Jay Harris
Staff Software Engineer at Brave
Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand
Summary
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Top SchoolJay Harris is a Staff Software Engineer based in Christchurch, New Zealand, with 11 years of experience building browser and web-platform features at companies including Brave and Google. He combines deep C++ systems work on Chromium and PWAs with front-end expertise, having shipped UI and UX improvements to the widely used Brave browser. Jay has led cross-platform projects—from desktop PWAs and custom file-handling prototypes to mobile UI tweaks and Xamarin/React apps—showing versatility across languages and stacks. He’s comfortable working at browser-level APIs and also polishing the small interaction details that shape product quality. An active contributor to the Brave core, he pairs pragmatic implementation with an eye for design and usability. Outside of product work he has tackled research-driven problems like satellite image building detection, reflecting a habit of exploring applied research when solving hard problems.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering with Honours, Software Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering with Honours, Software Engineering at University of Canterbury
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Github Skills (15)
html10
css10
uid10
javascript10
ui-design10
front-end-development10
react10
json6
debugging6
deserialization6
xaml6
monogame6
tuples6
python6
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Programming languages (17)
Github contributions (5)
brave/brave-core
May 2022 - Jan 2023
Core engine for the Brave browser for mobile and desktop. For issues https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/issues
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:2308 reviews, 322 commits, 1111 PRs in 8 months
Contributions summary:Jay made significant contributions to the Brave browser's UI, focusing on the user interface and visual appearance. They implemented new features, such as adding settings to control the Bookmarks button visibility and options for configuring the Tab Hover mode, while also improving the user experience by adjusting icon styles and implementing a new visual design for the Brave News card. Additionally, the user worked on several features that improve the user's interaction with the user interface. They also made key changes to the Omnibox, indicating familiarity with both front-end and browser-level UI development.
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fallaciousreasoning/topo
Mar 2020 - Mar 2025
A PWA for displaying NZ Topo maps, which works offline. Also has basic trip planning features, such as measuring distance and generating elevation profiles.
Contributions:4 PRs, 249 pushes, 13 branches in 5 years
reactgarminsveltetopotrip-planning
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