Khoa Huynh
UX Engineer at Microsoft
Seattle, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolKhoa Huynh is a UX Engineer in Seattle with 8 years of experience blending psychology and full-stack JavaScript to craft accessible, research-informed user experiences. At Microsoft he builds end-to-end interfaces with TypeScript and React, drives A/B testing, and collaborates closely with designers and researchers to align products with corporate design standards. He contributes to prominent open-source projects like Microsoft’s Fluent UI, fixing accessibility and high-contrast styling issues and adding VR tests that improve real-world usability. Trained in psychology at the University of Washington and certified in Full Stack JavaScript from Code Fellows, he pairs human-centered insight with practical engineering skills. Khoa has a particular focus on improving experiences for underrepresented populations, turning behavioral science into tangible interface improvements.
8 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science, PSYCHOLOGY, Bachelor of Science, PSYCHOLOGY at University of WashingtonCertificate in Full Stack Javascript, Computer Software Engineering, Certificate in Full Stack Javascript, Computer Software Engineering at Code Fellows
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Github Skills (13)
accessibility10
uid10
typescript10
typescripts10
component-kit10
front-end-development10
ui-design10
react10
typescript-types10
ui-components10
testing9
fluentd9
office-ui-fabric8
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
microsoft/fluentui
Jan 2019 - Jun 2021
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:3 reviews, 7 commits, 6 PRs in 2 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Khoa primarily focused on enhancing and refining UI components within the Fluent UI web library. Their contributions included fixing focus issues in the Breadcrumb and Link components, ensuring correct rendering and accessibility. They also added and improved VR tests, and addressed styling issues related to high contrast themes for the PeoplePicker component and added the functionality to customize the filter icon within the DetailsList component, all of which improved the user's overall experience.
web-componentsreact-component-libraryreact-componentsmicrosoftui-components
Chewsit/chewsit-client
Apr 2018 - Dec 2018
Contributions:35 PRs, 50 pushes, 10 branches in 7 months
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