Jacobo Pérez
Software Engineer at Igalia
A Coruña, Galicia, Spain
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Top SchoolJacobo Pérez is a seasoned software engineer with 16 years building FLOSS solutions from A Coruña, Spain, and long-term experience at Igalia developing custom Chromium-based browsers. He has deep C/C++ expertise across large projects such as Chromium, GStreamer and LibreOffice, and a proven track record porting complex browsers to embedded and automotive hardware. Jacobo blends systems- and build-level skills—evident from his Yocto/OpenEmbedded work adapting Chromium for Wayland/X11—with accessibility engineering contributions upstream in Chrome/Chromium. He also contributes to community projects like LibrePlan, improving localization and backend validation, reflecting attention to detail beyond core browser code. Recently he’s focused on web browsers for AR/XR devices, combining low-level platform work with emerging UX platforms. Known for solving tricky compilation and integration challenges, he thrives on pragmatic engineering that keeps large open-source stacks maintainable and portable.
16 years of coding experience
MSc Computer Engineering, Computer Science, MSc Computer Engineering, Computer Science at Universidad de A Coruna
galego, Spanish, English
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Github Skills (19)
chromium10
build-system10
java10
yocto10
javas10
localize10
localization10
locale10
localized10
openembedded10
patch9
validations9
validation9
x119
wayland9
Programming languages (16)
Github contributions (5)
LibrePlan/libreplan
Nov 2009 - Nov 2012
LibrePlan - Open Web Planning
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:806 commits in 3 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Jacobo primarily contributed to the codebase by correcting hard-coded English literals across multiple Java files within the navalplanner-webapp project. These changes focused on localizing user interface strings. Additional contributions involve implementing listing of types of work hours, as well as improvements in the constraint validation for the creation and edition of cost categories and resources.
planningphp
OSSystems/meta-browser
Jan 2017 - Feb 2017
OpenEmbedded/Yocto BSP layer for Web Browsers
Role in this project:System Architect / Software Architect
System Architect / Software ArchitectContributions:7 commits, 1 PR, 4 comments in 1 month
Contributions summary:Jacobo primarily focuses on modifying and updating build configurations and recipes within the OpenEmbedded/Yocto BSP layer for Web Browsers. Their contributions revolve around adapting Chromium builds for Wayland and X11 environments, including disabling features and updating Chromium versions. Furthermore, the user addresses compilation issues and code compatibility problems by applying patches and modifying build settings. They also restructure the patch application process.
bspopenembeddedyocto
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