Ehsan Kia
Software Engineer at Google
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolEhsan Kia is a software engineer based in Montreal with 13 years of experience building tools on Python and the web platform, currently contributing at Google. He blends backend and frontend chops—evidenced by hands-on work upgrading BetterTTV’s Twitch API integration and fixing complex JavaScript UI behaviors for a widely used browser extension. His background includes academic research at McGill and early QA roles that shaped a pragmatic, test-minded approach to shipping reliable features. Comfortable in open-source and product-facing environments, he’s built hobby projects around streaming, indie games, and community tools that inform his professional work. Colleagues know him for quietly improving existing systems rather than rewrites, prioritizing practical fixes that deliver immediate user value.
13 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
DEC, DEC at Dawson CollegeBachelor of Science (BSc), Bachelor of Science (BSc) at McGill University
English, French, Persian
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Github Skills (17)
javascript10
user-interface10
graphical-user-interface10
human-interface10
twitch-api10
apim9
api9
html6
concurrency6
recursion6
dictionary6
opencv6
background-image6
python6
popup6
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
night/betterttv
Jun 2015 - May 2017
BetterTTV enhances Twitch with new features, emotes, and more.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:108 commits, 128 PRs, 19 pushes in 1 year 11 months
Contributions summary:Ehsan primarily focused on enhancing the BetterTTV Twitch extension by updating and modifying existing code to provide current viewers and followers. They implemented the update of Twitch API wrapper to version 3 and incorporated the necessary changes to display accurate channel information, including the channel title and game being played. The user also made adjustments to the BetterTTV's Javascript code to fix issues with features like the host button and resizing with tabbed-split views. The majority of the changes were concentrated on modifications to existing JavaScript files.
memescalenew-featurestwitchbetterttvemotes
EhsanKia/BetterDiscordPlugins
Jan 2016 - Aug 2017
Contributions:34 commits, 5 PRs, 33 pushes in 1 year 6 months
discordbetterdiscord-pluginsbetterdiscordkia
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