Michal Mocny
Sr Software Developer -- Chrome, Speed Metrics, W3c Web Performance Working Group at Google
Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
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Top SchoolMichal Mocny is a senior software developer with 13 years of professional experience, including a decade at Google focused on making the web measurably fast through Core Web Vitals, Chrome speed metrics, and W3C Web Performance work. He blends deep systems and C++ background (graphics, columnar/full‑text indexing) with frontend and mobile expertise, shipping features across Chrome extensions, Cordova/Chrome Apps, and AR/VR content tooling. As former tech lead of the Physical Web and an active contributor to high‑visibility open source projects like web-vitals and physical-web, he navigates both product-facing measurement work and backend platform design. Michal is comfortable leading small teams and running cross-team initiatives, with a history of hackathon wins and practical contributions that improved performance measurement (e.g., adding INP to the web-vitals extension). Based in Kitchener, Ontario, he brings a pragmatic focus on measurable user experience improvements and a knack for turning web standards and structured data into shipping engineering.
13 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
B.CS Computer Science, B.CS Computer Science at University of Waterloo
English, Polish
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Github Skills (44)
objective-c10
javascript10
ios10
performance-monitor10
mobile-development10
python10
cordova10
web-vitals10
mutex10
testing10
google-app-engine10
chrome-extension10
cordova-ios10
performance-analysis10
android10
Programming languages (16)
Github contributions (5)
MobileChromeApps/mobile-chrome-apps
May 2013 - May 2015
Chrome apps on Android and iOS
Role in this project:
Mobile Developer (Android)
Mobile Developer (Android)Contributions:430 commits, 4 PRs, 15 pushes in 1 year 11 months
Contributions summary:Michal primarily contributed to the initialization and setup of the mobile-chrome-apps project. They modified the init script, added support for submodules, and made enhancements to the creation script. The commits involved adjustments to the project structure, including the creation of a default .gitignore file and the inclusion of the Bluetooth plugins, demonstrating a focus on core project setup and plugin integration for Android platform. The user also fixed issues with the gcm server.
cordovajavascriptandroidchromeios
google/physical-web
Apr 2015 - Jul 2017
The Physical Web: walk up and use anything
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:116 commits, 61 PRs, 69 pushes in 2 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Michal primarily focused on developing and improving the back-end functionalities of the Physical Web project. Their contributions include refactoring code by breaking it into separate files, implementing server-side ranking based on RSSI and transmitter power, adding URL shortening functionality, and modifying the caching and refreshing mechanisms. The user also made updates to the test suite and implemented a mechanism for handling redirects within the application.
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