Manuel Martin
Senior Software Engineer At Mozilla Hubs
Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
Summary
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Top SchoolManuel Martin is a senior software engineer with 11 years of experience specializing in immersive web and VR platforms, currently shaping Mozilla Hubs and Firefox Reality from Amsterdam. He blends front-end 3D work (React, Three.js, A-Frame) with back-end systems (Phoenix, Node.js) and WebRTC audio/video plumbing, and has shipped Blender add-ons and mobile Android integrations using Kotlin and GeckoView. Manuel’s open-source contributions span core Hubs projects—improving GLTF handling, loop-animation resilience, avatar fallbacks, and realtime presence features—demonstrating a knack for robust media and scene-management engineering. He has deep experience building platform services and tooling from his time at Ludei and earlier telecom work, and often bridges UX, performance and compatibility concerns across heterogeneous devices. A practical polyglot developer, he pairs C++/Java/JS systems work with thoughtful UI and UX decisions for spatial computing.
11 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Computer Engineering at University of DeustoAdvanced course in organic modelling, Advanced course in organic modelling at Lightbox Academy
Spanish, English, Dutch
Github Skills (37)
webgl10
kotlin10
threejs10
javascript10
gltf10
animation10
elixir10
css10
ui-design10
keyboard10
uid10
phoenix-liveview10
front-end-development10
android10
phoenix-framework10
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
MozillaReality/FirefoxReality
Jun 2018 - Nov 2021
A fast and secure browser for standalone virtual-reality and augmented-reality headsets.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:13 releases, 5 reviews, 652 commits in 3 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Manuel contributed significantly to the UI development of the Firefox Reality browser. Their work involved the initial implementation and subsequent improvements of the on-screen keyboard, including new layouts, character support, and the handling of special keys like Caps Lock. The user also made significant changes to the tabs system, and the implementation of the settings menu, providing core features of the UI. Further improvements to the UI were evident from their work in various visual aspects of the browser.
arcoreheadsetssecurebrowservirtualreality
Hubs-Foundation/hubs
Sep 2020 - Jan 2023
Duck-themed multi-user virtual spaces in WebVR. Built with A-Frame.
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:539 reviews, 759 commits, 445 PRs in 2 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Manuel's contributions primarily focused on updating and refactoring the "loop-animation" component, including changes to its structure and schema. They also addressed issues with avatar loading by implementing a fallback mechanism. Additionally, the user made modifications to the "player-info" component to handle remote model errors. Furthermore, the user worked on the audio handling, getting the device ID from the audio track and related code.
framewebgla-frameduckwebrtc
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