Robert Paveza
Principal Engineering Manager at Microsoft
Gilbert, Arizona, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolRobert Paveza is a Principal Engineering Manager with 14 years of software engineering experience, currently leading teams at Microsoft focused on making the web better for developers. He blends deep front-end expertise—demonstrated by accessibility improvements to the Chrome DevTools UI—with platform and tooling work on Apache Cordova and Windows packaging. His background spans roles from senior engineer to program manager on the Chakra JavaScript engine, giving him rare fluency across runtime internals, developer tools, and full-stack delivery. Based in Gilbert, Arizona, he pairs hands-on coding with engineering leadership, shipping features and infrastructure that improve developer productivity. An active contributor to high-profile open-source projects, he often focuses on practical accessibility and platform interoperability improvements that benefit large developer ecosystems. Outside tech, he’s sustained commitment to team sports as a long-time on-ice hockey official, reflecting steady leadership under pressure.
14 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Political Science and Government, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Political Science and Government at Arizona State University
Github Skills (27)
accessibility10
javascript10
acc10
mobile-development10
cordova10
accessibilityservice10
windows10
ui-design10
devtools10
uid10
dom-manipulation10
front-end-development10
html10
xml10
mobile10
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
apache/cordova-windows
Mar 2015 - Sep 2015
Apache Cordova Windows
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:35 commits, 24 PRs, 63 comments in 6 months
Contributions summary:Robert primarily contributed to the Apache Cordova Windows platform, enhancing its functionality and maintaining its codebase. Their work included initial setup and cleanup of orientation settings, adding support for the Windows 10 platform, and integrating the latest WinJS base.js. Furthermore, the user incorporated Windows Store ingestion preferences and added support for .appxbundle creation and deployment improvements.
objective-cwindowscordovaapache-cordovajavascript
ChromeDevTools/devtools-frontend
Apr 2019 - Nov 2022
The Chrome DevTools UI
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:41 commits in 3 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Robert primarily focused on improving the accessibility of the Chrome DevTools UI. They added aXe Core linting to several Elements tool components, including the DOM tree, Styles pane, and Event Listeners widget, and corrected accessibility issues. They also enhanced the accessibility of the Computed Properties pane and addressed issues with the Properties tab, focusing on keyboard navigation and screen reader support. Furthermore, they addressed various UI bugs related to focus and display.
instrumentationreactjavascriptchromecdp
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