Doris Liu
UX Researcher at Google
San Francisco Bay Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDoris Liu is a UX researcher with 13 years of experience based in the San Francisco Bay Area, currently shaping payments and checkout experiences at Google. She blends qualitative and quantitative methods to translate user behavior into product decisions, having influenced launch strategies that cut verification drop-off by 45% and improved experiences for millions of SMB customers. Early hands-on roles at UserTesting and academic work in cognitive science and eye-tracking give her a strong foundation in observational methods, usability testing, and research operations. She also contributes to Android UI improvements in open-source projects, focusing on smooth scrolling and animated content—an indicator of her eye for performance and micro-interactions. Pragmatic and data-informed, she excels at turning complex cross-product problems into compelling user stories for executives and engineers.
13 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
University of California, San DiegoQuantative Research, Quantative Research at CourseraEAP program, EAP program at Lund University
English, Chinese
Github Skills (7)
composeforweb10
pager10
compose-web10
animation10
android-development10
compose10
android-compose10
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
androidx/androidx
Jun 2019 - Sep 2022
Development environment for Android Jetpack extension libraries under the androidx namespace. Synchronized with Android Jetpack's primary development branch on AOSP.
Role in this project:
Mobile Developer (Android)
Mobile Developer (Android)Contributions:288 commits in 3 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Doris focused on improving Android UI components and handling touch gestures, specifically for scrolling and animation. They were involved in enhancements related to Lazy Staggered Grid and Pager, optimizing their behavior during scrolling. The contributions include fixing placement issues in lookahead and ensuring the continuity of AnimatedContent resizing, indicating a focus on performance and visual quality.
jetpack-composejetpack-androidsynchronizednamespaceandroid
SlimRoms/packages_apps_Camera2
Aug 2012 - May 2015
Contributions:1030 commits in 2 years 9 months
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