Mingjun Yin
Software Engineer at Google
Riverside, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMingjun Yin is a software engineer with a decade of experience who blends academic research and product-focused development, currently working at Google while pursuing a PhD in Computer Science at UC Riverside. He has hands-on security engineering experience from ByteDance and a strong background in information security from his undergraduate studies and specialized training at the National University of Singapore. As an active open-source front-end contributor, he has improved the user interface and accessibility of the popular ytmdesktop YouTube Music desktop app, adding Simplified Chinese support, macOS tray controls, and polished UX details like scrolling song titles. Comfortable across research and production settings, Mingjun excels at turning rigorous research insights into user-facing features and pragmatic fixes. Based in Riverside, California, he brings a global perspective from exchange studies and international collaborations, and a knack for bridging low-level security concerns with polished UI work.
10 years of coding experience
Exchange Student Computer Science, Exchange Student Computer Science at UCR ExtensionDoctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Science at University of California, RiversideBachelor's degree Information Security, Bachelor's degree Information Security at Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyN/A The dark art: attack and defence, N/A The dark art: attack and defence at National University of Singapore
Github Skills (9)
html10
css10
javascript10
user-interface10
electron10
application9
android-app9
macos9
iphone-app9
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
ytmdesktop/ytmdesktop
Jan 2019 - Jan 2023
A Desktop App for YouTube Music
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:15 reviews, 108 commits, 35 PRs in 4 years
Contributions summary:Mingjun primarily contributed to the development of the user interface for the YouTube Music Desktop application. They focused on implementing features such as support for Simplified Chinese, a right-click popup menu for MacOS with play/pause functionality, and theme-aware tray control. The user also addressed bug fixes, refined the layout, and integrated scrolling song title in the tray.
discordyoutubemusic-playeryoutube-music-playerelectron-application
gc-mojoconsole/landscaper
May 2022 - Jul 2022
Manager for grasscutter & plugins with GUI
Contributions:2 releases, 38 commits, 4 PRs in 2 months
grasscuttergui
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