Paul Kinlan
Senior Staff Developer Advocate
Rhewl, Wales, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolPaul Kinlan is a Senior Staff Developer Advocate at Google with 17 years of experience helping developers succeed on the mobile web, specializing in mobile web apps, web standards, Chrome, and Chrome OS. He has led major initiatives including Google Web Fundamentals, Add to Homescreen, and projects like Chrome Web Lab and DevArt, combining product launches with developer education. A hands-on front-end and full-stack engineer, Paul contributes to high-profile open-source projects—improving BrowserSync with HTTPS support and adding UX features to Squoosh and Chrome samples. His background spans scalable backend systems and fraud detection from earlier roles, giving him uncommon depth across both infrastructure and client-side web performance. Based in Rhewl, Wales, he blends technical leadership with practical developer tooling experience and a knack for turning browser capabilities into usable demos and developer resources.
17 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
BSC Honors, Software Engineering, BSC Honors, Software Engineering at Liverpool John Moores University
Stackoverflow
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forms
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google-chrome-extension
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service-worker
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Github Skills (71)
testing10
http10
websocket10
webpages10
web-content10
asp-net10
web-app-manifest10
web-development10
javascript10
webcam10
gulp10
dotnet10
service-worker10
firefox10
api10
Programming languages (18)
Github contributions (5)
GoogleChromeLabs/airhorn
Jun 2015 - Feb 2021
Air horn
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:116 commits, 42 PRs, 70 pushes in 5 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Paul primarily worked on front-end development tasks, specifically related to the user interface of the Air Horner web application. Their contributions involved modifying the CSS styles, HTML structure, and JavaScript code, including adding features related to key presses, install prompts, and accessibility improvements. The changes encompass making the UI responsive and adding service worker functionality for offline capabilities.
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PaulKinlan/qrcode
Jan 2015 - Jul 2019
The best web based QR Code reader on the web
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:193 commits, 36 PRs, 127 pushes in 4 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Paul primarily focused on enhancing the front-end functionality of the QR code reader. Their contributions included implementing a camera interface with a video stream, overlay, and toggle functionality. They also integrated a QR code detection library, added dialog boxes for displaying results, and worked on user interface improvements such as adding text selection, copy to clipboard functionality and about page. Additionally, the user made performance optimizations, and refactored the code to improve the user experience.
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