Connor Clark
Software Engineer at Google
Seattle, Washington, United States
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Connor Clark is a software engineer with 12 years of experience focused on web performance tooling and front-end developer experience, currently contributing to Google Lighthouse and Chrome DevTools. He brings full-stack fluency—upgrading build systems, migrating to modern TypeScript and esbuild, and refining complex UIs—to projects that shape how developers measure and improve web performance. At Google he ships tooling that prevents regressions and surfaces actionable audit data, drawing on prior senior engineering roles and freelance work that span game libraries, Emscripten, and cross-platform compatibility. His open-source footprint includes notable contributions to GoogleChrome/lighthouse and lighthouse-ci, where he both modernized dependencies and improved Lighthouse report UX. Comfortable working across build chains, native integrations, and CSS/UI polish, he pairs pragmatic engineering with a deep interest in observability and developer tooling. Based in Seattle, he blends systems-level problem solving with attention to front-end detail that benefits both users and fellow engineers.
13 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science, In-major GPA: 3.7, Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science, In-major GPA: 3.7 at University of Houston
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Programming languages (31)
Github contributions (5)
GoogleChrome/lighthouse
Oct 2018 - Jan 2023
Automated auditing, performance metrics, and best practices for the web.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:29 releases, 2722 reviews, 3111 commits in 4 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Connor primarily contributed to the Lighthouse project by focusing on user interface improvements and enhancements. Their commits demonstrate a strong focus on building and refining the user interface of the Lighthouse report, including enhancements to table headers, the addition of new UI elements like buttons and view mode toggles, and general improvements to styles. These contributions are visible in updates to CSS, and improvements in rendering source code locations and a user interface to highlight a specific section of the report.
performance-analysisauditperformance-metricsdeveloper-toolslighthouse
GoogleChrome/lighthouse-ci
Nov 2019 - Nov 2022
Automate running Lighthouse for every commit, viewing the changes, and preventing regressions
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:3 releases, 21 reviews, 34 commits in 3 years
Contributions summary:Connor primarily contributed to upgrading dependencies and refactoring the codebase. They upgraded to TypeScript 4, Storybook 6.4.13, Puppeteer 13.1.2, and Prettier 2.5.1. They also refactored the build process to use esbuild instead of Parcel, and they addressed various type checking issues within the project.
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