Jonathan Tang
Software Engineering Manager at Google
Mountain View, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJonathan Tang is a software engineering manager and entrepreneur with 18 years of experience building scalable UIs, search systems, parsers, A/B testing platforms, and distributed backends. Currently leading Google Play efforts for large-screen experiences and cross-device app interactions, he blends product-minded leadership with hands-on engineering across front-end and systems work. He previously led on-device Assistant efforts for TV, founded multiple startups tackling web data, crypto market intelligence, and career guidance, and has deep experience shipping prototypes to production. An active contributor to open-source (notably improving Python 3 bindings and performance for Google's widely used Gumbo HTML parser), he pairs low-level C/Python expertise with product-driven optimization. Based in Mountain View, he’s now founding a startup focused on career guidance for college students and new grads, applying his history of mentoring and developer education to help scale impact. Collected across roles, his unusual mix of parser/compiler work, distributed systems, and consumer-facing UI/design makes him adept at bridging platform constraints and user experience.
17 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Computer Science, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Computer Science at Amherst College
Github Skills (10)
c1710
c1110
html-parsing10
python10
unicode9
testing9
ctypes9
performance-optimization8
html7
beautifulsoup7
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
google/gumbo-parser
Aug 2013 - Jun 2016
An HTML5 parsing library in pure C99
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:4 releases, 260 commits, 68 PRs in 2 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Jonathan primarily contributed to the Python bindings for the Gumbo HTML parser, focusing on adapting it for Python 3 compatibility. They implemented features such as CDATA support and fixed memory handling issues. Additionally, they improved the usability of the library by updating the Python examples and ensuring correct import structures. Furthermore, the user also focused on creating benchmarks and optimizations to improve overall parse times.
c99javascriptparsinghtml5parser
nostrademons/gumbo-parser
Feb 2015 - Oct 2015
Contributions:32 pushes, 47 branches in 8 months
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