Hubert Manilla
Senior Software Engineer at Mozilla
London, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolHubert Manilla is a Senior Software Engineer with 14 years of experience and a deep focus on web, JavaScript, and browser tooling, currently contributing to Firefox DevTools at Mozilla. He brings a strong front-end pedigree—ES6, React, AngularJS, Node.js—and a track record of shipping UI/UX improvements and editor/debugger features for the high-profile gecko-dev and firefox-devtools projects. Past roles at ComparetheMarket, AOL and various product shops show his ability to architect scalable, high-performance front-end systems and reusable components for data-driven apps. With an MSc in Information Security and early experience building backend tooling (including an open-source node-odp binding), he blends frontend craftsmanship with systems thinking and a pragmatic security mindset. Colleagues rely on him for challenging refactors, performance tuning, and polishing developer-facing experiences that make debugging faster and more intuitive.
14 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Certificate in Object Oriented Technology, Object Oriented Technology, Certificate in Object Oriented Technology, Object Oriented Technology at NIITBachelor of Technology (BTech), Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Technology (BTech), Computer Engineering at Rivers State University of Science and TechnologyMaster of Science (M.Sc.), Information Security, Master of Science (M.Sc.), Information Security at Royal Holloway, U. of London
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Github Skills (20)
debugging10
debug10
javascript10
css10
user-interface10
ui-design10
uid10
front-end-development10
codemirror10
react10
user-experience8
ux-design8
nodejs6
google-chrome-extension6
google-chrome6
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
firefox-devtools/debugger
Nov 2016 - Feb 2019
The faster and smarter Debugger for Firefox DevTools 🔥🦊🛠
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:222 commits, 201 PRs, 74 pushes in 2 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Hubert primarily contributed to the debugger's front-end, focusing on UI/UX enhancements. They implemented code search optimizations, including debouncing and the addition of search result highlighting, and also refined the appearance of breakpoints. Furthermore, the user introduced features such as context menu improvements for source tabs and enhancements related to log points, indicating a focus on improving the user experience within the debugging workflow.
firefoxsmarterfasterdeveloper-toolsdebugging
mozilla/gecko-dev
Jan 2019 - Jan 2023
Read-only Git mirror of the Mercurial gecko repositories at https://hg.mozilla.org. How to contribute: https://firefox-source-docs.mozilla.org/contributing/contribution_quickref.html
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:309 commits in 4 years
Contributions summary:Hubert primarily contributed to the development of the debugging tools for the Mozilla Gecko browser. They focused on front-end development tasks, including implementing and fixing features within the debugger's UI, specifically for the debugger's editor component. Their work involved creating and managing content markers, handling keyboard events, updating UI elements, and refactoring editor components. The commits also fixed display bugs and improved component rendering based on codemirror v5 and v6.
repositoriesfirefoxmercurialgit-mirrormozilla
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