Hussam Ghazzi
Senior Software Engineer at GitHub
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolHussam Ghazzi is a Senior Software Engineer in New York with 11 years of experience specializing in vanilla JavaScript front-end engineering and robust unit-testing/BDD practices. He has shipped production features and performance, accessibility, and UX improvements at companies from JW Player—where he led Chromecast support and testing overhauls for a globally used media player—to GitHub and Animoto. Comfortable across modern frameworks (AngularJS, Vue, React) and JS tooling (npm, yarn, webpack), he also brings past full-stack and SOA experience with Java/Spring and PostgreSQL. He’s driven measurable product impact—ranging from reducing buffer times and improving screen-reader support to shipping features that closed major deals via DRM-enabled receivers. A hands-on mentor, he frequently champions test-driven development and helped teams adopt modular, testable front-end architectures. Outside of work he contributes UI fixes and accessibility improvements to high-profile open-source projects like JW Player, reflecting a focus on consistent cross-browser experiences.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelors in Applied Science And Engineering, Engineering Science - Computer Engineering, 3.4/4.0 GPA, Bachelors in Applied Science And Engineering, Engineering Science - Computer Engineering, 3.4/4.0 GPA at University of Toronto
English
Github Skills (10)
html10
css10
uid10
javascript10
front-end-development10
ui-design10
cross-browser9
browser-support9
accessibility9
backward-compatibility9
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
jwplayer/jwplayer
Jun 2016 - Jun 2018
JW Player is the world's most popular embeddable media player.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:203 commits, 256 PRs, 664 pushes in 1 year 11 months
Contributions summary:Hussam primarily contributed to improving the JW Player's user interface and fixing related bugs. Their work involved resolving issues with the display of video duration, handling caption selection during ad playback, and addressing specific rendering problems in older browsers like IE9. These commits showcase an emphasis on improving UI responsiveness and accessibility, and they suggest a focus on ensuring a consistent user experience across different devices and browsers. They also implemented the addition of custom buttons, logo, and related controls.
html5-videoandroidmedia-playervideo-playermse
hghazzi/hghazzi.github.io
Jan 2015 - Jul 2020
Contributions:59 pushes in 5 years 6 months
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