Junle Li
Senior Software Engineer at Microsoft
Redmond, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJunle Li is a Senior Software Engineer at Microsoft with 12 years of experience building front-end and build-tooling solutions from Redmond. He contributes to high-profile open-source projects such as Fluent UI and Rush Stack, improving accessibility, component APIs, and developer build processes used across Microsoft products. Comfortable across the full stack, Junle has fixed subtle edge cases in tooling (depcheck) and modernized TypeScript build tasks, demonstrating attention to developer experience and robust CI flows. Known for pragmatic problem-solving, he pairs careful unit testing and API documentation with iterative UX-focused enhancements like aria support and full-width icons. Based out of Redmond and trained in computer science at South China Normal University, he blends large-company scale engineering with hands-on open-source craftsmanship. His GitHub motto—"Think like god, work like dog"—belies a practical engineer who favors measurable improvements and developer ergonomics.
12 years of coding experience
Bachelor's Degree, Computer Science, 2009, Bachelor's Degree, Computer Science, 2009 at South China Normal University
Chinese, Chinese, English
Stackoverflow
1,035reputation
35kreached
17answers
4questions
Github Skills (30)
dependency-management10
javascript10
react-components10
ui-components10
gulp10
typescript10
s610
build-system10
react-component10
component-kit10
typescript-types10
nodejs10
typescripts10
tslint10
react10
Programming languages (26)
Github contributions (5)
depcheck/depcheck
Jun 2015 - Feb 2019
Check your npm module for unused dependencies
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:18 releases, 595 commits, 193 PRs in 3 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Junle primarily contributed to the development of the `depcheck` tool, focusing on code analysis and dependency management. Their work included fixing typos, adding test cases for ES6 support, and refactoring the code to utilize `node-source-walk` for parsing ES6 import declarations. Furthermore, they improved the tool's robustness by addressing edge cases, such as handling empty or invalid JavaScript files, and added support for custom parsers and detectors.
dependenciesunusednpm-packagenpm-modulenodejs
microsoft/fluentui
Mar 2016 - 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:49 commits, 14 PRs, 105 comments in 4 years
Contributions summary:Junle contributed to the development of Fluent UI web components, focusing on enhancements and bug fixes within existing components. They addressed issues such as adding an `aria-label` prop to dropdown options and modifying component types to improve the user experience. The user also implemented new features like the `FullWidth` icon and modified the style and component interfaces to support the UI. Several changes involved unit tests and API documentation.
web-componentsreact-component-libraryreact-componentsmicrosoftui-components
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