-native-windows-samples
Sep 2020 - Jan 2023
A repository showcasing React Native samples and templates for Windows, macOS, and Surface Duo.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer / Technical Writer
Front-end Developer / Technical WriterContributions:76 reviews, 26 commits, 72 PRs in 2 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Chiara primarily focused on maintaining the React Native Windows samples documentation website. They updated website references, fixed broken links, and updated the default version shown across multiple commits. Additionally, they contributed to the addition of a new static page for the `react-native-windows-init` CLI page. These modifications show a focus on keeping the documentation current and accurate.
reactreact-native-macoswindowsreact-nativeduo
wonday/react-native-orientation-locker
Sep 2020 - Apr 2021
A react-native module that can listen on orientation changing of device, get current orientation, lock to preferred orientation.
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:8 reviews, 45 commits, 3 PRs in 7 months
Contributions summary:Chiara primarily focused on developing the Windows implementation for the `react-native-orientation-locker` module. They added a React Native package provider for Windows, defined native APIs, and implemented core functionality for locking and unlocking device orientation. Furthermore, they integrated autolinking and made updates to the example application, demonstrating a full-stack approach to the module's development.
reactlockreact-native-modulereact-nativeandroid
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