Josh Chang
Software Engineer at Google
Seattle, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJosh Chang is a software engineer with 11 years of experience building polished front-end experiences at Microsoft and Google, currently contributing to Word Online and Fluent UI enhancements and accessibility. He specializes in JavaScript/TypeScript, React, and UI testing, and pairs that production work with C# Unity VR development focused on empathetic storytelling about Alzheimer’s. A persistent learner and teacher, he completed a 100 Days of VR guide series and ran the codingchronicles.com blog to demystify Unity and VR workflows. Based in Seattle, he blends product-focused engineering with hands-on open-source contributions to widely used UI libraries, improving usability and accessibility in high-impact web apps.
11 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
BA, Computer Science, 3.6, BA, Computer Science, 3.6 at University of WashingtonIT, Computer Science, IT, Computer Science at The Center for Advanced LearningReynolds High School
Chinese
Github Skills (11)
accessibility10
acessibility10
typescript10
javascript10
typescripts10
component-kit10
fluentd10
react10
typescript-types10
accessibilityservice10
ui-components10
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
microsoft/fluentui
Nov 2017 - Mar 2020
Fluent UI web represents a collection of utilities, React components, and web components for building web applications.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:42 commits, 76 PRs, 15 pushes in 2 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Josh primarily contributed to the `fluentui` repository, focusing on UI component enhancements and accessibility improvements. Their work involved adding new features, such as color picker borders, and ensuring proper tab navigation within the contextual menu and focus zones. They also addressed accessibility concerns by incorporating ARIA labels and attributes into the spin button, combo box, and split button components, thereby improving the overall user experience. Additionally, the user fixed styling and layout issues related to the various components.
web-componentsreact-component-libraryreact-componentsmicrosoftui-components
chang47/CubeFlyer
May 2018 - Jan 2019
Contributions:13 commits, 8 pushes, 1 branch in 7 months
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