Eric Lim
Software Engineering Manager at Google
California, United States
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Top SchoolEric Lim is a seasoned software engineering manager with 13 years of experience building firmware, device drivers, and platform software across consumer hardware and large-scale internet products. Based in California, he progressed from embedded and diagnostic firmware roles at Motorola and Apple to platform engineering at Nest and leadership at Google, blending deep electrical engineering roots with modern software practices. He excels at bridging low-level systems and user-facing services—shipping reliable device integrations and developer tools that scale. An active contributor to Chrome DevTools tooling, he implemented a production-grade search UI and performance improvements for the widely used DevTools Protocol viewer. Known for pragmatic problem solving, he mentors teams to deliver technically robust solutions while keeping product usability front and center. Trained as an electrical engineer at the University of Toronto, he brings hardware-informed judgment to software architecture and delivery.
13 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
BSEE, Electrical Engineering, BSEE, Electrical Engineering at University of Toronto
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Github Skills (15)
html10
css10
polymer10
javascript10
devtools9
web-components9
java6
http6
nodejs6
sinon-chai6
nativescript6
sinon6
angular6
testing6
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Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
ChromeDevTools/debugger-protocol-viewer
Apr 2015 - Oct 2015
DevTools Protocol API docs—its domains, methods, and events
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:28 commits, 8 PRs, 4 pushes in 5 months
Contributions summary:Eric primarily contributed to the development of a search feature for the Chrome DevTools Protocol Viewer. They implemented Polymer elements for search functionality, including a control and a menu with search result display. The user integrated an AJAX call to retrieve a search index and refined the UI, including styling and usability improvements such as focus management and mobile compatibility. They also addressed a bug and made performance improvements.
apieventsdeveloper-toolschromecdp
ericguzman/debugger-protocol-viewer
Apr 2015 - Oct 2015
Contributions:18 pushes, 3 branches in 5 months
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