Navid Zolghadr is a software developer with a decade of experience building and testing web and platform-scale systems across companies including Google, DoorDash, and Verily. He blends hands-on engineering with deep QA and automation expertise, contributing to the prominent web-platform-tests (wpt) project to validate Pointer Events and touch-action behavior across browsers. Trained in statistical machine learning and computer software engineering, he brings a data-driven mindset to designing robust, interoperable features and test suites. Known for moving between product teams and cross-browser compatibility work, he pairs practical shipping experience with a knack for turning specification-level requirements into reliable automated tests.
10 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Statistical Machine Learning, Statistical Machine Learning at University of Alberta
Computer Software Engineering, Computer Software Engineering at Sharif University of Technology
Test suites for Web platform specs — including WHATWG, W3C, and others
Role in this project:
QA Engineer / Test Automation Engineer
Contributions:57 commits, 31 PRs, 2 pushes in 4 years
Contributions summary:Navid primarily contributes to test suites for web platform specifications within the `web-platform-tests/wpt` repository. Their work focuses on ensuring the correct behavior of web standards, particularly related to Pointer Events and touch-action. The commits include modifications to existing tests, adding new tests, and automating test execution by integrating with testdriver.js. The user demonstrates expertise in testing various aspects of web technologies and browser compatibility.
Contributions:18 commits, 16 PRs, 10 pushes in 10 months
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