Kim-anh Tran
Software Engineer at Google
Munich, Bavaria, Germany
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Top SchoolKim-Anh Tran is a software engineer with 13 years of experience, currently contributing to Chrome DevTools at Google from Munich. She specializes in front-end debugging tools and UX for developer workflows, having implemented features and refactors in the widely used devtools-frontend project—everything from breakpoint UX and keyboard navigation to a linear memory inspector. Her background blends deep systems knowledge from a PhD in energy-efficient software-hardware co-design with practical compiler work on WebAssembly during a Google internship, enabling her to bridge low-level performance concerns with polished UI. Colleagues know her for tackling tricky debugger edge cases and shipping durable, user-focused tooling that improves how developers diagnose problems.
13 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BSc), Cognitive Informatics, Bachelor of Science (BSc), Cognitive Informatics at University of BielefeldMaster of Science (M.Sc.), Computer Science, Master of Science (M.Sc.), Computer Science at Uppsala University
German, English, Vietnamese, Swedish
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Github Skills (13)
debugging10
uid10
javascript10
ui-design10
front-end-development10
breakpoints10
devtools10
typescript-types9
typescript9
typescripts9
html9
css9
testing8
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
ChromeDevTools/devtools-frontend
Feb 2020 - Jan 2023
The Chrome DevTools UI
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:230 commits in 2 years 11 months
Contributions summary:Kim-anh contributed significantly to the development of the Chrome DevTools UI. Their work involved implementing new features such as a progress bar for loading content, and the ability to open the linear memory inspector from a scope view. The user addressed several bugs and added UI enhancements related to breakpoints, specifically for logpoints and conditional breakpoints, along with CSS styling for the updated breakpoint sidebar pane. Additionally, the user refactored code and added support for various debugger features, like keyboard navigation and a new component for the breakpoints' sidebar.
chromedevtoolschrome-devtoolsjavascriptinstrumentation
ktran/emscripten-dbg-stories
Jun 2020 - Jul 2024
Emscripten Debugging Stories
Contributions:4 pushes, 4 branches in 4 years 1 month
debuggingjavascriptemscripten
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