Monsur Hossain
Senior Engineering Manager (Google Search)
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMonsur Hossain is a senior engineering manager at Google Search with 15 years of experience building and scaling large-scale web and search infrastructure used by billions daily. He progressed from hands-on engineering—creating the Google APIs Discovery Service and pioneering CORS support for browser-based API clients—to leading teams that optimize Search at global scale. Monsur blends deep systems and API design expertise with a talent for translating complex technical challenges into clear, actionable strategy while mentoring high-performing teams. Earlier roles at Xanga and Amazon show a history of architecting high-throughput systems, from Lucene.NET search indexes to warehouse inventory tooling. He contributes to developer-facing documentation (notably improving CORS guidance in the html5rocks project), reflecting a long-standing commitment to developer experience and clear communication. Based in Chicago, he cultivates a culture of innovation and practical engineering rigor that consistently delivers measurable impact.
15 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
BS Electrical Engineering, BS Electrical Engineering at University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignIllinois Mathematics and Science Academy
Github Skills (5)
cors10
documentation10
html9
jquery7
javascript5
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
html5rocks/www.html5rocks.com
Sep 2012 - Feb 2016
....a top-notch resource for web developers
Role in this project:
Technical Writer
Technical WriterContributions:13 commits, 1 PR, 1 comment in 3 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Monsur primarily contributed to updating and refining the "CORS" tutorial within the repository. Their work involved correcting outdated information, clarifying browser-specific behaviors, and improving the clarity and accuracy of the documentation. They also added sections on topics like using CORS with jQuery, indicating a focus on enhancing the tutorial's scope and user guidance. Furthermore, they removed outdated information.
html5notchchrome
monsur/monsur.github.io
Sep 2020 - Mar 2025
Contributions:27 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 6 months
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