Hui Wu
Senior Lead Software Engineer at Google
San Jose, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolHui Wu is a Senior Lead Software Engineer based in San Jose with nine years of professional experience and a deep background in search and backend systems from roles at Google and Yahoo. He has driven core Firestore and Firebase SDK improvements across Android, iOS, and JavaScript clients—shipping stability and feature work like waitForPendingWrites, shutdown-safe unlistening, and cross-platform API refactors. Hui’s contributions to high-profile open-source repos (firebase/firebase-android-sdk, firebase-js-sdk, firebase-ios-sdk, googleapis/nodejs-firestore) reflect a strong grasp of SDK architecture, data consistency, and platform interoperability. He pairs hands-on engineering with a research-oriented mindset (PhD studies in Computer Science), enabling him to translate complex distributed-data problems into pragmatic, well-tested solutions. An often-overlooked strength is his cross-language fluency—porting designs between Java, C++, and JavaScript—which accelerates feature parity and reduces platform fragmentation.
9 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Master Computer Science, Master Computer Science at Beihang UniversityPh.D Computer Science, Ph.D Computer Science at Oakland UniversityBachelor Computer Science, Bachelor Computer Science at Wuhan University of TechnologyHongan yizhong
Github Skills (33)
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javascript10
c-language10
ios10
backend-as-a-service10
data-service10
apidoc10
data-services10
databases10
typescript10
bundle10
java10
javas10
api10
sdk10
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
firebase/firebase-android-sdk
Aug 2019 - Jan 2023
Firebase Android SDK
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:313 reviews, 118 commits, 172 PRs in 3 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Hui's primary contributions revolve around the implementation and modification of core functionalities within the Firebase Android SDK. Their work includes the addition of features such as stopping listeners after shutdown and modifying internal APIs. They also focused on refactoring and improving the existing Firestore codebase, as exemplified by renaming methods and publishing features such as waiting for pending writes. These changes demonstrate an understanding of the SDK's architecture and a focus on improving its stability and features.
firebase-remote-configfirebase-databasefirebase-firestorefirebase-functionsdatabase-as-a-service
firebase/firebase-js-sdk
Jul 2019 - Jan 2023
Firebase Javascript SDK
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:201 reviews, 529 commits, 198 PRs in 3 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Hui contributed to the Firebase Javascript SDK, primarily focusing on the Firestore module. Their work involved porting features from the Android SDK, implementing and modifying the `waitForPendingWrites` functionality. They also added the ability to unlisten to queries after a shutdown and made several changes to test files related to the database and query functionalities.
firebase-databasefirebase-functionsfirebase-dbreal-timefirebase-admin
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